Reference books are a good place to start...

Courts and Trials: A Reference Handbook REF KF 8719 .S552 2003  
Crimes & Trials of the Century REF KF 221 .P6 C75 2007 2 vols.
Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law REF KF 387 .G27 2003 2 vols.
Great American Trials REF KF220 .G74 2002  2 vols.
Encyclopedia of Serial Killers REF HV6245 .N49 1999
Encyclopedia of American Crime REF HV6789 .S54 2001 2 vols.
Introduction to the Law and Legal System of the United States REF KF 386 .B88 2006
Law Makers, Law Breakers and Uncommon Trials REF K 540 .A38 2007
Mammoth Book of Famous Trials: The 30 Greatest Trials of All Time REF K 540 .M36 2006

To search for books...

Library catalog: UNICORN
        Suggested subject terms: trials; trials (murder)

Full text books online: eBooks

Online Encyclopedias

To search for journal, magazine and newspaper articles...
 Note - Off campus users should access using the A-Z database list

Gale Database
Academic Search Premier
History Resource Center
SIRS
 

Internet sites...

http://www.cnn.com/CRIME
Court TV: Trials, includes a link to famous cases

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/ftrials.htm
Famous Trials: site put together by professor at University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law

http://www.crimelibrary.com/
Crime Library

http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Crime/Trials/
DMOZ: Open Directory Project: Includes links to websites of famous trials

http://www.lawbuzz.com/index2.html
Law Buzz: Information about various trials

http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?srchst=nyt&&srcht=a&srchr=n
New York Times Archives: Select NYT Archive 1851-1890. Please note that New York Times charges for full-text access to many of the articles from 1923 to 1986, but you can access the headlines for free.

 

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