September 17 is Constitution Day!
Constitution Day commemorates the signing of the United States Constitution by the Founding Fathers on September 17, 1787. This day is also known as Citizenship Day, and celebrates all who have become U.S. citizens by birth or naturalization.
Celebrate Constitution Day by taking the Scavenger Hunt for a chance to win a $25 Visa gift card! The Scavenger Hunt will run from September 16 - 23.
Interested in learning more about the Constitution? Take a look at our Constitution Day research guide, which includes books, videos, websites, and other resources about the Constitution.
The Constitution Day Scavenger Hunt is sponsored by the Jennings Library and the Department of History & Political Science.
The Jennings Library is pleased to announce two new databases:
This collection covers topics related to U.S. history from early encounters between Europeans and Native Americans to the present day. It contains articles from scholarly journals and newspapers as well as reference sources like topic and event overviews and biographies. It also has multimedia resources, including images, videos, and audio.
This collection contains primary sources, reference works like biographies and topic and event overviws, articles from scholarly journals, and multimedia resources about a wide variety of topics throughout world history.
These databases feature a wide variety of content, such as reference articles, scholarly articles from peer-reviewed journals, news articles, primary sources, images, videos, and more. You can access them from the A-Z database list on the Library website!