Research Guides: Criminal Justice: Research Databases

Start here!

These databases are good starting points to help you pick a topic for research and get a quick overview of your topic.

Issues and Controversies
Fantastic for current events, controversial issues, and pro/con points of view.

Issues & Controversies helps students and researchers understand today’s crucial issues by exploring hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture. Presented in a balanced, pro/con format, each article presents the key facts, arguments, history, and current context—an ideal resource for research papers, debate preparation, and persuasive writing assignments.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)
World Book Online

Why should I use library research databases instead of a Google search?

Using the research databases from the library has many advantages over searching on the web. Really! Why else would we pay good money so you have access to this "hidden" web?

5 Good reasons to use databases from the library:

Save time! Searching is easy
Articles can be saved, emailed, and printed quickly
Free! Millions of free full-text articles all in one place
Citations provided in MLA, APA, and other styles
Reliable, edited sources. No selling, nut job rants, or folks with an ax to grind!

Dig Deeper into your Research!

Criminal Justice, Proquest
Supports research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends.
Criminal Justice (Gale OneFile)
Gale OneFile: Criminal Justice informs the research process for researchers who are studying law, law enforcement, or terrorism; training for paralegal service; preparing for a career in homeland security; delving into forensic science; investigating crime scenes; developing policy; going to court; writing sociological reports; and much more.
LegalTrac (Gale OneFile)
LegalTrac provides indexing and selective full-text for all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers. The database offers coverage of federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice and taxation, as well as British Commonwealth, European Union, and international law.
Newsstream, Proquest
Full text articles, 1300 newspapers, and online news. Obituaries.

New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, and The Guardian included.