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research guide from the Meyer Library Reference & Government Information
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Find Articles and Basic
Reference Information
Magazine and journal indexes and other reference databases.
To access from off campus, most of the databases listed here will require a Missouri State University Windows Account User ID and Password. More information about off-campus access
Online Indexes to Articles
LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis Academic is an interdisciplinary, full-text database of several thousand news, business, legal, and biographical sources. The "news" section includes over 350 newspapers, 300 magazines and journals, 600 newsletters, wire services, transcripts of broadcasts, and nearly 300 college/university papers. "Business" sources include business and financial news, U.S. and international company financial information from government or private sources, market research, industry reports, and actual SEC filings. "Legal" includes primary source materials such as case law, statutes, and regulations, including Shepard's citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789, as well as all federal and state courts. It also includes law review articles from over 500 publications, and patents from 1971 forward. "People" includes biographical information for persons, both alive and deceased. In addition to news, business, legal and biographical information, LexisNexis Academic provides access to medical information, including medical news and medical & health journals. Abstracts from medical journals dating to 1966 are provided in the National Library of Medicine's Medline database. Country information on over 190 countries, with business and political risk analysis, as well as the World Almanac are other selected resources found in this database.National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database
The NCJRS Abstracts Database contains summaries of more than 170,000 criminal justice publications. NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. NCJRS services and resources are available to anyone interested in crime and public safety including policy makers, practitioners, researchers, educators, community leaders, and the general public.PsycINFO
PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains more than 2 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. Ninety-seven percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. Subjects include the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. Journal coverage, spanning 1887-present, includes international material selected from nearly 2,000 periodicals in over 25 language. Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English-language material published from 1987 to the present. Over 55,000 references are added annually through regular updates.SocINDEX with Full Text
SocINDEX with Full Text (SIFT) offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. These include criminology & criminal justice, demography, gender studies, social work, marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social psychology, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substance abuse & other addictions, violence and many others. SIFT contains more than 1,700,000 records, including informative abstracts for more than 740 "core" coverage journals dating as far back as the early 20th century. In addition, this file provides data mined from more than 540 "priority" coverage journals as well as from over 2,800 "selective" coverage journals. SIFT contains full text articles for 330 "core" coverage journals and 90 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text coverage for 566 books and monographs, and full text for 6,711 conference papers.
Online Reference Databases (e-Reference Books)
LexisNexis Congressional
(NOTE: As of June 30, 2008, this index will no longer be available. Please go to THOMAS in the database listings or at http://www.thomas.gov/). Lexis-Nexis Congressional contains indexing, with some full text, for congressional materials from 1789 to present, specifically committee hearings and prints, as well as serial set reports and document. Other full-text materials include bills (1989-present), public laws (1988-present), Congressional Record (1985-present), and the Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations (1981-present). Congressional actions, including bill tracking (1989-present), floor votes (1988-present), and legislative histories (1969-present) are also included. The database also contains political news from the past 20 years, as well as current hot topics in the political arena.Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, containing over 1,800 entries/3.5 million words, is an essential reference for expert and newcomer alike, with entries ranging from short definitions of key terms to extended explorations of major topics in the broad field of sociology. It provides clear, concise, expert definitions and explanations of the key concepts written by leading scholars in the field. This resource contains materials that have historically defined the discipline, but also more recent developments, significantly updating the store of sociological knowledge, including introductions to sociological theories and research that have developed outside of the United States and Western Europe. While focused broadly in sociology, this encyclopedia touches on a wide range of disciplines such as criminology, ethnography, gender studies, gerontology, psychology, and social work.
