Databases
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The following library databases are the best bets for finding criminal justice-related resources.
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- Campbell Systematic Reviews (Wiley Online Library)
An open access journal prepared under the editorial control of the Campbell Collaboration. The journal publishes systematic reviews, evidence and gap maps, and methods research papers. - CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher provides footnoted and fact-checked reports on current events and social issues that include a historical overview, timeline, pro/con features as well as graphics and photos. - Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
Full-text articles from over 270 magazines and journals on criminology; criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections and prisons; police and policing; criminal investigation; forensic sciences and investigation; history of crime; substance abuse and addiction; probation and parole. - FBI Uniform Crime Reporting
This site is a collection of crime reports and statistics from across the nation. Features data received from more than 18,000 city, university and college, county, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies voluntarily participating in the program. The crime data are submitted either through a state UCR program or directly to the FBI's UCR Program. - Gale OneFile: Criminal Justice
Comprehensive periodical content for researchers studying law, law enforcement, forensic science, terrorism, and more. - Gale OneFile: War and TerrorismGain valuable insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale.
- NexisUni
Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.
Other Relevant Databases
- Academic Search Complete
Offers scholarly peer-reviewed full-text journals for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities. Nearly 6,550 active full-text periodicals including 5,890 active full-text peer-reviewed journals. - Credo Reference
A reliable scholarly alternative to Wikipedia. Credo Reference contains encyclopedias, subject-specific dictionaries, atlases and handbooks - EBSCOhost Web
A family of databases with articles in all major subject areas. - JSTOR
Full-text articles from 2,000 scholarly journals, books and primary resources spanning the arts, humanities, general science and social sciences. - New York Times (1980-Current)
The complete text of The New York Times going back to 1980. The New York Times Book Review and Sunday Magazine are available in PDF format. - Newspaper Source
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided. - Oxford Reference Online: Premium
A scholarly alternative to Wikipedia. Definitions and explanations from over 175 general and subject-specific dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks. - ProQuest
Proquest includes 16 individual databases with articles on all major subjects. - Statistical Abstract of the United States (ProQuest)
Statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Examples include national and state statistics on population, income and health issues. Covers publications between 2013-2020.
