The Constitution of the United States
Re-examining the Constitution
Read CQ Researcher's in-depth look at the constitution on its 225th anniversary (2012).
Historical Research Tools
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America: History and Life (EBSCOhost)Covers the world's scholarly literature on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada. Over 1,700 journals are indexed from as far back as 1910.
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American History in Video (Alexander Street)American History in Video provides a collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection provides access to commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and documentaries.
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Gale Primary Sources (formerly Artemis Primary Sources)Gale's cross-search interface for 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers, 19th Century British Newspapers,
Eighteenth Century Collections, Nineteenth Century Collections, Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers, The Sunday Times Digital Archive, The Times Digital Archive, and the Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive.
Constitution Day on the Web
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Read the ConstitutionRead online or download a PDF copy. From the Bill of Rights Institute.
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The Constitution CenterResources for Constitution Day from the Constitution Center
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Interactive ConstitutionFrom the Constitution Center
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The Constitution ProjectKeep up with news, issues, and events related to the U.S. Constitution
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Observing Constitution DayFrom the National Archives, resources to help teach and learn about the Constitution.
Print and online books at Murphy Library
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The Annotated U. S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence
by Call Number: Online AccessISBN: 0674066227Publication Date: 2012-10-22 -
The Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence
by Call Number: Government Documents Federal (basement) (Y 1.1/3:111-4 )ISBN: 9780160836961Publication Date: 2009-09-10 -
The Constitution of the United States of America
by Call Number: 2nd Floor Stacks (KF4550 .T869 2009 )ISBN: 9781841137384Publication Date: 2009-01-15 -
Constitution of the United States of America : analysis and interpretation : analysis of cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 28, 2012
Call Number: KF4527 .U54 2013 ReferenceISBN: 0160917352current ed. (annual supplements)
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The Constitution of the United States of America as Amended; Unratified Amendments; Analytical Index, July 25 2007
by Call Number: Online and Reference KF 4527 .U543 2007ISBN: 9780160790911Publication Date: 2008-01-31 -
Contested Conventions
by Call Number: E303 .Y39 2016 2nd Floor StacksISBN: 9781421420264Publication Date: 2016 -
Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments
by Call Number: KF4557 .V555 2010 ReferenceISBN: 9781598843163Publication Date: 20103rd ed.
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Encyclopedia of the American Constitution by
Call Number: KF4548 .E53 2000 ReferenceISBN: 0028648803Publication Date: 20002nd ed.
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Essential Supreme Court Decisions
by Call Number: Reference KF4547.4 .V55 2010ISBN: 9781442203846Publication Date: 2010-07-16Summaries of leading cases in U.S. constitutional law -
Founding Visions
by Call Number: E310 .B219 2014 ONLINE or 2nd Floor StacksISBN: 9780813152851Publication Date: 2014 -
The Framers' Coup
by Call Number: KF4541 .K53 2016 2nd Floor StacksISBN: 9780199942039Publication Date: 2016 -
Original Intents
by Call Number: E302.5 .S527 2018 2nd Floor StacksISBN: 9780199370139Publication Date: 2017 -
Our Constitution Rocks!
by Call Number: Curriculum Childrens (2nd floor, North) (342.7 Tur )ISBN: 9780310734215Publication Date: 2012-09-08
Constitution Quiz
Constitution Puzzles
Constitutional Crosswords
Try your hand at a puzzle or two.
There's an App!
U.S. Constitution: Analysis and Interpretation
The U.S. Constitution: Analysis and Interpretation app is a mobile version of the "Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation", a comprehensive analytical legal treatise prepared by attorneys of the Congressional Research Service at the direction of the United States Senate and issued as Senate Document No. 112-9. The app is presented by the Library of Congress using data provided by the Government Printing Office.
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