Most Useful Databases
Academic
Search Complete
A multi-disciplinary database of
journals, magazines, book chapters, and government reports.
(Some full-text).
SocINDEX
An index of journals, books, and
conference papers in sociology, social work, and criminology.
(Some full-text).
Criminal
Justice Abstracts
A comprehensive index of journals,
trade magazines, books, and reports in criminal justice. (Citations
only).
Criminal
Justice Periodicals
An index of journals and trade
magazines in criminal justice, security management, and related
fields. (Some full-text).
National
Criminal Justice Reference Service
Reports, books, and newsletters
in criminal justice from 1997 to date with abstracts back to
1960. (Some full-text).
PsycINFO
Start here for psychology research.
A comprehensive index of journals, books, and dissertations.
(Some full-text).
SAGE
Journals Online
Journals in communications, criminology,
education, health, management, political science, psychology,
and sociology. (Full-text).
Westlaw
Campus Research
The best source for legal research,
plus news and business information. (Full-text).
Other Databases
Business
Source Complete
A database of business journals
and magazines, company profiles, country reports, industry profiles,
and market research reports. (Some full-text).
Catalog
of Government Publications
An index of federal government
publications, including Congressional reports and testimony.
(Some full-text).
Center
for Problem-Oriented Policing
Free website with reports on specific
crime problems and law enforcement responses. (Full-text).
Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices
Reports on human rights by country.
Covers prisons, police, trials, civil liberties, women, minorities,
worker rights, etc. (Full-text).
CQ Researcher
Reports on "hot" topics with detailed analysis and opposing viewpoints. (Full-text).
ebrary
A collection of electronic books
with full-text searching, bookmarks, and personal notes. (Full-text).
Free software is required: download
ebrary Reader™
Encyclopedia
of American Prisons
A comprehensive
encyclopedia of corrections. (Full-text).
Encyclopedia
of Crime and Justice
A comprehensive
encyclopedia of criminal justice. (Full-text).
Encyclopedia
of Law Enforcement
Covers
state, local, federal, and international policing, plus profiles
of law enforcement systems by country. (Full-text).
Encyclopedia
of Police Science
An encyclopedia of scientific knowledge about policing. (Full-text).
Encyclopedia
of Prisons and Correctional Facilities
A comprehensive encyclopedia of
corrections. (Full-text).
Encyclopedia
of White Collar and Corporate Crime
Short
articles on issues and cases in corporate crime. (Full-text).
Extremist
Groups
The
history and tactics of 150 extremist groups. (Full-text).
Gale
Virtual Reference Library
Basic information from specialized
encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks. (Full-text).
Google
Scholar
An Internet search engine for scholarly
journals, books, preprints, and theses with links to UHD-purchased
content.
HEUNI
National Criminal Justice Profiles
Book-length
profiles of some European nations. (Full-text).
InfoTrac
Newspapers
Local, national, and international
newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, New York Times, and
Times of London. (Full-text).
JSTOR
Scholarly journals from many fields.
Archives go back to 1831, but recent issues (past 3-5 years)
are not included. (Full-text).
Purchase made possible by a generous
donation from the Rockwell Fund.
Latin
American Newsstand
Spanish- and Portuguese-language
newspapers from 11 Latin American countries. (Full-text).
Legal
Collection
An index of scholarly journals
in law, the sociology of law, and criminal justice. (Some full-text).
Legal
Systems of the World
Articles
about law systems and courts in each country. (Full-text).
LexisNexis
Academic
A database of news, legal information,
and business information. (Full-text).
LexisNexis
Congressional
U.S. Congressional publications
such as bills, hearings, speeches, and voting records.(Full-text).
Lone
Star Justice
A comprehensive overview of the
Texas criminal justice system. (Full-text).
National
Institute of Corrections Library
Free website with research reports
on prisons, jails, probation, and parole. (Full-text).
netLibrary
Electronic books from academic,
professional, and popular publishers. (Full-text).
New
York Times
An archive of the newspaper from
1980 to present. (Full-text).
New
York Times Historical
A cover-to-cover archive of the
newspaper from 1851 to 2003. (Full-text).
ProQuest
Newspapers
The Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles
Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.
(Full-text).
OmniFile
A multi-disciplinary index of
journal and magazine articles from 1982 to present. (Some full-text).
Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center
Essays on controversial topics
from books, magazines, journals, news, primary source, and web
sites. (Full-text).
PsycARTICLES
Scholarly journals from the American
Psychological Association and other publishers in psychology.
(Full-text).
SAGE
Dictionary of Criminology
Covers
concepts and theories with lists of key readings. (Full-text).
Web
of Science
An index of high impact research
journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. (Citations
only).
World
of Forensic Science
Priniciples,
techniques, and people in forensic sciences. (Full-text).
World
Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems
Profiles
of countries, organizations, etc. (Full-text).
WorldCat
A catalog of 58 million books,
dissertations, sound recordings, and videos available in libraries.
(Citations only).
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