Primary Criminology Databases & Article Indexes

Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
Comprehensive indexing with abstracts of the scholarly literature and applied literature on criminology and related disciplines. Subject areas covered include: causes and correlates of crime, criminol...   [more]
Holdings: 1968-present.

NCJRS Abstracts Database
Also Known as: National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database includes abstracts of over 140,000 research reports, journal articles, and government documents relating to crime, law enforcement, a...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    NCJRS Thesaurus

NCJRS Abstracts Database (via Proquest)
Also Known as: National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
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NCJRS Virtual Library
Also Known as: National Criminal Justice Reference Service Virtual Library
Identifies and links to fulltext U.S. federal publications on criminal justice....   [more]
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Primary Criminology Databases & Article Indexes

Proquest Statistical Insight
Also Known as: Statistical Universe, lexisnexis statistical
Statistical Universe indexes statistical data published in federal, state, and selected privately published titles, at the table level. In some cases the fulltext of the document is also available....   [more]

SAGE Research Methods
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Supplemental URLs
    Sage Research Method Cases
    Sage Research Method Datasets
    Sage Research Method Data Visualization
    Sage Research Method Doing Research Online
    

Social Services Abstracts
Also Known as: social service abstracts
- from CSA Databases
Indexing with abstracts for scholarly and professional journal literature in social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development. Major areas of coverage include: cri...   [more]
Holdings: 1979-present. Updates monthly
Supplemental URLs
    Serials List
    Classification Codes (CSA)

Sociological Abstracts
Also Known as: SocAbs soc abs
- from CSA Databases
Covers sociology, case work, demographics, policy studies, political science, family studies, feminist studies, and social security programs....   [more]
Holdings: 1963 to the present. Updated bimonthly.
Supplemental URLs
    Serials List
    Classification Codes (ProQuest LibGuide)

TRANweb - Northwestern University Transportation Library Collections
Also Known as: Transportation Article File
Bibliographic information on magazine articles, conference papers, and other materials on transportation and law enforcement....   [more]
Holdings: 1976-present.
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Important Criminology Databases & Article Indexes

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Broad collection of fulltext scholarly journals and related periodicals in all scholarly disciplines. Includes bibliographic citations, indexing and abstracting for more than 8,000 periodicals. A comp...   [more]
Holdings: Coverage varies: mostly 1990s to present.

Bibliography of Nordic Criminology
Bibliographic citations to the criminological and criminal justice literature from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Indexing through NCJRS Thesaurus....   [more]
Holdings: 1945-2008.
Unrestricted Access

Campbell Collaboration Online Library
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CEPR Discussion Paper series
Also Known as: Centre for Economic Policy Research discussion papers
Working papers of the leading pan-European economic research center. Separate series cover international macroeconomics, international trade, public policy, labor economics, financial economics, indus...   [more]
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Child Welfare Information Gateway / Children's Bureau, HHS
Also Known as: Child Abuse and Neglect. National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information Documents Database
Indexing with abstracts for scholarly, professional, and technical books, journal articles, and other documents related to child maltreatment, child abuse and child neglect, adoption, and related chi...   [more]
Holdings: 1965-present.
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Colombia and the United States: Political Violence, Narcotics, and Human Rights, 1948-2010
Also Known as: DNSA
- from Digital National Security Archive
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CrimDoc
Index to "grey literature" from the field of Criminology, including institute, association, and government publications, as well as unpublished papers, working papers, research reports, etc. ...   [more]
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Death Squads, Guerrilla War, Covert Ops, and Genocide: Guatemala and the United States, 1954-1999
Also Known as: DNSA
- from Digital National Security Archive
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Digital National Security Archive
Also Known as: DNSA
- from Digital National Security Archive
The database includes more than 94,000 of the most important declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions.

DNSA contains forty collections as of December 2012, which are deta...   [more]

EBSCO MegaFILE
General, multidisciplinary periodical database, covering all scholarly disciplines, with many general and popular magazines, and news sources. Includes bibliographic citations with indexing and abstra...   [more]
Holdings: Coverage varies: mostly 1990s to present.

Francis
Also Known as: Bulletin signaletique
Francis covers a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary information in the humanities and social sciences. It is strong in religion, the history of art, and literature with emphasis on cur...   [more]
Holdings: 1984 to the present. Updated monthly.
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    FRANCIS via EBSCOhost (closed file)

HeinOnline
Also Known as: Hein Online
Legal research database containing fulltext documents (PDF) organized into collections including: Legal Classics, Law Journal Library, U.S. Supreme Court Library, U.S. Federal Legislative History Libr...   [more]
Supplemental URLs
    Titles
    Hein Core U. S. Law Journals
    
    
    

Holocaust and the Concentration Camp Trials: Prosecution Of Nazi War Crimes
Also Known as: Holocuast and the Records of Concentration Camp Trials
- from Archives Unbound
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Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL)
US government-sponsored database of policy strategy-related documents on homeland security. Topics covered include: borders and immigration, emergency management, infrastructure protection, intelligen...   [more]

