LibGuides: Criminal Justice: Articles

Steps to Finding Articles

Locate a database from the list to below (e.g., Social Science Database (Proquest))

Search the database with keywords using filters to limit dates. type of resources, etc.

Use the full text links (pdf versions are preferred) within the database to view article

Use or to link to full text articles available in other databases

Databases

Congressional Record (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
ProQuest® Congressional allows you to explore Congress in action with the most comprehensive online resource available for congressional publications and legislative research. You can perform in-depth research in public policy, historical, and legal areas of interest.
Criminal Justice Collection (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Informs the research process for those studying law, law enforcement, terrorism, homeland security, forensic science, and more.
Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Criminal Justice Database is a comprehensive database supporting research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. As well as U.S. and international scholarly journals, it includes correctional and law enforcement trade publications, dissertations, crime reports, crime blogs and other material relevant for researchers or those preparing for careers in criminal justice, law enforcement and related fields.
Gun Regulation and Legislation in America (HeinOnline) This link opens in a new window
The database brings together essential periodicals, compiled legislative histories, CRS reports, Congressional hearings, United States Supreme Court briefs, monographs, and other related materials on the difficult and controversial topic of regulating firearms in the United States.
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
HeinOnline bridges the gap in history by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of nearly 2,600 periodicals. In addition to its vast collection of journals, the database also contains the Congressional Record bound volumes in entirety, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, constitutions for every country in the world, classic books from the 18th & 19th centuries, all United States treaties, the Federal Register and CFR from inception.
LegalTrac (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Indexes research in case law, government regulations, the practice of law, statutes, taxation and international law. Covers all major law reviews, and specialty law and bar association journals.
Nexis Uni (LexisNexis) (Use the "Go to My Start Page" link to access) This link opens in a new window
Use the "Go to My Start Page" link to access. Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.
Open Society Justice Initiative (HeinOnline) This link opens in a new window
The Open Society Justice Initiative was established in 2003 and publishes reports, handbooks, briefing papers, legal and policy submissions, and fact sheets exploring and advocating on issues of human rights and justice.
Social Science Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Index and full text databases on the social sciences, including politics, sociology, education and criminal justice. This collection provides access to databases covering the international literature in the social sciences, including politics, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology and education. Featured databases include IBSS, PAIS and Sociological Abstracts. Together, they provide abstracts, indexing and full text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers and more, including deep indexing and full text from over 1000 important social science journals.
Sports Law (Hackney) This link opens in a new window
Valuable and important information about the legal side of the sports industry from Hackney Publishing.
WestLaw Next for Campus (Thomson Reuters) This link opens in a new window
Access to primary and secondary legal resources including codes, statutes, cases and law reviews.

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