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Library Resources for Government and Law

Library resources by Subject Course / Discipline Name

Criminal Justice Periodicals: An essential resource for both students and professionals in any criminal justice field, the ProQuest Criminal Justice Periodical Index (CJPI) is the most comprehensive database of its kind.
InfoTrac Criminal Justice eCollection: Whether studying to become a lawyer or law enforcement officer, paralegal, or for a career in Homeland Security, this collection rises to the challenge. Users will have access to 150 journals.
LexisNexis-Legal: Provides access to legal information in LexisNexis including: legal news and law reviews; case law; codes and regulations; international legal materials; patent research; law career information.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service: The NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service) database covers all aspects of law enforcement and criminal justice including: police; courts; corrections; juvenile justice; community crime prevention; criminal justice system; fraud, waste, and abuse in government programs. Cited documents include both U.S. and international research reports, published papers, books, articles, and audio-visual presentations. Topic coverage ranges from preliminary research to detailed descriptions of successful programs. Coverage Dates: 1972 to present. This can also be Searched by Subject

U.S. Government Online: Presents in-depth information on the structure, function and history of the U.S. government and its everyday role in the lives of citizens.
World Atlas: This database provides a variety of political, outline, elevation, locator, and comparative statistical maps. It also includes several features: Country and State Profiles (maps, facts & figures, climate, culture, etc. of each area), a Comparison Tool (that compares and ranks countries, U.S. states, and Canadian provinces and territories using selected statistics), and an "In the News" section (updated news articles organized by country).

Academic OneFile: Academic OneFile is a source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's English language journals and reference sources. It has extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, & millions of full text articles available in both PDF and HTML.
Academic Search Premier: The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.

West's encyclopedia of American law
Call number: REF KF154.W47 2005: Contains a comprehensive overview of American law, covering historical and current terms, concepts, events, movements, cases, and significant persons.

American Jurisprudence 2nd Edition: American Jurisprudence, Second Edition, published by The Lawyers' CooperativePublishing Company, is an encyclopedic text of American law, state, federal,criminal, civil and procedural. This source sumarizes the broad principles of American law and, at the same time, provide direct leads to supporting cases, related annotations, forms,proofs, and trial techniques. Alphabetically arranged in more than 400 topics or chapters.
Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice: This uniquely interdisciplinary resource covers legal, sociological, psychological, historical, and economic aspects of crime and justice worldwide. Entries cover civil and criminal issues, from domestic violence to terrorism. Entries cite pertinent legal cases as well as publications for further information. Also includes a glossary of related terms.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, 2nd ed.: Provides current information on more than 5,000 legal topics. Includes completely revised articles covering important issues, biographies, definitions of legal terms and more. Covers such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, and physician-assisted suicide.

Bureau of Justice Statistics - Crime & Justice Data Online: National and state statistics related to justice agencies and crime.
Federal Digital System (FDsys) from the U.S. Government Printing Office: This database provides access to government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies including: files submitted by Congress and Federal agencies; information gathered from Federal agencies' web sites; and digital files created by scanning previously printed publications.
Uniform Crime Reports: Summarizes crime statistics in the United States and is published by the FBI. Includes the publications: Crime in the United States, Hate Crime Statistics, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted.

Reference Books Online: Complete list of online Reference Books (specialized books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc.).

If you have any problems with accessing these databases, please contact the Circulation Desk at (413) 552-2372.

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Last updated on : October 30, 2009