Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court. 4^th Ed. 2 Vols. Wash., DC: CQ, 1997. KF8742 .C64 2004 in SUL Ref.
See also CQ Supreme Court Collection for information on cases, justices, and relevant subjects.

The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. 2^nd Ed. Kermit L. Hall, editor in chief. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. (Also in print at KF8742.A35 O93 2005 in SUL Ref, Law)

The U.S. Supreme Court: A Bibliography. By F.S. Martin and R.U. Goehlert. Congressional Quarterly, 1990. (KF8741A1M37 1990 in SUL Ref) See pp. 336-341 on selection process.

Strategic Selection: Presidential Nomination of Supreme Court Justices from Herbert Hoover Through George W. Bush. Christine L. Nemacheck. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007. (KF8742 .N46 2007 at LAW).

Library and Union Catalogs:

Use the catalogs to find biographies, autobiographies, published memoirs and correspondence, presidential or congressional private/public papers.

OSCAR (OSU Library Catalog) – Use to find all cataloged materials in any format

OHIOLINK Catalog (Collected catalogs from academic libraries in Ohio)

Order items from Ohiolink libraries if the item is not at OSU or is checked out from OSU.

Sample subject heading: United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment

Judges -- United States -- Selection and Appointment

Sample keyword search: supreme court and s:united states and appointment*

Indexes and Bibliographies to Scholarly Journals and Books:

America: History and Life. 1959-

Indexes journals, books, and dissertations in American history and culture from pre-colonial times to the present. Not good for very current literature.

Writings on American History. (Publisher varies). 1906-1990 (Z1236G85, Z1236W7931985 in SUL Ref)

Throughout most of the years since 1906 the bibliography appeared annually and was arranged by subject with a subject index. Recent editions cover several years and include only an author index.

Dissertation Abstracts International 1861-present
Identify PhD dissertations in your research area. Download text since 1997 and selected titles prior to 1997. Order via Interlibrary Loan when full text is not available.

Law Review Journals (Lexis/Nexis)
Search, read text of articles (legal, constitutional history)

Social Sciences Citation Index 1980-
Keyword and cited reference searching for political science journals.. Arts and Humanities Citation Index 1980- Includes keyword and cited reference searching for history journals.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts 1975- no longer updated (July 06) but still available. See International Political Science Abstracts 1989- Indexes to political science journal literature

CQ Supreme Court Collection 1789-present
Search for history and analysis about cases and background on justices. Search by keywords, select cases by popular subject headings, and analyze opinions and bloc voting. For the full text of opinions, CQ links to the text in Findlaw and also provides links to related cases. See “Role of Politics in the Appointment of Justices” - http://library.cqpress.com/scc/gct4v2-227-9662-606801

Potential Sources for Periodical Articles at the Time of the Nominations:

American Periodicals Series, 1740-1900
|Full text search & facsimile images of articles

International Index to Periodicals, 1907-1955 (AI3I6 in SUL Ref) followed by International Index (1956-1964) and then Social Science and Humanities Index, 1955-1973 Indexes English language scholarly and semi-scholarly journals.

Lexis Nexis Academic . 1980s- Online Index to full text of law review journals, newspapers, and periodicals. Also has text of state and federal statutes, legislation, and court decisions, some from early 20^th century.

Public Affairs Information Service 1972-
Index to literature on public policy and public affairs world wide. Many full text links included. Use to find literature on government and public policy topics. Volumes for 1916-1972 see Z7164E2P9 in SUL Reference

Periodicals Archive Online 1802-1995
An archive of hundreds of full text searchable, digitized journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Includes journals in English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese and Italian.

Periodicals Index Online. 1665- (Only Online via OSU Libraries Web Site)
Multilingual index to popular and some scholarly journals since 17^th century. No abstracts or full text.

Nineteenth Century Masterfile . (Includes index to periodicals: Poole’s Index, 1801-1906; Index to Legal Periodical Literature, 1786-1922.) For the print index see Poole's Index to Periodicals. 1801-1901. (In Main Ref) Index to nineteenth century American and British periodicals. No abstracts or full text.

Readers Guide to Periodical Literature. 1900- Monthly. (AI3 .R48 in SUL Ref)

Indexes popular magazines. See also Nineteenth Century Readers Guide. 1890-1899. (AI3 .R29 SUL Ref)

Newspapers

Many newspapers are available in the Microforms Room at Ackerman Library. Some microfilm must be ordered from the Library Depository. Check Oscar for holdings or ask at Microforms Desk for list of many of the newspapers owned.

