LibGuides: Soc 361: Criminology: Home

Fall 2022 Update: New/Newish Helpful WSU Libraries Resources and Services

JSTOR - we have access to ALL of JSTOR's journal content (including the Security Studies module) through the end of June 2023.

HeinOnline
Database of legal and government resources, including laws, regulations, some trials and court reports, treaties, monographs, and a variety of other materials covering United States and foreign law. Coverage includes private and public international law, intellectual property and legal history. Includes full text image-based searchable database of legal periodicals. Database coverage for each periodical is from the beginning issue to the most current allowed under contract. New and updated material added frequently.
Statista
Statista provides access to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on over 600 industries.
PolicyMap
Now permanent!!! as of January 2022
An online (no software installation needed) U.S. national data and mapping tool and analytics platform with multidisciplinary applications for college students and faculty. Undergraduate and graduate schools use us in their curriculum and research related to social sciences, urban studies, real estate and housing analysis, community and economic development, public administration, public health, policy and political science, education, business, economics, statistics, and geography, among others. Users can leverage thousands of U.S. data indicators in PolicyMap to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis, from a neighborhood census block group in many cases, up to a national level, as well as create custom regions, for their research and studies.
Look for Blog Posts, Customer Stories, and sample Maps, Tables, and Reports.

The Dimensions Lab
Big Monitors. Cool software. Large (but not really large) scanner. 3D Photogrammetry. Macs. 3-D printer. And more. #DigitalMaking
The Libraries’ Dimensions Lab is equipped to provide computing resources and tools for computer-based projects in the fields of media, art, music, engineering, computer science, and physics. The lab is located on the first floor of the Holland Library on the WSU Pullman campus, right off the main elevators between Holland and Terrell.
Added in fall 2021: a small recording studio, the Audio Lab.
The Proxy Bookmarklet and LibKey Nomad
Have you ever found something on the Web that you knew was available through the Libraries, but it was too much of a pain to log into the Libraries site and find it? Now we have a bookmarklet that you can add to your browser button bar so that you can log in via the Libraries and get immediate access (most of the time…) find out more about our new proxy bookmarklet. And it works with tablets too...
Note: after you log in, if you don't get access, just click the proxy bookmarklet again and you will (if your browser is idle for too long you may need to log in again). Also provides information on newish library service LibKey Nomad which can also be used to provide instant access to PDFs available though the WSU Libraries.

SAGE Research Methods
Designed to guide users to the content they need to learn a little or a lot about their method, SAGE Research Methods includes 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 Methods Map can help those less familiar with research methods to find the best technique to use in their research.

WSU Libraries Citation Style Quick Guides (includes APA 7th)
"These quick reference guides are designed to provide easy access to common formatting and stylistic requirements for each citation style."
APA: The Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style (free)
Free tutorial
Just in case, APA Sixth Edition Resources
APA: Style and Grammar Guidelines (7th edition; free)
Just in case, APA Sixth Edition Resources
Citation Linker
Use this link when you have a citation and want to get to the book or article. It will link to the item you want. If it is not available at the WSU Libraries, it will generate an automatic Interlibrary Loan form so you can easily request it.

Introduction

This guide is for students enrolled in WSU's Sociology 361: Criminology class (Fall '14 with Dr. Jennifer Schwartz)

In addition to the resources highlighted here under the tags on this guide, you may also want to review other guides, including:

Crime Drama Assignment

About Fair Use (Important!)
More on Fair Use for educational uses
Free tools for screencasting/screen capturing
Screencast-O-Matic
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More tools:

https://filmora.wondershare.com/screen-recorder/best-free-screencasting-tools-for-teachers.html
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https://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-free-screen-recorder
your phone
Clipping YouTube video
https://www.clipconverter.cc/
File formats for PowerPoint

Helpful Links

Ask A Librarian
Citation Help
Other Tutorials and Handouts
Holland and Terrell Libraries Find It on the Shelf
A key to where a particular book is shelved, based on its call number. Very helpful for navigating our floors and book stacks!
Now integrated into book and journal records in Search It.
Bound By Law (IP & Copyright online comic)
A fun graphic novel that will teach you about intellectual property issues (like copyright)

Hot Articles, via bX Recommender

(Click the down arrow to see other social sciences and other disciplinary topics)

General Reference Resources

Oxford Reference Online
Access to more than 150 dictionaries and encyclopedias covering all subjects
Sage Knowledge
A collection of full-text encyclopedias covering a wide range of disciplines, themes, and issues in the social sciences.