Get general background information

Bailey, W. G. (Ed.). (1995). The encyclopedia of police science (2nd ed.). New York: Garland. (XHV 7901 .E53 1995)

Provides lengthy articles with bibliographies and includes some broad statistics.

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

International encyclopedia of the social sciences (1968). (Vols. 1-17). New York: Macmillan/The Free Press. (XH 40 .A2I5)

Despite the date, still a basic reference work in the social sciences, useful for information on classic theories and theorists.

Kadish, S. H. (Ed.). (1983). Encyclopedia of crime and justice (Vols. 1-4). New York: Macmillan/The Free Press. (XHV 6017 .E52 1983)

Useful for biography and discussion of theories. Includes bibliographical references.

Nash, J. R. (1992). Dictionary of crime: Criminal justice, criminology and law enforcement. New York: Paragon House. (XHV 6017 .E5425 1992)

Rafter, N. H. (Ed.). (2000). Encyclopedia of women and crime. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press. (XHV6046 .E56)

Schmalleger, F. (Ed.). (1997). Crime and the justice system in America: An encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood. (XHV 6789 .C6884 1997)

Siegel, J. A. (Ed.). (2000). Encyclopedia of forensic sciences. (Vols. 1-3). San Diego, CA: Academic Pres. (X HV8073. E58 2000)

Lengthy articles on the process and procedures of criminal investigations and forensic science. Includes items for further reading.

Learn research methods

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)

Includes information on commercial and Internet databases and provides suggestions for locating government agencies and international information and conducting legal research.

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

Find statistics

(1973 to present). Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. (GOVT. DOCS. J1 .29.9/6:[yr.]) Also available online at: http://www.albany.edu/ sourcebook/ Langsdale holds 1980 to present.

Compilation of criminal justice and related statistics from various government and private sources.

(1975 to present) State of Maryland uniform crime reports: Crime in Maryland . Pikesville, MD: Maryland State Police. (XHV 6793 .M3A3[yr.]) Langsdale has 1977 to present.

Annual report of the Maryland Uniform Crime Reporting Program, compiled from data submitted by the various Maryland local law enforcement agencies. Updated quarterly, with supplements.

(1930 to 1998). Uniform crime reports for the United States. 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 continued by Crime in the United States, 1999 to present.

Compilation for index crimes based on yearly information from state and local government law enforcement agencies, with some trend analysis. (Cover title: Crime in the United States). Langsdale has 1980 to present.

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.

Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection [on-campus]
Includes the full-text of 23 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 23 years, encompassing over 5,500 articles. It covers such subjects as Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence.
The searchable database consists of bibliographic records (indexed summaries or abstracts) as well as the complete text of each journal article. Every bibliographic record in the Collection links to the appropriate full-text in PDF format.

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ABI Inform [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Indexes more than 1,300 journals on business, management, with 75% full-text.

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.

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. 

PsycARTICLES [on campus]
This database provides full text articles on current issues in psychology from respected sources, spanning from 1987 to the present. PsycARTICLES includes more than 35,000 full-text articles from 49 journals published by American Psychological Association and allied organizations. All journals included in this database are indexed in PsycINFO.

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.

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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.

NetLibrary [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies. A collection of E-texts covering specifically chosen by Maryland Academic Libraries. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).

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.