Jay Zumbrun- Criminal Justice and the Constitution (CRJU 122)

Below are some suggestions of research resources that will be helpful for your assignment.

Research Tips for finding material for your assignment:

• Exact Amendment: Textbook, US Government Manual. USCA Code
• Description of Amendment: some books below, database articles (Criminal Justice, Social Science Index Full text...some web sites*)
• History of Amendment: Books, History Resource Center Database, other articles from databases, web sites*.
• Supreme Court Cases: Database-West Law, Supreme Court Reporter, some books( The Words We Live By, In Our Defense*) and web sites.
  

Books and Media: Use the Online Library Catalog to find material in the criminal justice and legal field. We use Library of Congress system with criminal justice in the HV 6000 section, Law and Constitution in the K and JK section.

Searching the Library Catalog Hints: Do a subject search on constitution and see broad topics or narrow the search with keyword searching connecting terms with AND
(EX: constitution and first amendment) or do a phrase search and put in quotes (EX: first amendment”, “due process”)

Below are a few suggestions of books for your class project:
Reference Material on the Constitution:
• United States Government Manual 2007-2008 Ref JK 464.U5
• United States Code Annotated Ref KF 62.A3U5 (volumes on each amendment)
• The Annals of America Ref.E173.A5
• The Annals of America :Great Issues in American Life Index Ref.E173.A5
• Record of America Ref. E 174 .M2
• Constitutional law : principles and policies REF. KF4550 .C427 1997

Other Material on the Constitution
• *In our Defense KF 4750 .A43 1991 (On Reserve)
• *The Words We Live By KF 4550 Z9 M66 2003 (On Reserve)
• Constitutional law : principles and practice KF4550 .H36 2005 (On Reserve)
• The Constitution Of The United States Of America KF4550 .C59 1987
. The Evolving Constitution: How the Supreme Court has ruled on issues from abortion to zoning Ref. KF 4548 .L54 1992
• The Framing of the Federal Constitution KF4520 .M67
• Key Constitutional Concepts KF4550.K49 2006 (Video)
• Our Constitution A Conversation KF4550.O87 2005 (video)

Journals, Magazines and Legal Cases in Research Databases
Use the Databases to find articles on your topic.
List of all Databases: http://library.ccbcmd.edu/screens/databases.html
Follow the directions to access these databases from home.

Criminal Justice and Legal Databases:
Criminal Justice Database (Proquest)
West Law Campus (use Law tab to find cases, use News tab to find articles in law journals)

Other Databases helpful for this assignment:
• Social Science Index with Full Text
• History Resource Center U.S. (historical aspects of amendment)
• Proquest Research Library
• Academic Search Premier by EBSCOhost

Web Resources:
Remember to evaluate your web sites- Evaluating Web Sites Criteria

Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries, Oral Arguments & Multimedia - specific case information

Learn how to write a case brief.By University of Virginia School of Law; How to Brief a Case. By John Jay ...www.4lawschool.com/howto.htm

Other Criminal Justice Web Sites:List of Criminal Justice and Legal Web Sites. http://www.ccbcmd.edu/libraries/dundalk/vrcriminal.html