Print Indexes in the Meyer Library Reference Collection
The title links here will show you the SWAN library catalog record which gives the Meyer Library holdings of the print title.Criminal justice abstracts
MSU Meyer Ref HV6001 .C67Criminology & penology abstracts
MSU Meyer Ref HV6001 .E9
General/All Purpose Indexes & Full Text Databases:
The following indexes and databases do not provide the in-depth coverage for studying Criminology as the indexes above. They do cover a variety of subjects and topics across multiple disciplines and provide good general indexing of magazines, newspapers, and core academic journals. In addition they provide full text articles from many of the sources cited.EBSCOhost. Enter EBSCOhost Web and select the appropriate database for your research.
FirstSearch. Either jump to the database you need to search, or under Databases on the menu bar to the left click “List All” and select the appropriate database for your research.
LexisNexis Academic. Full-text newspapers! Also includes business, legal research, and reference areas.
Oxford Reference Online. An e-reference book collection of over 175 of Oxford University Press’s central English and bilingual dictionaries, usage, quotations, and subject reference books.
CQ Researcher, FACTS.com, SIRS Researcher, JSTOR, Project Muse
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Selected Journals in
the Library
The title links will take you to TDNet
which is the Libraries' tool for locating journals regardless of their format—electronic,
print, or microform. Once in TDNet, click on the links to locate journals online,
or click on the check box to locate journals in print and microform. This
is NOT a complete list of all relevant journals in the Missouri State University
Libraries’ collection for this field. If you are looking for a particular
title, then use TDNet
as your starting point.
British Journal of Criminology
Crime and Justice International
Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology
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Recent Books in the
Meyer Library Collection
The title links will take you into SWAN, the Missouri State
Libraries catalog, to view publishing information and complete citation. The
citation record will also display the Library of Congress call number used to
arrange many of the books in this subject area. You can use the call number
to browse the shelf for similar materials.
Asad, Talal. On
suicide bombing. New York : Columbia University
Press, c2007.
MSU Meyer General HV6431 .A82 2007.
Bartollas, Clemens. Juvenile
justice in America . Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall,
c2008.
MSU Meyer General HV9104 .B347 2008
Blakely, Curt R. Prisons,
penology and penal reform : an introduction to institutional specialization.
New York : Peter Lang, 2007.
MSU Meyer General HV9471 .B53 2007
Burkhead, Michael Dow. The
treatment of criminal offenders : a history. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland,
c2007.
MSU Meyer General HV9304 .B866 2007
Cassel, Elaine. Criminal
behavior.
Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
MSU Meyer General HV6105 .C37 2007
Chandler, Michael. Countering
terrorism : can we meet the threat of global violence? . London : Reaktion,
2007.
MSU Meyer General. HV6431 .C445 2007
Constructing
justice and security after war / edited by Charles T. Call.
Washington, D.C. : United States Institute of Peace, 2007.
MSU Meyer General
HV639 .C67 2007
Culture
of prison violence / edited by James M. Byrne, Don Hummer, and Faye
S. Taxman. Boston : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, c2008.
MSU Meyer General HV9025 .C85 2008
Downes, David M. Understanding
deviance : a guide to the sociology of crime and rule-breaking. Oxford
; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
MSU Meyer General HM811 .D68
2007
Dutton, Donald G. The
psychology of genocide, massacres, and extreme violence : why "normal" people
come to commit atrocities.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2007.
MSU Meyer General HM1116
.D88 2007
Farrington, David P. Saving
children from a life of crime : early risk factors and effective interventions.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
MSU Meyer General
HV9104 .F37 2007
Gangs in the
global city : alternatives to traditional criminology / edited
by John M. Hagedorn. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2007.
MSU
Meyer General HV6437 .G354 2007
Hamm, Mark S. Terrorism
as crime : from Oklahoma City to Al-Qaeda and beyond. New
York : New York University Press, c2007.
MSU Meyer General HV6431 .H364
2007
Haney, Craig. Reforming
punishment : psychological limits to the pains of imprisonment. Washington,
DC : American Psychological Association, c2006.
MSU Meyer General HV9471
.H33 2006
Jaspin, Elliot. Buried
in the bitter waters : the hidden history of racial cleansing in America.
