Learn about which library databases are good starting places for finding articles and other materials about criminal justice. Watch the video tutorials to learn how the different databases work.
Your topic is always the best determinant of which of the hundreds of databases in GALILEO or from the government will be most productive for you to use.You can browse GALILEO databases by subject here.
The video tutorials on this page give an overview of how the different databases are set up and how to search them.
If you find scholarly journal articles difficult to navigate, take a look at Anatomy of a Scholarly Article, from NCSU.
Anatomy of a Scholarly Article: NCSU Libraries
The body of an article is usually presented in sections, including an introduction, a literature review, one or more sections describing and analyzing the argument, experiment or study. Scientific research articles typically include separate sections addressing the Methods and Results of the experiment, and a Discussion of the research findings.
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The following is a list of our main databases for criminology. Click on the letter i next to the link for more information:
Your topic is always the best determinant of which of the hundreds of resources in GALILEO will be most productive for you to use.You can browse GALILEO databases by subject here.
The following are suggested as general alternatives to the databases that are most useful to topics in criminal justice. Some are multidisciplinary, and some are discipline specific. The perspective of your research will determine which databases are most appropriate for your research.
EBSCO provides many databases to the library, including SocINDEX and the Legal Collection. Each EBSCO database may vary slightly. For example, some EBSCO databases may give you more limiters--choices to narrow your search down--than others and some will have a thesaurus for subject terms while others won't. However, for the most part, the databases follow the same format. These tutorials will help you navigate the EBSCO interface, from the basics to advanced searching:
ProQuest is another big provider of databases. It offers the databases Social Science Journals and Dissertations and Theses among others. Each Proquest database may vary slightly. However, much like with EBSCO, ProQuest databases generally follow the same format.
Nexis Uni provides access to federal and state statutes, federal and state cases, law review journals, and Shepard's Citations as well as news and business information.