LibGuides: Criminal Justice: Catalogs & Databases

Library Catalogs

Search It
Search It is the Libraries catalog - you can use it to find books, articles, media materials, and more.
WSU WorldCat Discovery
WorldCat Discovery provides access to books not available through the WSU Libraries or through Summit (you can also use it directly from within the WSU Search It library catalog). Once found, titles can be ordered through Interlibrary Loan through the WorldCat Discovery interface.
Google Books
Library of Congress Classification for Criminal Justice (browsing guide)
Criminal Justice/Criminology books are scattered around the Library of Congress classification system (i.e. sociology or psychology), but subclasses HM through HX cover a significant part of this. Criminal Justice/Criminology starts at HV 6001.

Criminal Justice Databases

Criminal Justice Abstracts
Comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Database
Includes abstracts and some fulltext of publications from government agencies, think tanks and research institutes, and trade and professional publications since 1970. Lots of practitioner content (i.e. for police officers). Look here for a list of Controlled Vocabulary used in the database that may help with searches.
Legal Collection [EBSCO]
"Containing full text for more than 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals, this database is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world." See Also: Nexis Uni.
Homeland Security Digital Library
"The HSDL is the nation's premier collection of homeland security policy and strategy related documents. It supports local, state and federal analysis and decision-making needs and assists academics of all disciplines in homeland defense and security related research. The HSDL provides quick access to important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and research reports from various universities and local and state agencies."
New Database: JStor Security Studies (access through 4/2020)
Explore a wide range of journals, ebooks, and research reports in the field of security studies. This content looks at security studies through a broad lens, encompassing research on international security and peace and conflict studies from all corners of the globe. "
Social Sciences Abstracts [EBSCO]
Indexes articles, interviews, obituaries, biographies, and book reviews in English language periodicals. Covers anthropology, economics, geography, law, political science, psychology, and sociology. 1984 to the present;updated monthly. See Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective for older articles.
Social Sciences Citation Index
Accessed through the Web of Science database; See also Google Scholar and Google Scholar Citations. More information on citation searching can be found on the Measuring Research Impact Using Web of Science, Altmetrics, and Other Sources library guide.
Sociological Abstracts [ProQuest]
Citations with abstracts to articles on all aspects of sociology, social work, and other social sciences since 1963. Updated 6 times a year
PsycINFO 1872-current
An index with summaries of citations to articles in over 1,300 psychology research journals. Articles date from 1806 - present. Note: There are less than 146 records with publication dates prior to 1890. Updated weekly

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PAIS International and PAIS Archive
Public affairs database; some international content. Includes government documents and thinktank/research institute/non-governmental organization publications as well as scholarly sources. Covers 1915 to current.
Military and Government Collection [EBSCO]
"Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites."
ProQuest Congressional (formerly Congressional Lexis-Nexis)
Provides access to publications by and about the U.S. Congress, including hearings, bill texts, legislative histories, voting records, congressional calendars, hot topics and more. Updated daily and contains some fulltext. Dates of Coverage: 1969 - present
Sage Research Methods Database and Digital Library
ncludes more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher. The site is designed to guide users to the content they need to learn a little or a lot about their method. Provides access to SAGE Research Methods Datasets, SAGE Research Methods Cases, and SAGE Research Methods Video as well.
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic)
Provides access to full text legal resources (law reviews, legal magazines, cases) Also has news and business articles.

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Bibliography of Data-Related Literature (ICPSR)
"a continuously-updated database of thousands of citations of works using data held in the ICPSR archive." Includes DOI, WorldCat, and Google Scholar options for access are provided for most citations; the WorldCat link will provide a Find It @ WSU option.

Roper Center Data Bibliography
"This is a bibliography of [research article] publications that use data from the Roper Center. Some cite information on overall responses obtained from iPOLL; some are based on individual-level analyses of datasets held by the Roper Center, and others use our Presidential approval series or other indexes constructed from Roper Center data."

General Interest Databases

iPOLL (Roper Center)
iPOLL is a public opinion/polling database of 500,000+ questions and answers on a wide range of topics collected by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. The database also provides access to downloadable datasets for statistical analysis (free account required). Some international coverage. Data covers 1935-present
Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete includes full text for 1800 publications as well as images, for nearly every academic field of study.

JSTOR
Content in JSTOR spans many disciplines and is usually full-text. Note: In most cases, JSTOR will not provide the most recent three to five years of journal content, but it will provide access back to the start of publication.
Annual Reviews
The Annual Review of Criminology is a new additon to the Annual Review series. It's subject matter is also covered in Sociology, Political Science and Law, and others. See also the print publication Crime and Justice: An Annual Review of Research (some volumes are available online through Jstor)
and the online journal Perspectives in Psychological Science
What's an Annual Review?
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (Dissertation Abstracts)
Citations for U.S. (and some Canadian) dissertations 1861- present. Includes abstracts for dissertations published from 1980-present (some recent dissertations offer a 24-page preview). Also includes citations and abstracts for master's theses from 1988-present. See also the Dissertations and Theses @ WSU database, which provides fulltext access for recent WSU dissertations. WSU dissertations and (some) theses can also be found on the WSU institutional repository, Research Exchange..
Article First
Multidisciplinary index of scholarly articles from over 12,000 journals going back to 1990. Great coverage, but no abstracts.
ECO: Electronic Collections Online
Multidisciplinary database that includes considerable full-text.
America: History and Life (U.S. and Canada)
Citations and abstracts to publications on the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes journals, books, reviews, and dissertations. Covers 1964-present.
Historical Abstracts
Citations and abstracts to publications covering the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
Microsoft Academic
"Microsoft Academic (MA) employs advances in machine learning, semantic inference and knowledge discovery to help you explore scholarly information in more powerful ways than ever before."

General Online Reference Resources

Sage Reference Online
Good for social science. Includes reference works on research methods.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Fulltext and searchable content from reference books published by Gale.

Oxford Reference Online
More than 150 dictionaries and encyclopedias covering all subjects

Finding Media (streaming, dvd, vhs, etc)

Streaming Online Films, Movies, and Music (WSU Libraries)
Includes links to streaming media databases including Filmakers Library and Kanopy
Filmaker's Library Online
Filmakers Library Online provides documentaries for streaming video use across the university's curriculum. There are 1,018 titles covering all academic areas. Particular strengths include history, health, and social science topics. You can create short clips.
Searching for Media in Search It [Library Guide]
Use this to find DVDs, CDs, and other kinds of media available for check-out from the WSU Libraries. Hint: in a simple search after you do your search you can filter by the Video and/or Audio "Type" options. In Advanced Search you can pre-filter by Material Type - options include Audio, Video for physical items, i.e. DVDs, and "eAudio and eVideo" for streaming video, music, and audiobooks.

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