LibGuides: FYS 100 (28): Race and Law in the United States: Research Resources

Finding Scholarly Journal Articles

Academic Search Complete
Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary resource containing a large number of peer-reviewed journals.

This is good place to start for most topics, including all sciences, religion, law, history, psychology, political science, criminal justice, literature, current events, sociology and communications.
Abstracts and full-text for most journal articles; Varies by title many from 1980s-present
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
Includes international coverage and access to scholarly articles, symposia, jurisdictional surveys, court decisions, legislation, books, book reviews, and more.

Citations, abstracts, and full-text; indexing 1981 - present; select full-text 1994 - present
JSTOR
Archive of scholarly journal literature

Interdisciplinary journal archive of titles in the arts, botany, business, ecology, general science, history, mathematics, and the social sciences. Many journal runs go back to the 19th century and before with subject coverage going back to the medieval period and up to within 3-5 years of current (depending on journal title).; Full-text and full image; Varies by title; current within 3-5 years; Coverage is constantly expanding with the addition of more scholarly journals to the collection. Moving wall publishes to within 3-5 years of most titles that are still in publication.
Hein-On-Line
Comprehensive collection of legal history, legal documents, and laws.

Full-text; 20th 21st Century, some 19th Century

Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)
Full-text archives of six national papers of record and five historically Black papers.

Atlanta Daily World, Chicago Defender, Los Angeles Sentinel, Los Angeles Times, New York Amsterdam News, Pittsburgh Courier, The Atlanta Constitution, The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times with Index, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post; Full-text; Dates vary with each newspaper.
New York Times Historical Newspaper & Index
Full-text (with illustrations and graphics) since 1851, with additional years added as they are digitized.

Full-text; 1851 - 2009 (full-text); 1851-1993 (index)

Gale eBooks
Collection of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Full-text; 1990s - present
Gale In Context: U.S. History
Includes reference works, millions of news and periodical articles, and more than 5,000 rare and vital primary source documents that range from slave journals to presidential papers.
The Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1973
Comprehensive collection of records and briefs brought before the nation's highest court by leading legal practitioners.

1832-1973; Additional Information: Includes transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, supplements and other official papers of the most-studied and talked-about cases, including many that resulted in landmark decisions.

Oyez
Oyez (pronounced OH-yay)—a free law project from Cornell’s Legal Information Institute (LII), Justia, and Chicago-Kent College of Law—is a multimedia archive devoted to making the Supreme Court of the United States accessible to everyone. It is the most complete and authoritative source for all of the Court’s audio since the installation of a recording system in October 1955. Oyez offers transcript-synchronized and searchable audio, plain-English case summaries, illustrated decision information, and full-text Supreme Court opinions (through Justia).