Research Guides: POLS 024/105: Constitutional Law (SC): Home

Starting points:

Supreme Court of the US (Nackenoff)
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Use this entry in Oxford Bibliographies Online to find recommended books, articles, and other resources for researching the Supreme Court.

To get full articles or books (within Oxford Bibliographies Online), click "[+] Find this resource" and then click the FindIt button to find the item in Tripod.

Nexis Uni
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Includes federal and state legal cases (opinions), law review articles, and Supreme Court briefs, among other resources.
HeinOnline
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Provides searchable database of full text legal periodicals.

The Supreme Court: an essential history (Hoffer, 2007)
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Organized by court (e.g. The Jay and Ellsworth courts, 1789-1801; The Marshall court, 1801-1835), covering through the Rehnquist court, 1986-2005.

Available as a print book at Swarthmore and Bryn Mawr.

Research Tips

This Research Guide will point you to databases, books, legal materials, and other resources that may be useful for your project.

Please don't hesitate to contact Simon Elichko (librarian for this course) with any questions, or to set up an appointment to discuss your research. Simon's email is selichk1@swarthmore.edu.

Here are some of the things that librarians can help you with:

Finding scholarly sources (law review articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, overviews and reference sources)
Finding legal documents and materials (cases, briefs, oral arguments, petitions, orders)
Searching specific databases (e.g. LexisNexis, Hein Online, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts)
Improving your search skills
Citing sources and creating a bibliography
Organizing your research (including using Zotero or Endnote)