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U.S. Constitution & Related Sources
Covers print and online sources for beginning research on the U.S. Constitution
Contains Elliot's compilation of Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution; Farrand's Records of the Constitutional Convention of 1787; and Journals of the Continental Congress.
Text of Constitution and prior documents (e.g., Articles of Confederation), plus curated collection of commentaries, law journal articles, and bibliographies.