Search and Seizure

See the controversial topics resource guide for more information on locating resources and evaluating information.

Use the online catalog to find print and electronic books and government documents on your controversial topic.

The following is a list of recent books and government documetns located in the NHC Library. For help locating these and additional titles, please see a librarian at the reference desk on the 3rd floor of the library building.

• Civil liberties : opposing viewpoints by Auriana Ojeda
  KF4770 .C58 2004
• In our defense : the Bill of Rights in action by Ellen Alderman, Caroline Kennedy
  KF4750 .A43 1990
• The Intensification of surveillance (electronic book) : crime, terrorism and warfare in the information age edited by Kirstie Ball and Frank Webster
• No place to hide
  Robert O'Harrow, Jr.
  HM851.04 2005
• Privacy and freedom by Alan F. Westin
  KF1262 .W4
• Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial legal issues by M. Ethan Katsh
  KF384.A2 T33 1997
• Training the 21st century police officer : redefining police professionalism for the Los Angeles Police Department Russell W. Glenn
  HV8148.L55 T77 in print and (electronic book)

Use the library’s article databases to find periodical (magazine, journal, newspaper) articles for your research. Many periodicals cover controversial issues, but the following online databases focus on presenting both sides of numerous issues. For off campus access, you will need your library card number.

Understanding Search and Seizure Law

ACLU webpage on Search and Seizure

National debate topic for high schools, 2000-2001 : resolved, that the United States federal government should significantly increase protection of privacy in one or more of the following areas--employment, medical records, consumer information, search and seizure : compiled by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress

If you need additional help, please feel free to contact a librarian during open hours.

Or call us at: 281-618-5707. Our email is nhc.libweb@LoneStar.edu

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