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Banned Books Week, September 29th - October 6th Learn what banned books are and the history of banned books. COM Library stands firmly behind freedom of speech and the American Library Association (ALA) code: “We uphold the principles of intellectual freedom and resist all efforts to censor library resources.”— ALA Code of Ethics . Read Banned Books--It's your freedom we're talking about! See which books on the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels are available in COM Library that have been banned or challenged elsewhere. See a list of classic books and authors in COM Library that have been banned or challenged elsewhere. Access Web sites or COM Only Resources like eBooks and related print books in COM Library. Want more? See COM Library's permanent collection of Censorship and Civil Liberties & Human Rights links. Go to Banned Books Hotspots .

On September 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met for the last time to sign the document they had created. Learn more about it from the US Constitution Day HotSpots. Here are a few samples from the web sites, eBooks and print books all available in COM Library on the topic (Thanks to NARA for the use of the image). LOC: Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention (web site) EBSCO: Full Text Articles on the US Constitution (full text articles--this link may be a little slow to load) Constitution Making: Conflict and Consensus in the Federal Convention of 1787 (eBook) The summer of 1787 : the men who invented the Constitution (book) Call number: KF4510 .S74 2007 Get more US Constitution Day HotSpots .

The Galveston Hurricane of September 8, 1900 was one of the deadliest in US history. Learn more about it from the Galveston Hurricane HotSpots. Here are a few samples from the web sites, eBooks and print books all available in COM Library on the topic. (Thanks to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/ Department of Commerce for use of the image.) Smithsonian Magazine: "For a While...It Was Fun" (Web site) That Terrible Texas Weather: Tales of Storms, Drought, Destruction, and Perseverance (eBook, see chapter 9) Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History Call Number: F 394 G2 L37 1999 Texana (book) Get more Galveston Hurricane HotSpots .