OhioLINK's Electronic Reference Books Collection - American Law, Politics, and Government
The Oxford Companion to The Supreme Court of the United States
The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions
West's Encyclopedia of American Law
When searching for books using the Libraries' Catalog, try some of the following Subject Headings to get started with your research in addition to keyword searching. And don't forget to pass the search to OhioLINK (Statewide Search) to find additional titles.
Civil Rights United States
Civil rights -- United States -- Cases
Civil rights -- United States -- Encyclopedias
United States. Supreme Court
United States. Supreme Court -- Biography
United States. Supreme Court -- Encyclopedias
Constitutional Law -- United States
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Factiva
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GPO Access
Full-text databases, finding aids, and other resources for locating federal government information. Databases cover congressional publications, laws, regulations, and key statistical and administrative publications such as the Economic Report of the President, the Budget of the U.S. Government, and the U.S. Government Manual. Date coverage varies for each database, but most begin in the mid-1990's.
Hein Online
Full-text of the entire historical runs of more than 400 law journals with more being added regularly. Many are current to within the last couple of years. Other historical law sets available are the Federal Register (1936-1981), U.S. Reports (Supreme Court opinions), and United States Treaties sets
International Political Science Abstracts
International Political Science Abstracts
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Legal Collection
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LexisNexis Guided News Search
Provides full-text articles from national and regional newspapers,
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LexisNexis Legal
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PAIS
Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) indexes public affairs
literature of public affairs including current issues within
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practical literature of political science. PAIS contains references to
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Supreme Court Nomination Hearings (1971 - present) via GPO Access
The Supreme Court Compendium: Data, Decisions & Developments
The Supreme Court Compendium is the only reference that presents historical and statistical information on every important aspect of the U.S. Supreme Court, including its history, development as an institution, the justices’ backgrounds, nominations, and confirmations, and the Court’s relationship with the public and other governmental and judicial bodies.
U.S. Supreme Court Jutices Database
This is a multi-user, public database containing a wealth of information on individuals nominated (whether confirmed or not) to the U.S. Supreme Court (John Jay-Samuel A. Alito, Jr). Specifically, the Database houses 263 variables, falling roughly into five categories: identifiers, background characteristics and personal attributes, nomination and confirmation, service on the Court, and departures from the bench.
Findlaw.com Supreme Court Center
OYEZ: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database
Supreme Court Historical Society
Supreme Court Collection - Cornell Law School
Supreme Court Nomination Hearings (1971 - present) via GPO Access
United States Supreme Court Web Site
U.S. Supreme Court Cases and Opinions from Justia
Supreme Court Institute (Georgetown Law Center)
Cato's Center for Constitutional Studies
American Center for Law and Justice
American Civil Liberties Union
American Enterprise Institute - Legal and Constitutional Studies
Research tools for finding Supreme Court information - Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas Law School
Supreme Court Research Guide - Georgetown University Law Center
U.S Supreme Court - Duke University Law Library
U.S. Supreme Court Research - University of San Francisco, Dorraine Zief Law Library
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