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Pornography has become part of mainstream culture. As such, it has become a subject of academic research, and this, in turn, has implications for university libraries. Focusing on adult Internet pornography, this study suggests that academic libraries should provide access to adult pornographic Web sites by including them in their online catalogs.

- Dilevko, Juris, and Lisa Gottlieb. 2004. “Selection and Cataloging of Adult Pornography Web Sites for Academic Libraries.” Journal of Academic Librarianship 30, no. 1: 36-50. (accessed May 22, 2009).