Library Reference Resources
REF 342.7 Enc Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. 1986
REF 342.73 Con The Constitution and its amendments. 1999. Contains 165 essays in which the authors discuss specific articles or amendments to the Constitution of the United States, with some coverage of selected concepts, cases, or topics of importance during a specific period. Organized by constitutional clauses, with definitions of key terms, sidebars, and illustrations.
REF 342.73 Con The Constitution of the United States of America; analysis and interpretation. Annotations of cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 22, 1964.
REF 342.73 Vil Encyclopedia of constitutional amendments, proposed amendments, and amending issues, 1789-1995. Over 400 alphabetically arranged entries explore everything from affirmative action and balancing the budget, to victim's rights and world government, focusing on twenty-seven amendments that have been proposed and ratified and hundreds of other topics that have been proposed as subjects for amendment.
REF 347.73 Mac The Supreme Court : selections from the four-volume Encyclopedia of the American Constitution and supplement. 1999. Contains alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about various aspects of the U.S. Supreme Court, covering abortion rights, libel, symbolic speech, and many other topics; and reviews some of the most significant cases to come before the Court.
REF 347.73 SUP The Supreme Court, A to Z. 1998. Presents information about the nation's highest court, looking at the important legal decisions that have shaped modern interpretation of the U.S. Constitution and the men and women who have served as justices, and including facts about the administrative workings of the institution.
Online Resources
Library of Congress, American Memory Project – A century of lawmaking for a new nation: U.S. Congressional documents and debates, 1774-1875 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
National Archives –
Charters of Freedom Exhibit
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/charters.html
U.S. Government Printing
Office – Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids, 9-12
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/index.html
BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY
The Mount Si High School library has many books on topics related to the Bill of Rights.
Search the library’s OPAC to find out where they are located. Access the OPAC from the library’s homepage, under “find BOOKS.”
Organizations to Protect Civil Rights
American Civil Liberties Union http://www.aclu.org/index.html
Bill of Rights Defense Committee http://www.bordc.org/index.php
Center for Constitutional Rights http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/home.asp
People for the American Way http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/
ReclaimDemocracy.org http://reclaimdemocracy.org/
Organizations that protect specific Rights
First Amendment Center http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/
First Amendment Project http://www.thefirstamendment.org/
International Religious Liberty Association http://www.irla.org/aboutus/index.html
Flex Your Rights – Protect your constitutional rights during police encounters http://www.flexyourrights.org/
National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action http://www.nraila.org/
Second Amendment Foundation http://www.saf.org/
NEWSPAPERS & PERIODICALS
You can access newspaper and magazine articles from several online databases. Our library provides access through ProQuest. There are other databases you can use through the King County Library System.
ProQuest
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=306&TS=1054581030
King County Library System – Databases
News & Current Events http://www.kcls.org/
Some of the databases you’ll find helpful are:
America’s Newspapers
InfoTrac
New York Times
New York Times Historical Backfile
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Washington News Stand
To access the KCLS databases you need your KCLS library card number and pin number. If you do not have a pin number, you can create one by calling 425/462-9600.