[2] After teaching at the Webb School for several years, Moore earned his library science certificate from the University of California, Berkeley in 1939.

[2] He then began working as a reference librarian at Berkeley and the University of Illinois until the United States' involvement in World War II.

[7] Led by Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy, it was a modern-day witch hunt of sorts in that an individual American's intellectual thought was suspect and invoking the Fifth Amendment right was often detrimental.

"[7]Moore explores the story in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, of Free Public librarian Ruth Brown, in his book Issues of Freedom in American Libraries (1964).

"[6] Although Brown was not under suspicion for being a Communist, she had included magazines such as the New Republic, The Nation and Soviet Russia Today in the library collection.

Moore declares that although this particular story is all but forgotten, "her case did more...than any other in our time to shock librarians...into examining their beliefs in intellectual freedom.

"[6] McCarthyism fell out of favor after the "harsh treatment of Army officers", especially Colonel Chester T. Brown, who refused to answer questions.

"[7][8] Current Michigan Senator Carl Levin denounced McCarthyism, stating, "To attack people personally for their political beliefs and to browbeat them for asserting their rights, is no longer something which people are willingly engaged in..."[7] In Issues of Freedom in American Libraries (1964), Moore explores different circumstances of censorship in the United States.

"[6] Moore was well aware that librarians would often be at the center of this debate and acknowledged the difficulty in differentiating between serious literature and what can fairly be described as obscene.

"[6] Some of the books Wright objected to included: According to Moore, there are some psychiatrists, police officers and social workers who have insisted on the link between "reading obscene literature" and "criminality.

"[6] It was often argued that "serious mental disorders or psychological" problems were at the root of the deviant behavior[6] however these cases admittedly did not include "average adults.

"[6] Moore explored the flip side of this argument by referencing Justice William O. Douglas' pamphlet, Freedom of the Mind.

[2] The court declares that it was the intention of the Legislature to provide librarians with exemption from application of the Harmful Matter Statute when acting in the discharge of their duties.

UCLA Librarian Gary E. Strong expressed what a "world-class research library" UCLA had become and praised those who helped: "You should know the names of John Goodman, Lawrence Clark Powell...Everett Moore, Seymour Lubetzky, Francis Clarke Sayers...Robert Vosper, Russell Shank and Robert Hayes..."[12] Moore is also included in the American Libraries' list of "100 most important leaders we had in the 20th century.