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Criminal Justice Resources   Tags: cj, crime, criminal, criminology, justice  

A guide to library research in Criminal Justice and related fields.
Last Updated: Mar 1, 2012 URL: http://guides.boisestate.edu/CriminalJustice Print Guide RSS UpdatesShareThis

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Typically Criminal Justice books in the library will be found under call number H (social sciences) specifically HV.

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  • Albertsons Library Catalog  
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    We've got a collection to meet your needs. Feel free to contact me if you can't find what you're looking for.
  • WorldCat.Org
    An easy interface to search for local holdings of materials as well as books beyond BSU. Can also link to interlibrary loan.
  • Google Books  
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    Search inside books! Then check the Library catalog to see if we've got it. If not, then request it through Inter-Library loan.
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    Search for books in other major libraries and if we don't have them you can click the "FIND IT" button to request it through Inter-Library Loan.
 

Criminology Companion eBook

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The Blackwell Companion to Criminology provides a contemporary and global resource to scholarship in both classical and topical areas of criminology. Authored by an international group of expert criminologists, these original essays focus on major issues in criminology today, commenting upon key debates and theories, outlining the implications of new topics, studies and ideas, and discussing contemporary developments.

 

Criminal Justice Quick Search

Use this search box to search across multiple Criminal Justice databases

 

New Internet Criminal Justice Info

Links to current reports and websites dealing with Criminal Justice related topics. Updated frequently.

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Criminal Justice Databases

Below are links to online resources available through the Albertsons Library. Use these resources to locate journal articles and resource citations for Criminal Justice related topics.

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  • NCJRS abstracts database (Criminal justice)  
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    NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
  • Criminal Justice Periodical Index (ProQuest)  
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    ProQuest Criminal Justice Periodicals Index™ is a comprehensive database of U.S. and international criminal justice journals. The database includes abstract and indexing for 240 titles, with more than 80 available in full-text.
  • Criminal Justice Abstracts  
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    Contains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines. 1968-Current.
  • SAGE PREMIER (Formerly Criminology Full-Text)  
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    Includes the full-text of 24 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 86 years, encompassing over 20,400 articles. Previously known as -
    Criminology: A SAGE full-text collection
  • Web of Science / Web of Knowledge
    A great interdisciplinary database to find good research. Look for the FIND IT button to get to the full-text!
  • Films on Demand
    Contains over 300 online streaming videos about Criminal Justice, plus thousands of other films.
  • LIST OF ALL LIBRARY DATABASES
    Browse this A-Z list of library databases available to Boise State students!

Additional Resources

Below are links to online resources available through the Albertsons Library which are related to Criminal Justice. The subject of Criminal Justice is often considered a subset of Sociology so those resources are valid places to look for information.

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  • Sociological Abstracts  
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    Provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers
  • Academic Search Premier  
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    A great general database which will information on Criminal Justice, Criminology, Sociology, as well as other topics.
  • Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)  
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    A powerful finding tool for Social Science citations. Look for the FIND IT button to see if the library subscribes to the journal cited.
  • Google Scholar  
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    You can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.
  • PsycINFO
    the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health
  • JSTOR
    100% full-text. Great database with historical coverage of many topics.
  • Lexis Nexis Statistical Insight
    Find where statistics may hide. Use this resource and it's abstracts to find what statistics are in what book. Look for tables of statistics in the menu in the upper right.

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Encyclopedia of Sociology

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The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology is the reference for students, researchers, librarians, and academics in the field. This ground-breaking project brings together specially commissioned entries written and edited by an international team of the world's best scholars and teachers. With over 1800 entries / 3.5 million words it will define the discipline of sociology for years to come and provides:

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