New York : Basic Books, c2007.
MSU
Meyer Reserve 2 Hour E185.61 .J37 2007
Larkin, Ralph W. Comprehending
Columbine. Philadelphia
: Temple University Press, 2007.
MSU Meyer General LB3013.33.C6 L37
2007
Lea, Suzanne R. Goodney. Delinquency
and animal cruelty : myths and realities about social pathology. New
York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2007.
MSU Meyer General HV9104 .L343 2007
Lilly, J. Robert. Criminological
theory : context and consequences. Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications,
c2007.
MSU Meyer General HV6018 .L55 2007
Martin, Susan Ehrlich. Doing
justice, doing gender : women in legal and criminal justice occupations.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2007.
MSU Meyer General
HV9950 .M3 2007
Owens-Sabir, Mahasin Cecelia. The
effects of race and family attachment on self-esteem, self-control, and
delinquency. New
York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2007.
MSU Meyer General HV9104 .O985 2007
Putchinski, Laurence J. Union
influence and police expenditures / Laurence
J. Putchinski. New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2007.
MSU
Meyer General HV8145.F6 P88 2007
Race, gender,
and punishment : from colonialism to the war on terror / edited by
Mary Bosworth and Jeanne Flavin. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers
University Press, c2007.
MSU Meyer General HV9950 .R333 2007
Robinson, Matthew B. Death
nation : the experts explain American capital punishment. Upper Saddle
River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2008.
MSU Meyer General KF9227.C2
R63 2008
Siegel, Larry J. Juvenile
delinquency : the core. Belmont, Calif. : Thomson Wadsworth, c2008.
MSU
Meyer General HV9104 .S52 2008
Spergel, Irving A. Reducing
youth gang violence : the Little Village Gang Project in Chicago.
Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, c2007.
MSU Meyer General HV6439.U7 C384 2007
Stein, Abby. Prologue
to violence : child abuse, dissociation, and crime. Mahwah, N.J. :
Analytic Press, 2007.
MSU
Meyer General HV6626.5 .S84 2007
Zimbardo, Philip G. The
Lucifer effect : understanding how good people turn evil. New York
: Random House, c2007.
MSU
Meyer General BF789.E94 Z56 2007
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Reference Books at
Meyer Library
The title links will take you into SWAN, the Missouri State Libraries
catalog, to view publishing information and obtain the Library of Congress call
number used by Meyer Library to arrange reference materials. Reference materials
are non-circulating items.
City crime rankings
MSU Meyer Ref HV6787 .C58
Clues from killers : serial murder and crime scene messages
MSU Meyer Ref HV6529
.G53 2004
Constitutional rights
sourcebook
MSU Meyer Ref KF4550.Z9 R463
Crime state rankings
MSU Meyer Ref HV6787 .C77
Criminal justice information: how
to find it, how to use it
MSU Meyer Ref HV7419.5 .C75 1998
Encyclopedia
of American prisons
MSU Meyer Ref HV9471
.S54 2003
Encyclopedia of capital
punishment
MSU Meyer Ref HV8694 .G76 1998
Encyclopedia
of crime and justice (Vol. 1-4)
MSU Meyer Ref HV6017.E52 2002
Encyclopedia
of criminology (Vol. 1-3)
MSU Meyer Ref HV6017 .E5295 2005
Encyclopedia
of criminology and deviant behavior (Vol. 1-4)
MSU Meyer Ref HV6017
.E53 2001
Encyclopedia of juvenile justice
MSU Meyer Ref HV9104
.E58 2003
Encyclopedia
of murder & violent crime
MSU Meyer Ref HV6515 .E5323 2003
Encyclopedia
of prisons & correctional facilities
MSU Meyer Ref HV9471 .E427 2005
Encyclopedia of serial
killers
MSU Meyer Ref HV6245 .N49 2000
Encyclopedia of sociology
MSU Meyer Ref HM17 .E5 2000
Encyclopedia
of unsolved crimes
MSU Meyer Ref HV6251 .N48 2004b
Encyclopedia of women and crime
MSU Meyer Ref HV6046
.E56 2000
Encyclopedia
of world terrorism
MSU Meyer Ref HV6431 .E53 2003
Guns
In American Society
MSU Meyer Ref HV 7436 .G8783 2002
Hate crimes:
a reference handbook
MSU Meyer Ref HV6773.52 .A47 2005
Historical atlas
of American crime
MSU Meyer Ref HV6779 .R67 2005
Prentice Hall's
dictionary of American criminal justice, criminology, and criminal law
MSU Meyer Ref KF9223.A68 F35 2005
Violence in
America: an encyclopedia
MSU Meyer Ref HN90.V5 V5474 1999
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Government Sources
& Publications
Key government departments and agencies and publications in
the Meyer Library Government Documents Department.
