Criminology 002 - 01/02 Theoretical Perspectives on Criminal Justice: Resources Specific to the Course
Useful Databases for Criminology
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Annual Reviews Comprehensive collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists. Annual Reviews volumes are published each year for 40 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences, including Economics.
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CQ AlmanacBuilding on the reporting and analysis done throughout the year by CQ's news staff, the Almanac offers original narrative accounts of every major piece of legislation that lawmakers considered during a congressional session since 1946, with new content published every 2 years (per congressional session).
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CQ Congress and the NationComprehensive coverage of Congressional action starting from 1945 and updated with new content every 4 years (each presidential election year).
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Criminology Collection
Includes: Criminal Justice Database (1981 - current) and
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database (1975 - current)
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HeinOnlineif you scroll to the bottom of the opening page of the database there is a link to the specific Criminal Justice and Criminology component of HeinOnline. From there you can search directly within the criminology journals. The collection also contains some books, many reports, policy papers, etc.
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JSTOR
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources. It provides full-text searches of almost 2,000 journals. In addition, more than 3 million of the images in Artstor are now discoverable alongside JSTOR’s vast scholarly content, providing you with primary sources and vital critical and historical background on one platform.
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National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database Covers literature related to research, policy and practice in criminal and juvenile justice and drug control. Search over 189,000 U.S. and international publications, including federal, state and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, audiovisual presentations and unpublished research.
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Sociology Collection
Includes the following two databases (direct links and descriptions under "see note" below):
- Sociological Abstracts
- Sociology Database
- Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts
(ASSIA)
What is Peer Review
Electronic Reference Resources
These are permanently held electronic reference items. There may be other electronic reference items in the catalogue.