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United States Constitutional Law POL 340
A Select Guide to
Research and Resources
Bret Heim, Instructional and Reference Librarian
Amendments
| Annual Reviews
| Bibliographies and Guides to Research
| Civil Rights Decisions, Cases
| Constitution of the United States
| Constitutional Law, General |
Constitutional History | Encyclopedias and Handbooks
| Indexes and Abstracts | Interlibrary Loan
| Justice Biographies | Lexis-Nexis
| Subject Headings | Supreme Court Decisions, Cases,
Texts
Online Catalog Subject Searches
Abortion | Affirmative
Action | Death
Penalty |
Gender Discrimination | Privacy
| Property| Religion | Speech
| Terrorism |
Constitution
and Constitutional Amendments: Reference Works
Vile, John R. Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments, Proposed Amendments,
and Amending Issues, 1789-1995. Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, 1996. KF
4557 .V555 1996 REFERENCE
Subject:
United States—Constitution—Amendments
LaFave, Wayne R. Search and Seizure: A Treatise on the Fourth Amendment, 3rd
ed. St. Paul, MN :
West Publishing, 1996. KF 9630 .L26 1996 VOL. 1-5 REFERENCE
Subject:
Searches and seizures--United States
Library of Congress Subject Headings for Books on Constitutional Amendments
United States—Constitution—Amendments
United States—Constitution—Amendments—1st
United States—Constitution—Amendments—4th
United States—Constitution—Amendments—5th
United States—Constitution—Amendments—8th
United States—Constitution—Amendments—14th
Harvard University Online Catalog
http://hollisweb.harvard.edu/
Choose: HOLLIS
Choose: HU
Sample search: ksh United States Constitution Amendments 5th
In addition to the reference sets
above:
Dickson, Del. The Supreme Court in Conference, 1940-1985. New York :
Oxford University
Press, 2000. KF8742 .S917 2000 REFERENCE
Ontiveros, Suzanne R. The Dynamic Constitution : a Historical
Bibliography.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 1986. KF4541 .D95 1986 REFERENCE
Subject:
United States Constitutional history
Library of Congress Subject
Headings
Searching by Amendment
Subjects:
United States Constitution Amendments
United States Constitution Amendments 1st
United States Constitution Amendments 4th
United States Constitution Amendments 5th
United States Constitution Amendments 8th
United States Constitution Amendments 14th
United States Constitutional law
United States Constitutional law Cases
Sample:
Rosenkranz, E. Joshua. Reason and Passion : Justice Brennan's Enduring
Influence.
New York : Norton, 1997. KF8745 .B68 R43 1997 STACKS
Brisbin, Richard A. Justice Antonin Scalia and the Conservative Revival.
Baltimore, Md. :
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. KF8745 .S33 B75 1997 STACKS
Jump to Thomas Byrne Memorial Library Online Catalog
SHC
Library Online Catalog (WWW Version)
Jump to Harvard Univsity Online Catalog:
http://hollisweb.harvard.edu/
Searching by Topic
(topic OR synonyms OR related terms) AND (Law and Legislation)
Abortion
Subjects:
Abortion United States
Abortion Law and legislation
Sample:
Parrish, Jenni. Abortion Law in the United States. New
York : Garland, 1995.
KF 3771 .A936 1995 REFERENCE
Affirmative Action
Subjects:
Affirmative action programs United States
Affirmative action programs Law and legislation
Sample:
Eisaguirre, Lynne. Affirmative Action : a Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, Calif. :
ABC-CLIO, 1999. HF5549.5 .A34 E39 1999 REFERENCE
Civil rights United States Cases
Civil rights Law and legislation
Discrimination in education United States
Segregation Law and Legislation United States
Death Penalty
Subject:
Capital punishment
Sample:
Bedau, Hugo Adam. The Death Penalty in America. New York : Oxford University
Press, 1997. HV8699 .U5 D37 1997 REFERENCE
Privacy
Subjects:
Privacy, Right of United States
Privacy Law and legislation
Sample:
Cate, Fred H. Privacy in Perspective. Washington, D.C. : AEI Press, 2001.
KF1262 .C37 2001 STACKS
Pornography United States
Right
of property United States
Eminent domain United States
Right
of property United States
Religion and Politics
Subjects:
Religion and politics United States
Sample:
Dionne, E. J. What's God got to do with the American Experiment?
Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution Press, 2000. BL2525 .W47 2000 STACKS
Sexual Harassment Gender
Discrimination
Subjects:
Sex discrimination
Sex and law United States
Sexual harassment
Women Legal status, laws, etc
Sample:
Weizer, Paul I. The Supreme Court and Sexual Harassment. Lanham, Md. :
Lexington Books, 2000. KF3467 .W45 2000 STACKS
Speech
Obscenity United States
Hate crime
Terrorism
Subject:
Terrorism
Sample:
Lakos, Amos. Terrorism, 1980-1990: a Bibliography. Boulder, CO : Westview
Press, 1991.
HV 6431 .L34 1991 REFERENCE [see especially entries for
constitutional law, constitutional
order, and constitutional powers]
McGuckin, Frank. Terrorism in the United States. New
York : H.W. Wilson, 1997.
HV 6432 .T 45 1997 REFERENCE
The Supreme Court Review. Chicago,
University of Chicago Press. 1960- current.
KF8748 .S8 1996 STACKS.
