GBS205
Heart of Atlanta Motel Inc. v U.S. Case Study Library Exercise
1. Familiarize yourself with the case:
https://www.todayingeorgiahistory.org/tih-georgia-day/heart-of-atlanta-motel/ (1:41) OR https://youtu.be/1pHntK3z7Tc (1:43)
2. Use a primary resource like Thomson Reuters WestLaw to see the case.
Go to the libguide: https://paradisevalley.libguides.com/gbs205/resources
Go to #2. Business Legal Resources (Databases) tab (left-hand column) and locate and click on Using Thomson Reuters WestLaw
Type - Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. U. S in the search box to obtain full information about the case.
Click on the case title and briefly read Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. U. S., 379 U.S. 241 (1964)
Skip the West Headnotes and scroll down to the Opinion and be ready to discuss. (5 minutes)
3. Use secondary resources to locate information about the case by accessing different
databases and using different keywords:
Determine appropriate keywords to search within any of the appropriate databases or in OneSearch:
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Heart of Atlanta Motel Heart of Atlanta Motel v. the United States Racial discrimination in public accommodations Commerce clause of the Constitution Prohibited discrimination by states |
Discrimination by private individuals Public accommodations Platform economy businesses Public accommodation law Regulation of commerce |
3. Use secondary resources like Oyez.org, GALE EBooks, and Credo to locate background information on your case and use appropriate keywords to search for information on your case.
4. Use OneSearch to locate more secondary research articles using your keywords.
Please answer the following questions:
What keywords did you use? __________________________________________
How many results did you receive? ____________________________________
Refine your search by clicking on several filters like: Full Text Online, Peer Review, Library Catalog, and Items at my institution
Just choose the filters you need. The broader the search, the more info you can see and review.
Locate and use the Content-Type filters to filter your results to magazines, journals, books & e-books, newspapers, references,and reports and transcript articles, individually. Here less is best.
Choose the appropriate articles for your research.
Choose full-text articles that support your research.
Use the APA Citation page to cite your article OR
Use the database’s cite tool (usually located above or to the right and left-hand column in the article's page to cite your articles in APA style OR if there is no cite tool available use an online cite tool generator.
Use an online cite-tool or generator if the database doesn’t provide one:
https://paradisevalley.libguides.com/c.php?g=568951&p=6576623
5. Use Google to locate proper articles using .edu , .go , and, .org domains!
For example in a Google search type the search terms below using the quotes
and domain info:
“Heart of Atlanta Motel” site: .gov
1. Pick a website from the above search using one of those domains.
2. Analyze the website
Name of website_____________________________________________________
Title of Content or Article Title: __________________________________________
Name of Publisher or Sponsor(s) of Information: ____________________________
Author (s) to this info? : ________________________________________________
Date of Information____________________________________________________
URL of website: ______________________________________________________
Date content was published: ____________________________________________
Date Accessed: ______________________________________________________
Cite this website information using APA style citation__________________________
APA Website Cite Example
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. the United States. (1964). Oyez. Retrieved January 17, 2018
from https://www.oyez.org/cases/1964/515
NOTE: Please use the GBS205 libguide to access resources for your research!
https://paradisevalley.libguides.com/gbs205/home
https://paradisevalley.libguides.com/gbs205/resources
When you start your own research on your own case study please contact me if you need help!
John Chavez – johxx04361@paradisevalley.edu – Library Office E102A – 602-787-7222