LibGuides: Supreme Court: Websites and Databases

Databases

Supreme Court eBook
This book is 5 volumes. On the right, click on the letter volume you would like and then search for your case alphabetically.
Lincoln LIbrary
Use the link for American History, then navigate your way to the supreme court cases to get some more information. Don't forget to cite!
Infotrac Newsstand
Use Infotrac to locate newspaper articles about your case. Look on the left to limit your search.
World Book Advanced
Click on World Book Advanced and search for your case. Don't forget to check on the right for primary source documents.
Grolier Online
Use this additional online encyclopedia to search for your case. Scroll down in case there is further reading or related documents.
Trueflix
Click on U.S. Government and check out the eBooks and related sites about the supreme court.
Brainpop
There are a couple videos that would be useful including the supreme court, Miranda law, and the court system among others.

PBS
Use this site to learn about the Supreme Court and look around to find information about your specific case.

The Supreme Court Home Page
Learn about the rules, the justices and search for supreme court dockets. You may not find your case, but you may find references to it.

Find Law
Click on party name and look up your case. This is very detailed and gives a lot of information. This will require a lot of READING!

Landmark Cases
Some of your cases may be on this page. Make sure to click on your case and then on "background", "decision" and "resources" for more information.

National Technical Information Services
Enter your case name into the search for detailed information about the case.

U.S Constitution
The preamble, articles and amendments to the constitution from Cornell Law School.
U.S. Supreme Court Media
Search your case for briefs that are easy to understand.
U.S. Supreme Court Center
Search for your case by year.

Cornell Law
You can actually ask questions online to lawyers...perhaps they can point you in the right direction!