Net Library

1. I did a search for "travel." My results included a title on Lewis & Clark, an etiquette book to use when traveling in Africa and the Middle East, a book on how to travel alone and not be lonely, and a slew of title on weekend excursions in the country (as opposed to big cities) of pretty much every state in the U.S. I assume every state has one of those books because I readily admit that I did not look through the entire list of titles and count to 50. The only title that I raised my eyebrows a little at was a guide to "e-travel," which was about how to find great deals on vacations online. The title was published in 2000 and I know that a lot has changed since then. It makes me wonder what Net Library's weeding policy is or if they have one. Certainly e-books have a longer "shelf" life than standard print because they are useful for researchers and in theory more accessible, but if this title were on my public library shelves physically I would weed it. I do like the related topics feature on the right side of the page.

2. Not knowing what "more material" means, what materials they already have, or what age group my "students" are, I'm going to recommend some books to my high school seniors that expand on the Constitution and delve into political interpretations. In no particular order, here is my list.

Our Elusive Constitution: Silences, Paradoxes, Priorities
SUNY Series in American Constitutionalism

by Hoffman, Daniel N.
Publication: Albany State University of New York Press, 1997.

Representing Popular Sovereignty: The Constitution in American Political Culture
SUNY Series in American Constitutionalism

by Levin, Daniel Lessard.
Publication: Albany State University of New York Press, 1999.

A Companion to the United States Constitution and Its Amendments

by Vile, John R.
Publication: Westport, Conn. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001.

3. As suggested, I searched for "Nebraska" in the publisher field. Results yielded titles with subjects that I expected to see, such as Lewis & Clark, various Native American leaders, places where history was written like Fort Laramie and Wounded Knee. Some surprises (pleasant ones, I might add) were titles such as: The American Indian Integration of Baseball, The Hoe and the Horse On the Plains: A Study of Cultural Development Among North American Indians, and Assimilation's Agent: My Life As a Superintendent in the Indian Boarding School System. I did not go through all 6 pages of results but from what I could tell most of the titles were published by Lincoln University of Nebraska Press. For the heck of it, I clicked on a few of the "related topics" ideas but didn't find anything as useful or pertinent as my original search.