LGLS 251: Civil Rights

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LGLS 251Civil Rights Liberties

• Samantha E. Cabral
• Douglas Judith Krupp Library
• Bryant University
• Spring 2008 (Updated Spring 2009 LK)

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Contact the Library

• Phone [phone]
• E-mail refdesk_at_bryant.edu
• IM a Reference Librarian ask your research
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  gmail
• Text Message 401-595-7306

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Library Contacts

• Colleen Anderson canderso_at_bryant.edu
• Jenifer Bond jbond2_at_bryant.edu
• Maura Keating mkeating_at_bryant.edu
• Laura Kohl lkohl_at_bryant.edu

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Electronic Resources

• The CQ Researcher Online Reports on  "hot"
  contemporary issues (from 1991 to present).
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Pros and
  cons of controversial and current issues.
• LexisNexis You may look up cases, other legal
  research, as well as news items in this database.
  See LexisNexis tutorial for help searching this
  database.
• ProQuest Research Library Search periodicals on
  legal subjects such as business law, civil law,
  and more in this ProQuest Research Library
  Module.
• To access any of these databases simply go to the
  library home page http//library.bryant.edu and
  select the Articles Databases link.

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Constitution Bill of Rights

• Constitution of the United States of America
  http//www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constit
  ution.html
• Bill of Rights http//www.archives.gov/exhibits/
  charters/bill_of_rights.html
• State Constitutions of the United StatesRef
  KF4530 .M33 2006
• Tip For web these websites select the printer
  friendly link/tab for an easier version to read

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USA PATRIOT Act I II

• USA PATRIOT Act 2001 http//thomas.loc.gov/cgi-b
  in/query/z?c107H.R.3162.ENR
• USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act
  of 2005 http//frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin
  /getdoc.cgi?dbname109_cong_public_lawsdocidfpu
  bl177.109.pdf

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Additional Web Resources

• Privacy Freedoms Freedom of Information
  Privacy Act http//www.us.gov/Topics/Reference_S
  helf/FOIA.shtml
• United States Dept of Justice What We Do
  http//www.usdoj.gov/whatwedo/whatwedo_ucrcl.htm
  l
• ACLU American Civil Liberties
  Unionwww.aclu.org
• THOMAS (Library of Congress) http//thomas.loc.g
  ov/

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Print Resources

• American Civil RightsRef JC599.U5 E54 1999 (5
  vol.)
• Civil Liberties in America A Reference
  HandbookRef KF4749 .W35 2004
• Encyclopedia of Human RightsRef JC571 .E67
  1996
• The Evolving Constitution How the Supreme Court
  has Ruled on Issues from Abortion to ZoningRef
  KF4548 .L54 1992
• First Amendment Freedoms, Selected Cases on
  Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, AssemblyRef
  JC599 .U5 K63

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Print Resources Continued

• Guide to Homeland SecurityRef KF4850.A29 G85
  2005
• Sources of Our Liberties Documentary Origins of
  Individual Liberties in the United States
  Constitution and Bill of RightsRef JC599 .U5
  P42
• The Supreme Court and Individual RightsRef
  KF4748 .W53 2004
• United States Supreme Court Decisions An Index
  to Excerpts, Reprints, and DiscussionsRef
  KF101.6 G83 2001

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Periodicals/Journals

• Electronic Journals
• Columbia Human Rights Law Review
• Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
• Harvard Human Rights Journal
• New York Law School Journal of Human Rights
• Temple Political Civil Rights Law Review

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Serials Solutions

• To locate a specific journal title go to the
  Library home page, and select Articles
  Databases then scroll down to Serials Solutions.
  Here you will be able to enter in the title of
  the journal you are searching for. This search
  engine will tell you if it is available in print
  or electronic version, and how to access it.

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Example of a Serials Solution Search

• If you were to search for the title Harvard
  Human Rights Journal this is what you would see
  for results

This shows that the articles in Harvard Human
Rights Journal are available in LexisNexis.
You would simply click on the LexisNexis link
and search for you articles by keywords or terms.
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Searching the HELIN Catalog

• To find further sources of information you may
  also consider searching the HELIN Catalog. To do
  so simply go to the library homepage
  http//library.bryant.edu .
• To search for books/journals on civil liberties
  select search by Subject and use the term
  Civil Rights. Narrower subject terms include
  
• employee rights, equality before the law,
  freedom of association, freedom of information,
  freedom of speech, gay rights, political
  persecution, privacy, right of, right of
  property, and right to education.
• To search within the Bryant Library only, change
  the section titled Limit to Libraries/Campuses,
  from View Entire Collection to Bryant
  University.

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Remember

• If you are having difficulty with your research,
  or using any of the databases please stop by and
  talk to a reference librarian, we are here to
  help!