Library: CRIJ 3324 (Fansher): Databases

Finding Scholarly Articles

The easiest way to find scholarly articles on most topics is to search in OneSearch. OneSearch searches nearly half of our databases at one time. You can also search in specific databases. The database listed after the OneSearch box are databases that have criminal justice information.

OneSearch

Academic Search Complete
Provides full text for nearly 5,318 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, biological & ecological sciences, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. EBSCO
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Founded in 1923 as Editorial Research Reports, CQ Researcher provides in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. CQ Press/
Criminal Justice & Criminology This link opens in a new window
An historical overview of these ever-changing disciplines and their various expressions in American and English law over time. Collecting Bureau of Justice statistics, memoirs of retired Scotland Yard investigators, congressional hearings on drug control policies, accounts of prison life in days long past and much more, this collection explores how criminal justice has changed in America and the effect criminology has had on those changes. It collects government documents as well as rare or hard-to-find pamphlets, memoirs, and books written by ordinary law enforcement officers and not-so-famous criminals. To help users navigate the content spanning these two wide-reaching disciplines, all titles in this collection have been subject coded into 16 subject areas. Hein
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Gun Regulation and Legislation in America This link opens in a new window
This HeinOnline collection brings together more than 500 titles dealing with this difficult and important topic. Included are periodicals, key compiled federal legislative histories, relevant congressional hearings, CRS Reports, Supreme Court briefs, and more. Links to nearly 500 scholarly articles, an extensive bibliography, and a balanced selection of external resources to further research this subject are also provided. Hein
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Humanities Full Text This link opens in a new window
Includes feature articles, interviews, obituaries and original works of fiction, drama and poetry in all fields of the humanities from art, classical studies, and film to journalism and more. EBSCO/H.W. Wilson
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
The JSTOR database contains the complete archives of core scholarly journals, starting with the very first issues, many of which date from the 1800's. JSTOR/Library Subscription/ collection consists of journals in the liberal arts, business, and health. JSTOR
The VC/UHV Library's subscription to JSTOR content is limited to certain journals/publications. However, much of the content pre-1923 has recently become available for free to all users due to easing of copyright restrictions. Therefore you will see a combination of things we (the VC/UHV Library) have access to (designated by a green icon) and things we do not have access to (designated by a yellow icon).
Legal Collection This link opens in a new window
Full text for nearly 250 scholarly law journals centered on the discipline of law and legal topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment. EBSCO
Legal Forms Library This link opens in a new window
Provides a wide selection of Texas state legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language. Gale
Legal Information Source This link opens in a new window
Provides online full text library for many consumer legal reference books, along with multi-state forms to assist the general public. EBSCO
Military and Government Collection This link opens in a new window
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military. The database provides full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals. Also included is full text of over 245 pamphlets. EBSCO
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) This link opens in a new window
A federally sponsored information clearinghouse for research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice and drug control. Provides access to citations found in a database of journal articles, reports, books and audiovisual material on criminal justice with coverage from the 1970s. Also includes links to open access reports and information. Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
Open Society Justice Initiative This link opens in a new window
The Open Society Justice Initiative database brings the Justice Initiative’s scholarship to HeinOnline, providing access to works published by the Justice Initiative in HeinOnline’s fully searchable, image-based format. Unique to this collection is the ability to search by Publication Type, a publication identifier assigned by the Justice Initiative to each of its publications, which organizes their works into the following types: Briefing Paper, Publication, and Report. Hein
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Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Examines contemporary issues from the pro and con. Features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites. Gale