Chicago, University of Chicago Press. 1960- current.
KF8748 .S8 1996 STACKS
Subject:
United States--Constitutional law
Bibliographies and Guides to Research
Martin, Fenton S. How to Research
the Supreme Court. Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, 1992.
KF8741.A1 M36 1992 REFERENCE
Subject:
United States. Supreme Court—Bibliography
-------. The U.S. Supreme Court : a
Bibliography. Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, 1990.
KF8741 .A1 M37 1990 REFERENCE
Subject:
United States. Supreme Court—Bibliography
Millett, Stephen M. A Selected Bibliography of American Constitutional History. Santa Barbara : Clio Books, 1975. KF4546 .M54 STACKS
Subject:
United States--Constitutional law--Bibliography
United States--Constitutional history--Bibliography
Civil Rights Decisions of the United
States Supreme Court : the 19th century. Maureen Harrison, editor. San
Diego, Calif. : Excellent Books, 1994. KF4748 .C57 1994 REFERENCE
Subject:
Civil rights--United States--Cases :
the 19th century. Maureen Harrison, editor. San
Diego, Calif. : Excellent Books, 1994. KF4748 .C57 1994 REFERENCE
Subject:
Civil rights--United States--Cases
Civil Rights Decisions of the United
States Supreme Court : the 20th century. Maureen Harrison, editor.
San Diego, Calif. : Excellent Books, 1994. KF4745 .C58 1994 REFERENCE.
Maureen Harrison, editor.
San Diego, Calif. : Excellent Books, 1994. KF4745 .C58 1994 REFERENCE
Subject: Civil rights--United States--Cases
Constitution
of the United States, Annotated
The Constitution of the United States of America : Analysis and
Interpretation : Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United
States to - . Prepared by the Congressional Research Service, Library of
Congress. Washington : U.S. G.P.O.
Y 1.1/2: SERIAL 14152 GOVDOCS
Electronic access: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/constitution/index.html
Subject:
United States--Constitution
United States--Constitutional law
Constitutional Law, General
Choper, Jesse H. Constitutional Law,
23rd ed. Chicago, IL : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985.
KF211.5.G5 C67 REFERENCE
Subject:
United States--Constitutional law--Outlines, syllabi, etc
Justice Biographies (Supreme Court)
The Justices of the United States
Supreme Court : Their Lives and Major Opinions.
Leon Friedman, editor.
New York : Chelsea House Publishers, 1997. 5 Vols. KF8744 .F75 1997
VOL.1-5 REFERENCE
Subject:
United States. Supreme Court—Biography
The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. Kermit L. Hall, editor. New York : Oxford University Press, 1992. KF8742 .A35 O93 1992 REFERENCE Kermit L. Hall, editor. New York : Oxford University Press, 1992. KF8742 .A35 O93 1992 REFERENCE
Subject:
United States. Supreme Court—Encyclopedias
Witt, Elder. Congressional Quarterly's Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court. 2nd ed. Washington, DC : Congressional Quarterly Inc., 1990. KF8742 .W567 1990 REFERENCE
Subject:
United States. Supreme Court
Supreme Court Decisions, Texts, etc.
Fein, Bruce E. Significant Decisions of the Supreme Court, [SHC owns 1974-1978] Term. Washington : American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. KF4547.8 .F422 [year] STACKS
Subject:
United States--Constitutional law—Digests
Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court. Maureen Harrison. Editor. Beverly Hills, Calif. : Excellent Books, 1991-1992. 3 vols. KF4549 .L37 REFERENCE .
Subject:
United States--Constitutional law--Cases
United States. Supreme Court. United
States Reports : Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court.
New York : Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1884- current. Vols. 1-511. KF154.A90
U5 LAW
Subject:
Law--United States
Law reports, digests, etc.--United States
Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/
Supreme Court Decisions, 1937 - 1975
http://www.fedworld.gov/supcourt/index.htm#jump
U.S. Federal Courts, Decisions; International Law and Treaties
http://camellia.shc.edu/govdocs/lawwww.html
Indexes
and Abstracts
Academic Elite : EBSCO.
Library Workstations
Academic Index: Information Access Co.
Library Workstations
Sample Entries:
Cimino, Chapin. "Class-based preference in affirmative action
programs after Miller v. Johnson:
a race-neutral option, or subterfuge?" University of Chicago Law
Review 64:1289-1310 Fall 1997.
Lamb, John D. "The real affirmative action babies: legacy preferences
at Harvard and Yale."
Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems 26:491-521
Spring 1993.
Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS). New York : Public
Affairs Information Service, Annual.
H 96 .P32 INDEX
Topics included in PAIS Index
include policy oriented literature of the academic
social sciences such as political
science, public administration, business, finance,
U.S. law, international law,
international relations, etc.
Headings:
Constitutional Law United States
Due Process of Law
Takings (Expropriation) Use "Expropriation"
Affirmative Action Programs United States
Pornography United States
Obscenity United States
Discrimination in Education
Discrimination Against Women
Capital Punishment
United States Constitution [#] Amendment
Sample entries:
Keynes, Edward. Liberty, property, and privacy: toward a jurisprudence of
substantive due process.
Penn State University Press, 1996.
Examines US Supreme Court
decisions on privacy in light of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Schopf, Simeon. "Megan's Law": Community notification and the
Constitution." Columbia Journal of Law
and Social Problems. 29:117-46 Fall 1995.
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