Criminal Justice
A Quick Guide

Books and Other Media 

• Reed Library Catalog: Locate materials in Reed Library.
• WorldCat: Locate materials in other libraries, and request via interlibrary loan.

Journals/Articles 

• Criminal Justice Collection:  Access to 700 journals focusing on law, law enforcement, forensic science, crime scene investigation, paralegal service, Homeland Security.
• SocIndex Plus Full Text: Provides journal articles for all areas of sociology, including and emphasis on criminal justice and criminology. Coverage for some journals dates back to 1895. 
• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe: Primarily used for legal research, this source also covers news, financial, and medical information.
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Full-text articles on social issues.  Includes topic overviews, primary sources, statistics, photographs and podcasts.

Reference

• The American Dictionary of Criminal Justice: Key Terms and Major Court Cases: Reference HV7411 .C48 2001
• Crime in the United States: Reference HV 6787 A3
  Also available online at:http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/ucr
• Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice: Reference HV 6017 E52
• Encyclopdia of Murder and Violent Crime: Reference HV 6515 E5323
• Oxford Reference: Includes over 175 subject reference works.

Other Tools

• Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS): Provides information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics: Brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States.
• National Archive of Criminal Justice Data: Facilitates research in criminal justice and criminology.
• U.S. Disaster Center- Crime Statistics by State: Provides U.S. crime statistics from 1960-2006.