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Criminal Justice Databases

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Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Criminal Justice Abstracts provides comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines. Here's a tutorial for assistance in searching CJA .

National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts This link opens in a new window
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Database contains summaries of the more than 200,000 criminal justice, juvenile justice, and substance abuse resources housed in the NCJRS Library collection. This database is sponsored by several departments within the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy and includes information on resources published by these agencies.
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
SocINDEX with Full Text identifies resources in the field of sociology and related subject areas. It indexes over 3000 journals and provides full text for 890 journals, several dating back to 1908. It also includes full text for over 850 books and monographs, as well as over 16,800 conference reports. It also includes a thesaurus of sociological terms.

Use these databases for related areas.

Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive collection of newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. All articles are full-text. Updated quarterly. 1990- .
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
All things psychological -- including
- family relationships
- psychology of the justice system
- community relationships
- leadership and management
They have a nice handout for criminal justice research. The guide suggests terms from the thesaurus to help you think like the database. Read the description of the term (you might not think it means what they think it means). PsycINFO lets you use older articles to find newer ones.
Social Work Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Produced by the National Association of Social Workers, Inc., it contains records from journals on topics such as homelessness, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, and community organization. Updated every six months. 1977- . Limited to 8 simultaneous users.
Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
A good place to start your research, especially if you're want to see what issues are important in your city. Academic Search Premier provides full text for scholarly publications and peer-reviewed journals as well as popular magazines.
Expanded content and coverage replacing Academic Search Premier.

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