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Also Known as: IBSS CSA
- from CSA Databases
Bibliographic citations and subject indexing for the international journal article and book literature in anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology. Produced by British Library of Poli...   [more]
Holdings: Covers 1951 to the present in three separate files.
Supplemental URLs
    IBSS Journal Coverage List (LSE IBSS Web)

ISAR - InfoBase of State Activities and Research
Brief abstracts for programs of US state agencies involved in criminal justice policy issues. Topics include research, program evaluation, developing and maintaining information systems, crime mapping...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Statistical Analysis Centers (individual US states)

Mexico-United States Counternarcotics Policy, 1969-2013
Also Known as: DNSA
- from Digital National Security Archive
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PAIS International
Also Known as: Public Affairs Information Service, PAIS Archive
- from CSA Databases
Bibliographic citations (1915-) with indexing on contemporary public affairs and policy issues worldwide related to a wide range of topics: agriculture, banking, finance, business, demographics, educa...   [more]
Holdings: 1915-
Supplemental URLs
    Journal List (OCLC PAIS via Internet Archive)
    Broad Topics Classification (OCLC PAIS via Internet Archive)

Peace Research Abstracts
Bibliographic citations with abstracts describing all aspects of peace research, including the causes and correlates of conflict, case studies in conflict, tension, and war, international laws and con...   [more]
Holdings: 1964-present.

Peru: Human Rights, Drugs and Democracy, 1980-2000
Also Known as: DNSA
- from Digital National Security Archive
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Policing the Shanghai International Settlement 1894-1945
- from Archives Unbound
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POST Library Catalog: Law Enforcement Articles
Also Known as: California Commission on Peace Officer Standards & Training Library Catalog
Searchable library catalog that includes journal articles selected from approximately 100 journals on law enforcement agency issues, including interagency cooperation, technology, recruiting, firearms...   [more]
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Sage Urban Studies Abstracts
- from OCLC FirstSearch ECO
Bibliographic citations with abstracts describing scholarly literature in all aspects of urban studies. Topics include trends in urbanization, urban history, architecture and urban design, housing and...   [more]
Holdings: 1998-2004

Selden Society Publications and the History of Early English Law
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Social Science Research Network
Also Known as: SSRN
Recent research results through abstracts, fulltext working papers, and journal articles in economics, finance, business and economic law, accounting, and business. Professional job openings and annou...   [more]
Holdings: 1997-present. Updated daily
Supplemental URLs
    SSRN Conference Papers
    SSRN Partners in Publishing (publisher list)

Social Work Abstracts
Also Known as: SWAB
Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Covers social work and other related topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, co...   [more]
Holdings: 1965 to present. Updated semi-annually.

Terrorism Information Center - National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
Nonprofit clearinghouse dedicated to "doing everything possible to add value to the nation's war on terrorism."...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    MIPT Terrorism Bibliography
    MIPT Mental Health Bibliography
    Terrorism Incidents and Significant Dates

Urban Studies Abstracts
Also Known as: Sage Urban Studies Abstracts
Bibliographic citations with abstracts describing scholarly literature in all aspects of urban studies. Topics include trends in urbanization, urban history, architecture and urban design, housing and...   [more]
Holdings: 1973-present.

Web of Science
Also Known as: ISI Citation Indexes, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, SSCI, SCI, AHCI, ISI, WOK, Web of Knowledge
Indexes journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Allows for cited reference searching. Includes Science Citation Index, the Social Science Citation Index[more]
Holdings: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)--1945-present, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--1956-present, Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)--1975-present. Updated weekly.
Supplemental URLs
    Web of Science Tutorials
    Cited Reference Searching Tutorial

Related Criminology Databases & Article Indexes

ETOH
Also Known as: NIAAA Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database
Indexing with abstracts covering the current and historical research literature on alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Aspects covered include: medicine, biochemistry, psychology and psychiatry, epidemiolog...   [more]
Holdings: 1960s to present.
Unrestricted Access

General Social Survey
Also Known as: GSS
Omnibus personal interview survey of U.S. households, conducted almost annually....   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Quick download: GSS 1972-2010 datasets (Roper Express)
    GSS Bibliography
    GSS 1972-2010 Quick Tables (with charts) (Berkeley SDA Archive)
    NORC Official GSS Site
    Extracting Data from the GSS into SPSS

Incites Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
Also Known as: ISI JCR
Journal Citation Reports provides journal comparison by accumulating and tabulating citation and article counts. It includes the JCR Science edition,and the JCR Social Sciences edition...   [more]

State Net (formerly LexisNexis State Capital)
Also Known as: State Capital Universe
State government information from all United States, including legislative statutory, and regulatory information, and news coverage about state governments....   [more]
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