Trexler Library | Muhlenberg College

Constitutional History of the U.S.

Need help with your research? Contact:

Kelly Cannon
Humanities & Business Librarian
phone: x3602
email: kcannon@muhlenberg.edu
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Reference desk IM: talktotrexler

Reference works

Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court (Ref Collection 347.7326 F499L)
Recommends important monographs or articles for nearly every Supreme Court case.

How do I locate full text of a Supreme Court case?

Legal Information Institute (LII), Cornell University Law School (http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/name.htm)

How do I locate scholarly books (and book chapters)?

Trexler Library Catalog
NOTE: Access from the Trexler Library website (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library) > catalog.
Catalog of all books and documents in Trexler Library at Muhlenberg College.

WorldCat
NOTE: Access from the Trexler Library website > Database > Most Popular > WorldCat
Catalog of books and documents in libraries throughout the world. Watch especially for the AREA LIBRARIES designation.

How do I locate peer-reviewed (scholarly) journal articles?

America History & LIfe ***RECOMMENDED***
NOTE: Access from the Trexler Library website > Articles A to Z
Index to historical research about U.S. history, 1492-present.

Index to Legal Periodicals
NOTE: Access from the Trexler Library website > Articles A to Z

LexisNexis Academic
NOTE: Access from the Trexler Library website > Articles A to Z
Includes substantial archive of law reviews.

How do I locate journalistic commentary in newspapers or magazines?

Academic Search Premier
NOTE: Access from the Trexler Library website > Articles A to Z

LexisNexis Academic
NOTE: Access from the Trexler Library website > Articles A to Z

prior to 1980s:

Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature (Located in Reference Indexes on level A of Trexler Library)
1900-present

New York Times Index (Located in References Indexes on level A of Trexler Library)
1850s-present

19th Century Masterfile
NOTE: Access from the Trexler Library website > Articles A to Z

getting to the full text. . .

Once you have found the citation of a journal article you're interested in, click on the Get It link found next to the citation, or run a journal title search in Trexler Library's online catalog. NOTE: Access from Trexler Library website > catalog.

articles via interlibrary loan. . .

Journal articles not found in Trexler Library can be ordered on interlibrary loan.
NOTE: Access from Trexler Library website > ILL

Citing sources

For tips on citing print and electronic sources in the Chicago style, visit Trexler Library's Citation Guides for Print and Electronic Resources. NOTE: Access from the Trexler Library website > Citation Guides.