The Lizzie Borden Murder Case

The Lizzie Borden Murder Case

Prepared by: Karen Caudill, Ashley Freeman
Library Liaison: Cara Marco
(502) 456-6773
libsul@sullivan.edu

Updated January 2008

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Reference Books:

The American Dictionary of Criminal Justice - R 364.03 C452a

The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia - R 920.003 C178

The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography - R 920.073 C178a

The Dictionary of Historic Nicknames - R 920 S573

Famous American Crimes and Trials - R 364.973 F198

The Riverside Dictionary of Biography - R 920 R622

Webster’s American Biographies - R 920 W377

Databases & Electronic Journals:

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EBSCOHOST®: A collection of full text databases, including Academic Search Premier, Agricola, Business Source Premier, Business Wire News, Cinahl, Clinical Reference Systems, ERIC, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, Health Source, MasterFILE Premier, Newspaper Source, Professional Development Collection, Psychology and Behavioral Science, PsycINFO, Religion and Philosophy Collection, Sociological Abstracts and USP DI Vol II, Advice for the Patient.

Relevant journals in this database:

American Heritage

Biography

Historic Traveler

National Review

News & World Report

ProQuest: A collection of business, career and computer science databases, including ABI/INFORM, Computing and Career and Technical Education.

Relevant journals in this database:

Criminal Justice Periodicals Index

KENTUCKY VIRTUAL LIBRARY (KYVL): A collection of databases sponsored by a statewide consortium of libraries, schools and Kentucky state government. Databases include Academic Search Premier, Agricola, Business Source Premier, Business Wire News, Cinahl, ERIC, Health Source, Kentuckiana Digital Library, MasterFILE Premier, Medline, Newspaper Source, Psychology & Behavioral Science, PsycINFO, Religion & Philosophy Collection, Sociological Collection, USP DI Vol II Advice for the Patient, and World Almanac.

Relevant journals in this database:

Grolier Encyclopedia

Funk & Wagnalls

Webliography (Internet Resources):

Famous Trials: The Trial of Lizzie Borden (http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/LizzieBorden/bordenhome.html): - Features trial of Lizzie Borden, including transcripts, news reports, and indictment.

Lizzie Borden (http://www.lizzie-borden.com): The official website of the Borden home, now an operating bed and breakfast.

Lizzie Borden (http://www.lizzieborden.com): - Includes images, descriptions, and background information on the Borden family.

Lizzie Borden Took An Axe (http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/borden/index_1.html): An overview of the story of Lizzie Borden. Includes images.