Professor Elizabeth Caffrey
Spring 2006
The following guide is intended to get you started
in criminal justice research, particularly as it
pertains to your assignment at hand. For further
assistance, please take advantage of the reference
services available to you in the Geisel Library.
Stop by the Reference Desk in person or online at
Ask A
Librarian.
The library
catalog is an excellent resource for finding
book chapters, government documents and background
information on your topic. Some helpful such resources
are listed here, but there are many others. Please
ask for assistance at the reference desk.
Addressing community gang problems: a practical guide
J26.30: G15 (This is a Government Document)
Comparative and international criminal justice systems : policing, judiciary, and corrections
REF HV7419 .C65 2000
Companions in crime : the social aspects of criminal conduct
HV6155 .W37 2002
Crime and justice (This is an annual review of research)
HV6001 .C672
Encyclopedia of crime and justice
Ref HV 6017 .E52 2002 (also available online)
Encyclopedia of criminology and deviant behavior
Ref HV 6017 .E53 2001 v.1-4
Readings in contemporary criminological theory
HV6018 .R35 1996
Search WorldCat to search the collections of libraries worldwide. Find a book in this database, and, if not owned by SAC,
you can request it from Interlibrary Loan with one click. Your book(s) will be available for pickup in the library within 7-14 days.
Ask for help in using this database at the reference desk, in person, or online at Ask a Librarian.
Determine whether an article is from a scholarly source by consulting Types of Articles and their Characteristics.
Criminal
Justice Abstracts
Links to some full-text and very comprehensive.
Library owns some, but not all of the items indexed. User Guide
NCJRS Abstracts
"Contains summaries of more than 150,000 criminal justice publications, including Federal, State, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research." Though not as comprehensive, NCJRS Virtual Library, a subset of the larger Abstracts database, is a good place to go for full-text readings.
SocINDEX
Some full-text and fairly comprehensive for CJ.
Most articles are peer-reviewed.
Academic
Search Premier
Much full-text, but not comprehensive. Good starting
point.
PsycINFO
This may help with choice #2; links to some full-text.
LexisNexis
Academic Universe
Also helpful for choice #2. For articles from law
journals, click on 'Legal Research', then 'Law Reviews'.
Sample searches to perform in the databases listed
above :
court* and problems
court* and challenges
corrections and problem*
criminals and rehabilitation
home incarceration
police and terrorism
|
drug* and traffic* amd sentenc*
drug* and offense* and sentenc*
drug* and (minorit* or gender) and sentenc*
|
American Psychological Association (APA) Style
Guides
A copy of the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association is located on the
library's Ready Reference shelves (REF BF76.7 .P83
2001). For online guides to APA format, please check
out the following:
Ask a Librarian
Compiled by: Nancy "Sam" Urtz
