Course Guides
Databases
Scholarly, peer-reviewed journals are available from our subscription databases. Listed below are suggestions for starting your research. A complete list of our Digital Resources are available from the Databases link.
- Academic Search Premier [INFO]
- LexisNexis Academic (business/law/reference; all full-text) [INFO]
- PsycARTICLES (select index; all full-text)[INFO]
- Opposing Viewpoints on Information Technology [INFO]
- PsycINFO (huge index; links to full-text) [INFO]
- Military & Government Collection (many full-text) [INFO]
- CQ Researcher (all full-text) [INFO]
Books and More
The Library catalog is a collection of books and other print materials, such as videos/DVDs, music CDs, and scores. The catalog offers a variety of searches - Keyword, Subject, Author, Title, and Call Number. Examples of searches are below:
- Subject search for Criminal Justice Administration of
- Subject search for Criminology
- Subject search for Prisons
- Subject search for Juvenile Delinquency
- Subject search for Police
Reference Material
Reference sources may provide a good starting point for research and include encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and statistical sources. Some key resources are listed below. Additional titles may be located by seaching the Library catalog
- The American dictionary of criminal justice : key terms and major court cases
- Encyclopedia of crime and justice
- Encyclopedia of law enforcement
- Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics
- Criminal justice
- Uniform crime reports for the United States
- Crime state rankings : crime in the 50 United States
- The encyclopedia of American prisons
Web Sites
- U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Criminal Justice Links from Florida State University
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