CJUS 2100 Crime and Justice in the United States

How to Find Articles

• Databases help you find both scholarly and popular articles 

• Find links to the library databases through the Electronic Resource page 

Scholarly Articles and Popular Articles

Scholarly and popular articles are two types of sources that you may encounter in your research. Scholarly articles are written by researchers, scholars, and experts in a specific field. They report their original research findings, methods, and analysis to other professionals and students in the same field. Scholarly articles are also called peer-reviewed articles, because they have been evaluated by other experts before they are published in scholarly journals.

Popular articles, on the other hand, are written by journalists, writers, or editors for a general audience. They cover topics of general interest and often reflect current events, trends, or opinions. Popular articles are usually published in magazines and newspapers, which do not require peer-review or rigorous standards of quality. 

Scholarly and popular articles have different purposes, audiences, and formats. Popular articles can be a good source for background information used to provide context, formulate your ideas, or provide keywords, key figures, or events. 

How to Find Articles

Multi-database Search Engines

If you are looking for newspapers, magazines, or academic journal articles, you might want to begin your search with a multi-database search engine. These databases allows you to search several databases at the same time, with just one click. This can save time and effort, and also helps you find more sources that are relevant to their topic. A multi-database search engine can also help you discover sources from different disciplines or fields that are related to their topic, which you might not find when searching a subject specific database. 

Begin your search by using Ebsco EDS and ProQuest Central

For more information about searching Ebsco EDS please view the following demonstration video Searching new EBSCO EDS User Interface or go to Database Tutorials for Ebsco EDS or ProQuest Central 

Subject Specific Databases 

The following databases are subject specific databases related to Criminal Justice. Subject specific databases focus on newspaper, magazines, and journals that publish articles on Criminal Justice or closely related information. Unlike multi-database search engines that returns a large number of cross-disciplinary search results, subject specific database return far fewer results but those results are more focused on the Criminal Justice. 

• Criminal Justice 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. Also a part of ProQuest Central.

• Gale OneFile Criminal Justice:  Subject-specific database providing coverage of journals in the field of Law, law enforcement, and terrorism. Additional topics covered include training for paralegal service, preparing for a career in homeland security, delving into forensic science, investigating crime scenes, developing policy, preparing for court appearances, writing sociological reports, and much more.

Where to Search Next 

You may also consider searching the following databases that cover subjects that may be relevant to Criminal Justice such as Psychology or Law.

• PsycINFO:The largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. Produced by the American Psychological Association, it is an indispensable tool for the discovery of global scholarly research.

• PsycARTICLES: Full-text peer-reviewed articles published by the American Psychological Association and affiliated journals.

• HeinONLINE: HeinOnline is a premier online database containing more than 173 million pages and 270,000 titles of historical and government documents in a fully searchable, image-based format. HeinOnline bridges an important research gap by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of more than 2,700 law-related periodicals. In addition to its vast collection of academic journals, HeinOnline contains the entire Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, and entire databases dedicated to treaties, constitutions, case law, world trials, classic treatises, international trade, foreign relations, U.S. Presidents, and much more.
• Nexus Uni: Access news, business, and legal information.

How to Request Articles, Book Chapters, and Books through the Tipasa Interlibrary Loan and Ebsco EDS

Often when searching the library databases (such as Ebsco EDS or ProQuest Central) you will find items such as articles that are not available as full-text links. You may request access to articles, book chapters, or books by submitting a Tipasa Interlibrary loan request. Interlibrary loan links will appear in the search results or you may submit interlibrary loan requests directly through your Tipasa account.  

1. From the database search results page click on the Request through interlibrary loan link.

2. Your Tipasa account will open to the request page. Fileds related to the request will be filled out. Review and update any informaiton then scroll down to the bottom of the page.

3. Review the About my Request section. Provide a Need by date.

Need By Date

• Please note that an article and book chapter will be delivered electronically. Please enter a 1-2 week need-by date.
• Book requests will be fulfilled through a physical book. Please provide 2-3 week need by date. 
• Requests will expire after the need-by date passes and Tipasa will no longer work to acquire the item requested.
• You may resubmit the request or contact the interlibrary department for further information. 

Copyright Acknowledgement

• Review the Copyright Acknowledgement
• Check the box to acknowledge the statement

Click Submit Request