DocLinks - directory of national, state, local, and international
government web sites from the Reference and Government Department at Missouri
State University Libraries.
http://library.missouristate.edu/reference/govinfo.htm
USA.gov - the United States government's official web portal.
http://www.usa.gov
GPO Access
GPO Access disseminates official information from all three branches of the U.S. Government. It indexes government publications and offers core documents of U.S. democracy (Constitution, Bill of Rights, Gettysburg Address, etc.) along with a variety of other Federal-wide resources.
MSU Meyer Gov Docs Micro Y 1.1/5:110-45 Freely
available online.
Family resource guide on international parental kidnapping [electronic resource] / Office of Juvenile Justice adn Delinquency Prevention. Freely available online.
FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation
http://www.fbi.gov/
FBI law enforcement bulletin
MSU Meyer Gov Docs
Fighting
crime : the challenges facing local law enforcement and the federal role
: hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One
Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, September 22, 2006, Wilmington, Delaware.
MSU Meyer Gov Docs Micro Y 4.J 89/2:S.HRG.109-755 Freely
available online.
Missouri Attorney General’s Office (AGOnline)
http://www.ago.mo.gov/
Missouri Department of Corrections
http://www.doc.missouri.gov/
http://www.courts.mo.gov/
Sexual exploitation
of children over the Internet : a staff report prepared for the use of the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, 109th Congress
MSU Meyer Gov Docs Micro Y 4.C 73/8:109-F Freely
available online.
Sourcebook of criminal
justice statistics
MSU Meyer Gov Docs
Supreme Court of
http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.asp?id=27
Supreme Court of the
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
MSU Meyer Gov Docs
http://www.usdoj.gov/
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Associations
Organizations of experts, policy makers, and researchers.
General Directory
Scholarly Societies Project from the University of Waterloo Library
http://www.scholarly-societies.org/
http://www.acjs.org/
American Correctional Association
http://www.aca.org/
American Society of Criminology
http://www.asc41.com/
Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
http://www.cjpf.org/
International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners
http://www.iscpp.org/
Justice Research and Statistics Association
http://www.jrsainfo.org
National Criminal Justice Association
http://www.ncja.org
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Web Sites
Selected web directories to sources and a variety of information
on the Internet.
Crime Library
http://www.crimelibrary.com
Crime Spider
http://www.crimespider.com/
Handbook of Forensic Services, FBI
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/handbook/intro.htm#forensic
International Victimology Web site
http://www.victimology.nl/
Interpol
http://www.interpol.int/
Missouri State University Crime & Society Program (Department of Sociology & Anthropology)
http://crimeandsociety.missouristate.edu/
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/
National Consortium on Violence Research (NCOVR)
http://www.ncovr.heinz.cmu.edu/
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
http://www.ncjrs.org/
Prentice Hall's Cybrary: The World's Criminal Justice Directory
http://talkjustice.com/links.asp?453053901
compiled by Douglas
Stehle and updated by Andrea Miller |
Meyer Library
Missouri State University Libraries | Updated: August
2007