Research Guide | Criminal Justice
Criminology Collection (ProQuest) - Mobile friendly; Full-text articles, includes ProQuest Criminal Justice Database and National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database - Free access; no full-text
JSTOR - Mobile friendly
Nexis Uni - Criminal Justice - Mobile friendly; Over 15,000 news, business and legal sources including US Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790; Search for statues & legislation, Supreme Court decisions, and recent law articles
Legal Information Reference Center (EBSCOhost) - Full-text for consumer legal reference books
Sociology Collection (ProQuest) - Mobile friendly; Full-text articles, includes ASSIA, Sociological Abstracts, and Sociology Database
Points of View Reference Center (EBSCOhost) - Resources that present multiple sides of an issue
Google Scholar - Free access. Evaluate articles to ensure journals are reliable.
Library Catalog - books, ebooks, DVDs, etc.
eBooks Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)
WorldCat.org - Locate books, DVDs, and more in libraries worldwide. Use item request (interlibrary loan) to obtain a copy of an item. Note: Items from non-U.S. libraries may be difficult to obtain.
Book recommendations
- NoveList Plus (EBSCOhost)
- NoveList K-8 Plus (EBSCOhost) - Find books for K-8 readers
Encyclopedia Britannica - Mobile friendly; Online encyclopedia
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost) - Mobile friendly; Online encyclopedia
Biography Reference Bank (EBSCOhost) - Mobile friendly; Biographical full-text articles
Biography Reference Center (EBSCOhost) - Comprehensive collection of full-text biographies
Journal Finder - Search all databases for full text journals, magazines, and newspapers; not articles. Use if you have the citation for an article or if you need an article in a specific source (e.g. Wall Street Journal).
FBI Uniform Crime Reports - Find crime and law enforcement statistics
Grad School Admissions Preparation (PrepStep) - GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MAT, and MCAT
Career and Workplace Preparation (PrepStep) - PRAXIS, teaching, law enforcement, caseworker, military, and more