Resources for Pacific Seminar II

Reference Books

The library has a number of reference books of potential use for research in this area. For example:

• Blacks Law Dictionary
  REF KF156 .B53 1999
• Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
  REF KF 4548.E53
• Great American Trials
  REF KF 220.G74
• Historic U.S. Court Cases
  REF KF385.A4.J64
• West’s Encyclopedia of American Law
  REF KF 154.W47

Books

In PacifiCat, search for the names of cases by keyword to find analyses or historical coverage. You can also search under the broad terms that describe the cases, such as “segregation and law”.

Articles

In addition to Academic Search Complete, try the following:

• CQ Electronic Library: The Supreme Court Collection includes cases and analyses
• Hein Online: law journal archive, Supreme Court materials
• JSTOR: full-text backfiles of 41 legal periodicals
• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe: full-text of court cases and law review articles
• Literature Resource Center: Biographies, bibliographies and analysis of over 115,000 authors.
• FIAF Film Journal Index: Scholarly and popular articles. Some full text
• Historical New York Times: Complete full-text coverage from 1851-2001
• Project Muse: Offers full text and coverage of approx. 200 scholarly journals

Reliable Websites

Web sources you can trust!

• National Criminal Justice Reference Service:
  Selected full text articles from Federal, State, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research.
• Supreme Court of the United States:
  Official website of the United States Supreme Court, includes history, biographies of justices, etc.
• U.S. Courts:
  Links to federal courts, links to publications and glossary of legal terms.
• Cornell Law School Legal Information Institution:
  Extensive information about the Court