Research Guides
Law, Societies and Justice: Articles & E-Journals
Journal article databases help you to search journal literature in a particular field or across many fields. Choosing a database can be the most challenging part. The following list are helpful for a number of law & society related topics. A few tips for getting the most out of your searches:
- AND returns results containing all terms: immigration AND citizenship
- OR returns results with either term: immigration OR citizenship
- Quotation marks " " return results using that specific phrase: "immigration policy"
- An asterisk * returns results with a root word and any ending: polic* [finds police, policing, policy...]
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly articles and general interest sources in all fields. - Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full-Text This link opens in a new window
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Publications in criminology and related disciplines; international in scope. - Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Journal articles in the field of sociology, including international literature and other related disciplines. - PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
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Social and public policy literature from periodicals, government documents, books, and other sources. - Hein Online This link opens in a new window
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Digitized legal journals, reviews, U.S. government documents, regulations, laws, and treaties.
- National Criminal Justice Reference System Abstracts DatabasePublications such as policy papers and program evaluations from bureaus, offices, and agencies of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.
- CrimeSolutions.orgClearinghouse of programs and practices around criminal justice, juvenile justice, and crime victim services outcomes.