Landmark Cases

Additional Resources for MAN224

Sources

• Primary source:– Landmark Cases of the U.S. Supreme Court– streetlaw.org/en/Landmark/Cases

• Secondary sources:– ProQuest, two places to access:• online-shc.com• search.proquest.com

– LiLI EBSCOhost• lili.org

ProQuest & EBSCOhost

Search & exclude:•Less is better, don’t use v. or vs.•Use “type” to exclude Reviews•Use “subject” to exclude Web Site Reviews (ProQuest)

ProQuest & EBSCOhost

Search & include:•Use “document type” for types (ProQuest)•Use “subject” to include relevancy•Try “classification” for aspects (ProQuest)•Try “company/organization” to get group•Try “person” to get actual plaintiffs (ProQuest)•Use “database” for specific subject areas

ProQuest & EBSCOhost

ProQuest• Great for background

information• Search for the concepts of

the ruling:Right to Counsel, Due ProcessE.g. (Right to Counsel) OR (Due

Process)

EBSCOhost• Great for references to the

actual case• Search by the actual case:Gideon v. WainwrightE.g. DE "GIDEON v. Wainwright

(Supreme Court case)"

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