Langsdale Library, University of Baltimore

CRJU 301
Christina Lentz
Social Justice
Spring 2007

Individual course index / CRJU301_lenz_sp07

Introduction | Print Resources | Subject-specific databases | General databases
Book catalogs | Suggested Websites | Additional Websites | General Reference Tools
Other helpful information

Introduction:
This guide will provide information on locating and accessing print and online resources from Langsdale Library. For additional resources, see our Criminal Justice Guide.

For questions,email us at langref@ubalt.edu, phone us at (410) 837-4274 or try our Live Chat.

Print Resources:

Benamati, D. C., Schultze, P. A., Douloukos, A. C., & Newman, G. R. (1998). Criminal justice information: How to find it, how to use it. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press. (XHV 7419.5 .C75 1998)

Bryant, C. D. (Ed). (2001). Encylopedia of criminology and deviant behavior (Vols. 1-4). Philadelphia, PA: Brunner-Routledge. (XHV6017 .E53 2001)

Nelson, B. R. (1997). Criminal justice research in libraries and on the Internet. Westport, CT: Greenwood. (XHV 7419.N45 1997)

Senese, J. D. (1998). Applied research methods in criminal justice. Chicago: Nelson-Hall. (STACKS HV 7419.5 .S46 1998)

Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics. (1974 to present). Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. (GOVT. DOCS. J1 .29.9/6:[yr.])

State of Maryland uniform crime reports: Crime in Maryland (1975 to present.). Pikesville, MD: Maryland State Police. (XHV 6793 .M3A3[yr.])

Uniform crime reports for the United States (1980 to present). Washington, DC: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. (GOVT. DOCS. J1.14/7). Online access is also available at: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

 

Subject-specific databases (this only includes selected databases based on topics; for more, see full list of Electronic Databases):

Criminal Justice Abstracts [on-campus]
Coverage:  1968 - present. Criminal Justice Abstracts indexes the major journals, books and governmental reports in the areas of criminology and related disciplines. Topics include crime trends, corrections, police, offenders, juvenile delinquency, courts, victims, and sentencing.

Criminal Justice Periodicals[on campus]
1981 to the present: Full-text coverage for 45 of the titles most frequently accessed by criminal justice researchers, and complete indexing and abstracts for another 140 relevant U.S. and international journals.

 

ERIC (EBSCO) [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1966 - present. Indexes Current Journals in Education (CIJE) and Resources in Education (RIE). Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
Coverage:  1975 - present. NCJRS contains abstracts of 160,000 criminal justice publications including journal articles; federal, state, and local government reports; books; research reports; and unpublished research; it also offers the full text of more than 1,500 publications at NCJRS and the U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. (URL: http://www.ncjrs.org)

PAIS - Public Affairs Information Service  [on-campus]
Coverage: 1972 – present. Indexes 3600 journals, books, and government documents in the fields of political science, policy, public administration, society. 

PsycINFO  [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1887 – present. Indexes 1,300 Psychology journals from nearly 50 countries. Also includes abstracts for dissertations, books and book chapters. Same coverage as PsycLit.

Soc Index with full text (Ebsco) [on-campus]
This index features more than 1,300,000 records with subject headings from a 15,600 term sociology-specific thesaurus designed by expert lexicographers. This product also contains informative abstracts for more than 620 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895. In addition, this file provides data mined from more than 500 "priority" coverage journals as well as over 1,390 "selective" coverage journals. Further, extensive indexing for books, monographs, conference papers, and other sources is included.

General/Multidisciplinary databases:
Use these to find full text periodical articles and/or citations to articles. Click here to see how these databases are different from the Internet.

Academic Search Premier  [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 - present. Provides full-text for over 3,400 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, sciences, and more. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).

Lexis-Nexis Academic [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Features full text of many newspapers and periodicals.  Also offers business news, legal materials such as federal & state codes, case law and legal journals.

Book catalogs:
Use these to locate books, journals (not individual articles), videos, and government documents.

Catalog USMAI [help]
Books, journals, government documents and other materials in the University System of Maryland, including UB. You may search up to six individual locations or the entire system.

Digital Dissertations (Dissertation Abstracts from Proquest) [on-campus]
Coverage 1861 – present. Indexes U.S., Canadian, British, and other European dissertations and theses; dissertations abstracted since 1980, theses abstracted since 1988. A 24 page preview of dissertations published since 1997 is available. The full text of dissertations may be obtained by clicking the free download button.

WorldCat [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies. International database of collections (including books, journals , dissertations, documents, and other materials) held by libraries worldwide. Maryland libraries that own copies of the items display at the top of the list of libraries so you can easily determine if local libraries own the material needed. Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.

Suggested websites:
These may provide useful information or agencies or organizations who may be sources of information.

Bureau of Justice Statistics http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/welcome.html

Federal Bureau of Investigation http://www.fbi.gov

FedStats http://www.fedstats.gov

Government Printing Office. GPO Access. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html

Legal Information Institute http://www.law.cornell.edu/

Library of Congress. (2002). Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet. Available at: http://thomas.loc.gov/

Maryland State Data Center http://www.op.state.md.us/MSDC/

National Institute of Justice http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org

Rand Corporation http://www.rand.org/

Uniform crime reports for the United States (2002). Washington, DC: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Available at: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

U. S. Department of Justice http://www.usdoj.gov

Vera Institute of Justice http://www.vera.org/

Additional websites by subject:

Langsdale web resources
A listing of valuable internet sites by subject area.

General reference tools:
These may assist you in your search for material or in evaluating and citing material found.

Evaluating Web Resources
Guide to evaluating material obtained via the Internet

Citation Styles
Guides to MLA, APA, and other citation styles.

Constructing Thesis Statements

Guide to Writing Thesis Statements

How to Cite Sources: APA Style
Detailed guide to creating reference list according to APA citation style

Using Thesis Statements

Other helpful information:

Accessing materials from home (Research Port)

Library barcodes and UB computer accounts

Interlibrary Loan

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