Link to full text newspaper databases provided by OSU Libraries:

http://library.osu.edu/sites/history/newsFP.php

Biography:

American National Biography
Articles and bibliographies on persons in American history

(American National Biography. 24 Vols. Oxford University Press, 1999. (CT213A68 in SUL REF) See also Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Scribners, 1928‑37. 20 Vols. (CT213D5 in SUL Ref). Supplements 1944‑ (CT213A52 in SUL Ref) .

The Justices of the United States Supreme Court: Their Lives and Major Opinions. 5 Vols. Ed. By Leon Friedman and Fred L. Israel. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1997. (KF8744F75 1997 in SUL Ref, Law) Includes biographical articles and bibliographies.

Biographical Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court :The Lives and Legal Philosophies of the Justices. Ed. by Melvin I. Urofsky. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, c2006. (KF8744 .B56 2006 in SUL Ref, LAW)

Congressional and Presidential Publications and Activities:

Lexis/Nexis Congressional 1789-
Find the full text of Congressional reports and documents (1789-1969) and full text for many documents, bills, public laws and hearing testimony from the 1990's to the present. Includes bills, laws, legislative histories, committee prints, House and Senate documents and reports; info on members of Congress; federal regulations) For hearings and other documents not in full text online follow CIS reference numbers to the CIS microfiche set (J74 .C55 Microfiche and J74 .C555 Microfiche in the Microforms Rm at Ackerman Library) For references to “Senate Unpublished Hearings Collection” you will find the text at the Law Library in Unpublished U.S. Senate committee hearings [microform] (LAW Microform Room 1FL, KF49.C62 U563).

CQ Almanac 1945-present
Analysis and data on activities in the US Congress.

Public Papers of the Presidents

Print edition for 1945-present available in SUL Ref, J80 .A28. Includes speeches, executive orders, press conference etc.

Online editions go to http://library.osu.edu/sites/history/hismoreFP.php#Presidential and scroll down to “Public Papers…,” “Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents,” and “Compilation of Messages and Papers of the Presidents (New Series) 1789-1932.”

Presidential papers on microfilm: Search library catalog for president as author and look for collections of papers.

Supreme Court Nominations, 1789-2005: Actions (including speed) by the Senate, the Judiciary Committee, and the President. By Denis Steven Rutkus, Maureen Bearden and R. Sam Garrett. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2007. (KF8742 .S872 2006 at LAW) ONLINE as CRS Report for Congress (possibly abbreviated): http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33225_20060105.pdf Also see Speed of Presidential and Senate Actions on Supreme Court Nominations, 1900-2005, CRS Report for Congress http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33118_20051018.pdf

The Supreme Court of the United States: Hearings and Reports on Successful and Unsuccessful Nominations of Supreme Court Justices by the Senate Judiciary Committee, 1916-. Vol. 1-21D, Suppl. Buffalo: William S. Hein & Co., 1975- Law Stacks 3^rd Floor - KF8744 .U55

A compilations of documents on each nomination, including hearings, reports, Congressional Record text, bibliographies on or by nominee, description of key court decisions prior to nomination. The nominees are from Brandeis to Alito, but not all nominees are treated.

Quick Guide to US Congressional Documents and Administrative Regulations at OSU Libraries

http://library.osu.edu/sites/history/Congress.html

This is a guide to the different formats and locations of Congressional documents.

Selected Guides to Primary Sources

Check OSCAR for primary sources owned by OSU on specific subjects:

Sample author search Stanton, Edwin McMasters

Sample subject heading United States. Supreme Court -- History -- Sources

Also, you may limit a keyword search to the following subject headings: archives, correspondence, diaries, personal narratives.

Archives USA
Index to many primary source collections in the U.S.

Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800. New York: Columbia University Press, 1985- . Volume 1, pt 1 covers the period from 1789-1801 and includes portions of official documents related to the nomination and Senate confirmation and some correspondence. Volume 1, pt. 2 covers the same period and includes commentaries on the nominations, including portions of letters, newspaper articles, diary and journal entries, and autobiographies. (KF8742A45D66 1985 at Ackerman; Law)

Location Guide to the Manuscripts of Supreme Court Justices. Comp by A. deVergie and M. K. Kell. Austin : Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas School of Law, 1981 (LAW Stacks Mezzanine A.T LR.Zz D489L)