Journal Articles:

Common Database Choices

• Academic Search Premier
• Sage Journals Online [INFO]
• JSTOR Arts & Sciences Collections I, II, III, IV, & V (full-text backfiles) [INFO] [Tutorial]
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service (EBSCO)
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service (Government WebSite)
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics [Info]

Trial Database:

• Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text

Databases for Special Topics

• America History and Life
• Contemporary Women’s Issues
• Counseling and Therapy in Video [INFO]
• Health Source / Nursing & Academic
• Humanities International Index
• Military & Government Collection
• Project Muse
• PsycARTICLES
• PsycINFO
• Web of Knowledge

News, Analysis, and Opinion:

• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• CQ Researcher (all full-text) [INFO]
• LexisNexis Academic (business/law/reference; all full-text) [INFO]
• New York Times 1980-present
• New York Times Digital Archive, 1851- (all full-text) [INFO]
• Newspaper Source (mostly full-text) [INFO]
• Opposing Viewpoints in Context (all full-text) [INFO]
• Regional Business News (many full-text) [INFO]
• Union Leader/NH Sunday News (all full-text) [INFO]
• Wall Street Journal 1984-present

Reference:

• Credo reference (all full-text) [INFO]
• Encyclopaedia Britannica (all full-text) [INFO]
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia [INFO]
• Gale Virtual Reference Library (Reference E-books) [INFO]
• Encyclopedia of Communication and Information (Gale EBook)
• Oxford English Dictionary (OED) (all full-text) [INFO]

Newspapers:

• New York Times (1980- )
• New York Times Digital Archive
• Newspaper Source

Web Sites:

• Google Directory — Science — Science in Society — Forensic Science
• Google Directory — Science — Social Science — Criminology
• Google Directory — Society — Crime
• Google Directory — Society — Issues — Crime and Justice
• Google Directory — Society — Law

• Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics (BJS)
• Crime and Justice Data Online (BJS)
• Federal Bureau of Prisons Library (BOP)
• Federal Prison Facilities Directory (BOP)
• Federal Sentencing Statistics by State, District, and Circuit (USSC)
• FEDSTATS – A Federal Statistics Gateway
• National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)
• OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book (OJJDP)
• Prentice-Hall Cybrary (Criminal Justice Links)
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics (BJS)
• Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics (USSC)
• Statistical Abstracts of the United States (U.S. Census)
• Thomas – U.S. Congress (LOC)
• Uniform Crime Reports (FBI)
• U.S Census Bureau
• World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems (BJS)

Browse Journals:

Selected Journals by Title

[Note: This is a very partial list. To find access to other journals by title, use the A-Z Journal List.]

British Journal of Criminology [Oxford] 1999 -

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice [Academic Search Premier] 2003-
Corrections Today [Academic Search Premier] 1994 -
Crime and Delinquency [Sage] 1999 -
Criminal Justice and Behavior [Sage] 1999 -
Criminal Justice Ethics [Academic Search Premier] 1990-
Criminal Justice Policy Review [Sage] 1999-
Criminal Justice Review [Sage] 1999-
Criminology [Wiley] 1997-
Criminology and Public Policy [Academic Search Premier] 2002-

European Journal of Criminology [Sage] 2004-

FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin [Academic Search Premier] 1993-
Federal Probation [Academic Search Premier] 1990-

Homicide Studies [Sage] 1999-
The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice [Academic Search Premier] 1998-

International Criminal Justice Review [Sage] 1999-
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology [Sage] 1999-

Journal of Criminal Justice Education : JCJE [Academic Search Premier] 2001-
The Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology [Academic Search Premier] 1973-
Journal of Quantitative Criminology [Academic Search Premier] 1998-
Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice [Sage] 1999-
Journal of Correctional Education [Academic Search Premier] 1993-
Journal of Interpersonal Violence [Sage] 1999-
The Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency [Sage] 1999-
Justice Quarterly: JQ [Taylor & Francis] 1997 -

Police Quarterly : PQ [Sage] 1999-
Policing and Society [Academic Search Premier] 1997-
The Prison Journal [Sage] 1999-
Probation Journal [Sage] 1999-
Punishment & Society : The International Journal of Penology [Sage] 1999-

Theoretical Criminology : An International Journal [Sage] 1999-

Journals by Subject

Social pathology. Social and public welfare.

Alcoholism. Intemperance. Temperance reform (~4)
By region or country (~2)
Criminal justice administration (~20)
Criminology (~40)
Drug habits. Drug abuse (~11)
Emergency management (1)
Free professional services (1)
Protection, assistance and relief (~30)
Refugee problems (~2)
Social service. Social work. Charity (~7)
Social sciences (General) (~59) Sociology (General) (~115)
Culture (~2)
Deviant behavior. Social deviance (~2)
Social change (1)

Books:

Searching Library Catalogs

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• Google Books

• WorldCat

Library of Congress Classification System

Consult the Library of Congress Classification system to find areas to browse in the general collection or in the reference section.

• Library of Congress Classification
• Library of Congress Classification:Class A — General Works
• Library of Congress Classification:Class B — Philosophy Psychology Religion
• Library of Congress Classification:Class C — Auxiliary Sciences of History
• Library of Congress Classification:Class D — History General and Old World
• Library of Congress Classification:Class E — History of America
• Library of Congress Classification:Class F — Local History of the United States and Latin America
• Library of Congress Classification:Class G — Geography Anthropology Recreation
• Library of Congress Classification:Class H — Social Sciences
• Library of Congress Classification:Class J — Political Science
• Library of Congress Classification:Class K — Law
• Library of Congress Classification:Class L — Education
• Library of Congress Classification:Class M — Music
• Library of Congress Classification:Class N — Fine Arts
• Library of Congress Classification:Class P — Language and Literature
• Library of Congress Classification:Class Q — Science
• Library of Congress Classification:Class S — Agriculture
• Library of Congress Classification:Class T — Technology
• Library of Congress Classification:Class U — Military Science
• Library of Congress Classification:Class V — Naval Science
• Library of Congress Classification:Class Z — Bibliography Library Science Information Resources

HM1-HM 1281 Sociology

HN1-995 Social history and conditions.

HV1-7220.5 Social pathology.

Criminology

HV6080 – HV6113 Criminal Psychology
HV6115 – HV6190 Causes of Crime
HV6250 – Victims of Crimes
HV6251 – HV6773 Crimes and Offenses
HV6774 – HV7220.5 Crimes and Criminal Classes

HV7231 – HV9920.5 Penology

HV7431 Prevention and Methods
HV7551 – HV8290 Police
HV8301 – HV9025 Prisons Penitentiaries
HV9051 – HV9230.7 Juvenile Offenders
HV9261 – HV9430.7 Reformation of Adult Prisoners