Background Information
- Britannica: First Amendment
- Encyclopedia. World News Digest: Constitution of the United States. Freedom of Speech
- Encyclopedia. World News Digest: Constitution of the United States. Freedom of the Press
- Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court REF KF8742.A35 O93 2005 entry: First Amendment
- Gale Encyclopedia of American Law, First Amendment (in Opposing Viewpoints in Context)
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Nexis Uni (LexisNexis)Contents: Full-text local, national, and international newspaper articles and legal resources.
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EBSCO Research LibrarySearches across multiple databases on the EBSCO platform including: Academic Search Premier, America: History and Life, Military and Government Collection, Alternative Press Index, and ATLA Religion database.
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Social Science Research Network (SSRN)Contents: Abstracts and some full-text of scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers in the social sciences.
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Policy ArchiveA digital library of public policy research containing over 30,000 documents.
