U.S. Constitution

CONSTITUTION DAY

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LIBRARY CATALOG

LIBRARY CATALOG: Search for materials in the COD library or in libraries worldwide.

Outline of the Library of Congress Classification System (what COD uses to arrange its books)
I-SHARE (formerly Illinet Online): Get books from over 80 Illinois academic libraries
Interlibrary Loan, to get books and journal articles from other libraries around the country.

List of COD Library books on the Constitutional Convention
List of COD Library books on Civil Rights
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REFERENCE BOOKS

Why Reference Sources?

Is your research topic too big to cover in a short paper? Is your topic so specific that sources will be hard to find?

Before you even begin your research, start the process with reference sources-- in the Library's Reference Section or online in our databases. Reference books, like subject encyclopedias, can give you a head start and make your research easier in the long run. Use reference sources to:

find a topic
narrow your topic
find keywords
get background information on your topic

American Political Culture: An Encyclopedia. (2015)
The Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science: A User's Guide to its Terms
The Concise Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History
Constitutional Amendments : Encyclopedia of the People, Procedures, Politics, Primary Documents Relating to the 27 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 : A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of America's Founding. Reference KF 4520 .Z 9 V 55 2005
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Encyclopedia of Democracy. Reference JC 423 .E 53 1995
Encyclopedia of Governance
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. Reference KF 4548 .E 53 2000
Minority Rights in the United States. Reference JC 599 .U 5 A 93 2002
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ARTICLE DATABASES

You must have a valid College of DuPage library card to access the electronic indexes and databases from off-campus.

Academic OneFile. An index to over 2500 magazines and journals covering a variety of topic areas including political science. This database provides references, abstracts, and many times the full-text of articles. A COD library card is required for off-campus use.
Academic Search Complete. Abstracts from nearly 3000 journals and full text for 1250 journals including general reference, political science, education, social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, library and information science.
The Chicago Tribune newspaper. Full text of articles from 1989-present.
CQ Researcher. Full text articles covering topics of current interest and controversy.
Google Scholar. This provides access to many free full-text articles, as well as citations to many other articles.
JSTOR. This is an archive of digitized journal articles ranging in date from the 1700's to the early 2000's. These collections span a variety of subjects in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Physical Sciences.
Military and Government Collection of articles and bibliographic citations.
National Newspapers(ProQuest). This includes the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.
Project MUSE. This database offers full-text current and archival articles from 500+ scholarly journals from major university presses covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more. Updated continually.

More COD Library journal and newspaper article databases.
Explanation of Scholarly Journals
Explanation of the Difference Between Magazines and Journals
How to Read a Research Article
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FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

Mass Media and the Constitution : An Encyclopedia of Supreme Court Decisions. Reference KF 2750 .A 59 H 58 1989
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RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Religious Studies research guide

Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion. Reference BL 65 .P 7 E 53 2007
Encyclopedia of Religion and the Law in the United States.
Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States.
Freedom of Religion under the Bill of Rights.
Religion and the Law in America : An Encyclopedia of Personal Belief and Public Policy. Reference KF 4783 .A 68 M 47 2007

List of COD Library books on the Freedom of Religion in the United States
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SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

Encyclopedia of Sexual Behavior and the Law. Reference KF 9325 .A 68 M 33 2006
The Evolving Constitution : How the Supreme Court has Ruled on Issues from Abortion to Zoning. General KF4548 .L 54 1992
The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. Reference KF 8742 .A 35 O 93 2005
Women's Rights in the United States : A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Issues, Events, and People.
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