Recommended Library Resources:
- A simple search of "constitution" in Academic Search Premier provides a multitude of hits from the popular and professional press. Adding "united states" in the second search box helps to limit the hits.
- Facts.com includes an historical documents collection, and will highlight the Constitution on its front page during this week.
- A search in MasterFile Premier provides biographies, reference materials, and primary documents related to the constitution - in addition to magazine and newspaper articles.
- Biography Reference Bank provides complete online biographies of all historical figures, including most delegates to the convention.
- The database America: History and Life provides access to professional publications on the history of the Americas.
Internet Resources --
- The Text:
- High Resolution Scans of the Original Document – from the National Archives
- The Full Text– from the House of Representatives web site
- The Interactive Constitution –allows for keyword searching within the text
- The letter from George Washington -- that accompanied the text
- Historical Documents:
- The Library of Congress American Memory site – Historical documents
- The Federalist Papers – from Thomas, Legislative Information on the Internet
- The Articles of Confederation - From Yale Law School 's Avalon Project – primary document collection
- Max Farrand's The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787 - Three of the four volumes in digital form
- Comprehensive Digital Record Sites:
- The American Constitution—A Documentary Record - From Yale's Avalon Project
- Constitutional Convention - From the Library of Congress's American Memory collection
- Today in History – September 17 - From the Library of Congress's American Memory collection, a source of primary documents from the period
- Comprehensive Portals
- The National Constitution Center
- Educator's Guide for Constitution Day--from Gwynedd-Mercy College
- Teacher's Guide for Constitution Day – from the National Archives. This single site provides access to information on the signers and the constitution itself. Useful teaching aids.
- University of Louisville's comprehensive site on the Constitution
- Constitutional Law and Constitutional History– from Northwestern Law Library
- Congressional Quarterly Press – Nicely designed portal of information for students and teachers from the publishers of Congressional Quarterly.