Suggested Resources for Criminology
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Password protected; ONLY UMD students, faculty and staff both on and off campus. Indexes
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Good places to start your research ...
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Academic OneFile |  |
Interdisciplinary index of academic periodicals and magazines.  |
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Academic Search Premier | |
Interdisciplinary index to academic journals; provides full-content for over 3400 titles.. |
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Criminal Justice Abstracts (Proquest CSA) | |
Indexes and abstracts articles on criminology and criminal justice topics
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NCJRS Abstracts (National Criminal Justice Reference Service) |  |
Indexes articles and book chapters on criminal justice |
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Sociological Abstracts | |
Indexes articles in sociology and social policy |
Indexes & Databases to Articles
For further research ...
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FEDSTATS | |
Statistics from over 70 federal agencies on demographics, business, taxation, environment, politics, crime, employment, military, climate, health, and education |
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GPO Access | |
Several databases providing access to major publications of the U.S. government |
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ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) | |
Data sets for social sciences. |
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JSTOR | |
A full text archive of over 100 journals; often date from first issue; usually don't include most recent 3-5 years. |
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Law Reviews | |
Articles in a large number of law reviews |
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LexisNexis Academic -- Legal Research | |
Full-text federal and state case law and legislative codes and federal regulatory law |
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LexisNexis Congressional | |
Guide to locating congressional publications, bills, testimony, public laws |
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LexisNexis Statistical | |
Indexes statistical publications from federal and state governments and international agencies |
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NCJRS Abstracts (National Criminal Justice Reference Service) | |
Indexes articles and book chapters on criminal justice |
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New York Times (NewsStand) | |
Access articles from the New York Times, 1999 - present |
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NewsStand | |
Online access to over 250 national and international newspapers |
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PAIS International | |
Indexes articles on public affairs. |
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Political Science Abstracts (Worldwide) | |
Index to articles in political science, international relations, law, and public administration/ policy. |
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Psychology Journals (Proquest CSA) | |
Full-text of nearly 300 academic journals in psychology and related fields |
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PsycINFO | |
Indexes more than 1,400 journals on psychology, psychiatry, sociology, education, linguistics and physiology.. |
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RefWorks | |
An online bibliographic management tool |
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Social Services Abstracts | |
Index to current research articles focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development |
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Sociological Abstracts | |
Indexes articles in sociology and social policy |
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Women's Studies International | |
Provides access to Women's Studies core disciplines and to the latest studies in feminist research. |
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WorldCat -- UMD Students, Staff & Faculty | |
Index to over 40,000000 books, microfiche, and av publications |
Web Sites
Criminal Justice Statistics Online
DVDs/Videos on Criminal Justice Topics (UMD) DVDs and Videos available at the UMD Library on criminology and criminal justice topics
For searching assistance or help using any of the above databases, contact:
Rory Litwin, Reference Librarian Email:rlitwin@d.umn.edu Phone:218 726-7896 L268
