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Criminal Justice 330: Crime
and Delinquency |
Suellen Cox, Librarian
scox@fullerton.edu |
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Pollak
Library Research Guide for
Criminal Justice Research guide
for Sociology students
RefWorks
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Shortcuts to
Criminal Justice
Subject
encyclopedias and dictionaries are a quick way to check facts, get a
clear-cut explanation on a theory, to get an in-depth explanation on a
specialized term, or information on an important person in
Criminal Justice. Here are a
few recent examples.
These books are found in Reference or online.
Encyclopedia of
Crime and Justice...
……Reference HV 6017.E52 2002 vols1-4
Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment…Reference HV6017.E524 2002 vols1-4
Gale Virtual Reference
Library...
online collection of 230+ encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice... online 2002 vols1-4
Enyclopedia of Sociology…………...online 2000 vols1-5
How get books this library owns
Library Catalog
http://opac.fullerton.edu Online database of books, journals, newspapers, recordings, atlases
and more
sample
search: Keyword: youth crime factors
Subject: juvenile delinquency
Title: Crime and Delinquency (limit to
periodicals)
What are Scholarly Journals and how to
recognize them: When
a college professor assigns articles, the assumption is that the class will use
scholarly journal articles.
Original research and empirical studies are often published in scholarly
journals and will include the following sections: Abstract, Introduction,
Methods, Results, Discussion, and References.
Does this
library own this article? Cass, Amy, Routine
Activities and Sexual Activities: An Analysis of Individual and School-Level
Factors. Violence and Victims, vol 22, no. 3, 2007.
How to get articles on
your topic:
PsycINFO
This
is an extensive international research database that covers
Psychology and much more.
some terms: risk factors, recidivism,
criminal behavior, violent behavior, causality,
attribution (perception of causes) causal analysis (Systematic
analysis of causal relationships) Etilogy (study of
the causes and origins of psychological or physical conditions)
Sample beginning search: family
violence and the cause
Sample detailed search:
(DE "Causality" or DE "Causal Analysis" or DE "Risk Factors" or DE "Etiology") and
DE "Domestic Violence"
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Journals
articles and more in the field of criminology
sample search: search school violence and causal or
causality or cause*
Social Sciences Full Text
This database contains scholarly
journal articles in the field of Social Sciences.
sample search:
Juvenile delinquency and Cause*
Sage Journals Online
This database provides full text access to the following journals: Crime
and Delinquency; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Crime, Media and Culture;
Criminal Justice Review; Criminal Justice Policy Review; Criminal Justice and
Behavior; Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice; Journal of Research in Crime
and Delinquency.
| Additional databases of interest to Sociology students: | |
| ERIC (Education: Preschool through University) | Academic Search Premier (limit results to peer reviewed) |
| PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service | Chicano Database |
| AgeLine (Gerontology topics) | Bibliography of Asian Studies |
| Newsstand (newspapers only) | LLBA (Language and Linguistics) |
| Sports Discus (sports, athletics, physical education) | PubMed (medical research) |
| CINAHL (nursing topics) | Women's Resources International |
| Anthropology Plus | Lexis/Nexis (contains link to laws and court cases) |
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Student Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism
The Campus statement on the avoidance of plagiarism
and how to properly cite your research.
How do I Cite Sources
All sources of information must
be cited for any work you turn in on campus.
Pollak Library Quick Guide to the APA Citation Style
The
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed. (2001)
Copies are available for use at the
Reference Desk
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