Research Guides: Criminal Justice/Criminology: Databases

Databases

Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Includes full text and bibliographic records of leading journals in the criminal justice field.
Govinfo.gov This link opens in a new window
Provides free online access to official United States Federal Government publications
GPO Monthly Catalog This link opens in a new window
Indexing and citations for all types of U.S. government documents
National Criminal Justice Reference Service This link opens in a new window
Indexes and abstracts book, book chapters, article and government documents related to law enforcement
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to more than 14,000 journal articles, television and radio broadcasts, newswires, and blogs; local, regional, national and international newspapers; legal sources for federal and state cases and statutes.

The Dallas Morning News Historical Newspaper (1885-1984) This link opens in a new window
Search or browse the high-resolution, digital facsimiles of daily issues of The Dallas Morning News published between 1885 and 1985.
Gale OneFile: News This link opens in a new window
Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields.
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
ncludes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles plus thousands of television and radio news transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
Regional Business News This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Westlaw This link opens in a new window
Access a vast collection of U.S. statutes, case law materials, public records and other legal resources, along with current news articles and business information.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary database providing full-text access to scholarly journals, newspapers, books, and reports.
APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Index to articles and other research materials in all the fields of psychology
WorldCat This link opens in a new window
Global catalog that indexes collections from 72,000 participating libraries in 170 countries.
Westlaw This link opens in a new window
Access a vast collection of U.S. statutes, case law materials, public records and other legal resources, along with current news articles and business information.

Suggested Keywords

Crime, criminals, criminal justice, police, law enforcement, prisons, prisoners, corrections, correctional facilities, probation, parole, violence, juvenile justice, juvenile delinquency, narcotics, drugs, victimology, victims, violence

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