Trailblazer Research Guide
U. S. Supreme Court and Cases
U. S. Supreme Court and Cases
Dewey Decimal Call Numbers
- 347, 348, 920
General Information
- The Supreme Court Ref. 347.7326 S959w
- Supreme Court of the United States: Its Beginnings and Its Justices, 1790-1991 Ref. 347.73 S959
- Supreme Court Justices: Illustrated Biographies, 1789-1995 Ref. 347.732634 S959
- Guide to American Law Ref. 348.736 G946
- Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments R 342.73 V699
- Constitutional Rights Sourcebook R 342.7302 R421
- Encyclopedia of the American Judicial System R 349.73 E56
- Oxford Comapion to American Law R 349.73 O98h
Statistical Information
- Statistical Abstract of the United States Ref. 317.3 U58s
Biographical Information
- Current Biography Ref. 920 C9
- Encyclopedia of World Biography Ref. 920.02 E56
- International Who's Who Ref. 920 E89
- Who's Who in America Ref. 920.073 W628
Subject Headings
- United States. Supreme Court.
- Supreme court justice's name (last name, first name) e.g. Rehnquist, William H.
- Litigants name in a case (last name, first name) e.g. Roe, Jane
- Legal topic--law and legislation e.g. segregation--law and legislation
Keywords
- Supreme court
- Supreme court justice's name e.g. warren burger
- Keywords from the name of a case e.g. brown board education
Databases to Use for Finding Articles
- ArticleFrist
- Academic Search Premier
- Academic Universe (Legal)
- Education Research Complete
- ERIC
- History Reference Center
- MAS Ultra: Student Ed.
- Newspaper Source
- SocINDEX with Full-text
Internet Resources
- The U.S. Supreme Court http://www.supremecourtus.gov
- Supreme Court Decisions (1937-1975) http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/supcrt/index.html
- Supreme Court Decisions (1992 Term forward) http://fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/court01.htm
- Legal Information Institute: Supreme Court Collection http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html
- FindLaw: Supreme Court Opinions http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
- Supreme Court Historical Society http://www.supremecourthistory.org/
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