Criminal Justice Research

Developing a Search Strategy

Useful Reference Collection Books

The reference collection is located on the main floor of the library. Some useful criminal justice resources include:

• Crime in the United States
  Gives figures and statistics on types of crimes committed in the United States between 1995-2000.
  Call Number: HV6787.A3 1995 to date
• Dictionary of Culprits and Criminals
  Listings of names of major criminals and a brief sketch of their crimes.
  Call Number: HV6245.K64 1995
• Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Sourcebook
  Provides information relating to partner violence, child abuse, elder abuse, and sibling and parent abuse.
  Call Number: HV6626.2 .D66 2000
• The Encyclopedia of American Crime
  Provides the history of American crime including well-known criminals, institutions, laws, and so forth.
  Call Number: HV6789 .S54 2001 2 vols.
• Encyclopedia of American Prisons
  Looks at the history and current operations of American prison systems.
  Call Number: HV9471.E425 1996
• The Encyclopedia of Child Abuse
  Describes topics across many disciplines, such as, law, medicine, psychology, sociology, economics, history, education, and so forth.
  Call Number: HA6626.5.C57 2001
• Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice
  Includes information about common terms used in criminal studies.
  Call Number: HV6017.E52 1983
• The FBI: A Comprehensive Reference Guide
  Describes the organization of the FBI, its history, and its impact on American culture.
  Call Number: HV8144.F43 T48 1999
• Hate Crimes: A Reference Handbook
  Provides a chronology of hate crimes, biographies of individuals involved in hate crime prevention, and legislation that addresses hate crimes.
  Call Number: HV6773.52.A47 1997
• The International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide
  Looks at suicidal behavior from biological, sociological, psychological, ethical, and legal viewpoints.
  Call Number: HV6545 .I59 2000

Journals--print and online

The Newbury College Library provides access to scholarly and popular articles in both print and online format. Magazines, journals, and newspapers are known as periodicals. Search the Library Resource Catalog by Journal Title to determine if the Library subscribes to a particular title.

Full-text articles are accessible by using the Library's databases. Home access requires using a valid Newbury College library card. These databases provide access to full-text articles, abstracts (short summaries of the articles), and extended citations (the title, source, date, issue, and page numbers of the article). Full-text articles may be printed within the Library. To retrieve articles that are only available as abstracts or extended citations, you should first check our Periodical Holdings List to locate the articles in hard copy or request them from Interlibrary Loan--see the Reference Librarian for help. The following databases are useful for researching criminal justice topics:

• Expanded Academic Index ASAP
  Provides full-text articles from more than 1,000 journals in the social science, humanities, and non-technical science areas.
• OCLC First Search
  An online system providing access to a variety of databases:
• Sociological Abstracts: provides citations and abstracts for more than 1900 journals in the fields of sociology, anthropology, education and urban studies.
• Social Sciences Index: provides citations and abstracts for more than 350 journals in the social sciences, including psychology, sociology, politics, and anthropology.
• LexisNexis Academic
  Provides full-text articles on news, legal, business, and medical topics.

Library Resource Catalog

• If you are searching for resources within the Library, the catalog displays its items first. You can also choose to search all Minuteman libraries at once or specify another location.
• You may search for resources by Location, Keyword, Author, Title, Journal Title, Format or Subject Heading.
• The item record displays where a resource is located along with its call number and availability.
• A call number identifies where a book or other library resource is located in the library. The Newbury College Library uses the Library of Congress (LC) Classification System, which is comprised of 21 categories with numerous subdivisions under each category. The H class comprises the social sciences. Social pathology, social services, and criminology are assigned HV.

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