Suggested Resources for Criminology

Indexes & Databases to Articles
Good places to start your research ...

Info	Database Name	Access	Database Description
	Academic OneFile		Interdisciplinary index of major academic periodicals. Partially paid for by Electronic Library of Minnesota.
	Academic Search Premier		Interdisciplinary index to academic journals; provides full-content for over 3400 titles. Paid for by Electronic Library of Minnesota.
	Criminal Justice Abstracts (EBSCO)		Indexes and abstracts articles on criminal justice topics.
	NCJRS Abstracts (National Criminal Justice Reference Service)		Indexes articles and book chapters on criminal justice
	Sociological Abstracts		Indexes articles in sociology and social policy.

Indexes & Databases to Articles
For further research ...

 

Info	Database Name	Access	Database Description
	FDsys (formerly GPO Access)		Several databases providing access to major publications of the U.S. government
	FEDSTATS		Statistics from over 70 federal agencies on demographics, business, taxation, environment, politics, crime, employment, military, climate, health, and education
	ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)		Data sets for social sciences.
	JSTOR		Full text and index of over 1200 scholarly journals from various disciplines.
	LexisNexis Academic		Business, law, medical, news
	LexisNexis Law Reviews & Journals		Searches more than 200 law reviews and law journals concentrating on national and state issues of legal significance. Law Reviews is part of Legal Research database
	LexisNexis Legal Research		Search full text federal, state & international legal materials. Updates and coverage vary.
	New York Times (NewsStand)		Access articles from the New York Times, 1999 - present. Paid for by Electronic Library of Minnesota.
	NewsStand		Online access to over 250 national and international newspapers. Paid for by Electronic Library of Minnesota.
	PAIS International		Indexes articles on public affairs.
	Political Science Abstracts (Worldwide)		Index to articles in political science, international relations, law, and public administration/ policy.
	Proquest Congressional Publications		The world's most comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information from Congressional Information Services. Includes access to many full-text Congressional publications, bills, laws, regulations, committee information, information about current members of Congress, and much more.
	Psychology Journals (Proquest CSA)		Full-text of nearly 300 academic journals in psychology and related fields.
	PsycINFO		Indexes more than 1,400 journals on psychology, psychiatry, sociology, education, linguistics and physiology.
	RefWorks		An online bibliographic management tool
	Social Services Abstracts		Indexes current research articles focused on social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development.
	Sociological Abstracts		Indexes articles in sociology and social policy.
	Women's Studies International		Provides access to Women's Studies core disciplines and to the latest studies in feminist research.
	WorldCat -- UMD Students, Staff & Faculty		U.S. and International library holdings

 

 

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

 

Research Help

 

  

For searching assistance or help using any of the above databases, contact:

Gabriel Gardner, Reference Librarian

Email:gardnerg@d.umn.edu

Phone:218-726-6609

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