Constitution Day - September 17
Books | Databases | Films & Documentaries | Websites
In celebration of Constitution Day, Langsdale Library is highlighting works that help us understand this important document.
For help locating these titles, or to locate additional resources, please stop by or contact the Reference Desk.
Books
The Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence
Washington, DC: U.S. GPO, 2003
Gov Docs Y 1.1/7:108-96
Amar, Akhil Reed
America’s Constitution: A Biography
New York: Random House, 2005
KF4541 .A87 2005
Cullop, Floyd G.
The Constitution of the United States: An Introduction (Revised & Updated Edition)
New York: New American Library, 1999
KF4528 .C85 1999
Farber, Daniel A. and Suzanna Sherry
A History of the American Constitution
Saint Paul: West Pub. Co., 1990
KF4541 .F29 1990
Kurland, Philip B. and Ralph Lerner, eds.
The Founders’ Constitution
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987
KF4502 .F68 1987 (5 volumes)
Mitchell, Ralph
CQ’s Guide to the U.S. Constitution (2nd ed.)
Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, 1994
KF4528.5 .M567 1994
Stewart, David O.
The Summer of 1787: The Men who Invented the Constitution
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007
KF4510 .S74 2007
Vile, John R.
A Companion to the United States Constitution and its Amendments
Westport, CN: Praeger, 2001
KF4550 .V55 2001
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Databases
Academic
Search Premier [on-campus]
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Coverage: 1990 - present.
Provides full-text for over 3,400 scholarly journals covering the social sciences,
humanities, education, sciences, and more. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library
(MDL).
America:
History and Life [on
campus] [help]
Coverage: 1964 - present.
America: History and Life is a complete bibliographic reference to the history
of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. The database comprises
almost 400,000 bibliographic entries from over 2,000 journals published worldwide.
CQ
Researcher [on-campus]
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Coverage: 1991 - present. Provides
full text essays on social and political topics, including chronologies, overviews
of issues, opposing viewpoints and bibliographies.
HEIN
ONLINE: [On-campus]
Coverage: varies. A retrospective collection of over 90 law reviews, with over
200,000 articles. Full-text is available, in graphical image format.
JSTOR
[on-campus]
Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes complete runs of journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years.
Lexis-Nexis
Academic [on-campus]
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Coverage: 1970 - present. Features full text of many newspapers and periodicals.
Also offers business news, legal materials such as federal & state codes,
case law and legal journals.
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Films & Documentaries
The Amendments to the Constitution: Bill of Rights and Beyond (1998)
KF4557 .A4 1998 VHS
A Design for Liberty: The American Constitution (1980)
E303 .D47 VHS
The First Amendment Project (2005)
KF4772 .F57 2005 DVD
Key Constitutional Concepts (2006)
KF5130.S9 K3 2006 DVD
Our Constitution: A Conversation (2005)
KF4550 .O87 2005 DVD
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Websites
Government Printing Office. The Constitution of the United States of America, Analysis and Interpretation. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/browse.html
The text of the Constitution with annotations, supplements and analysis of Supremem Court cases.
Library of Congress. Constitution Day Resources. http://thomas.loc.gov/teachers/constitution.html
Site links to primary source documents, lesson plans, and online AmericanMemory collections.
National Archives and Records Administration. The Charters of Freedom: NARA Constitution Page. http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html
Part of an online exhibit of important U.S. Documents. Each document includes high-resolution scans and a transcript for readability.
National Constitution Center. http://www.constitutioncenter.org/
Official website for the Constitution Center in Philadelphia. The site includes visitor information as well as: the Interactive Constitution (searchable and browsable by topic and Supreme Court case); educational resources; event calendar; and citizen action information.
. Constitution Facts.com. http://www.constitutionfacts.com/
Created by the publishers of The U.S. Constitution & Fascinating Facts About It. The ssite includes trivia, a transcript of the Constitution, and an interactive quiz.
University of Chigago Press and Liberty Fund. The Founders Constitution. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/
Online version of a previously published, 5-volume set. From the website: "In this unique anthology, Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner draw on the writings of a wide array of people engaged in the problem of making popular government safe, steady, and accountable. The documents included range from the early seventeenth century to the 1830s, from the reflections of philosophers to popular pamphlets, from public debates in ratifying conventions to the private correspondence of the leading political actors of the day.
Includes resources for the classroom, fact sheets, and interactive games.
U.S. Department of Defense.
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day Website. http://constitutionday.cpms.osd.mil/
This site includes a free, 30-minute Constitution Day tutorial.
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