Murrell Library Research Guides: Criminal Justice: Finding Articles in Criminal Justice

Databases for Criminal Justice Research
Databases from Related Disciplines

Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)
Our largest interdisciplinary database containing full-text and bibliographic content from a wide range of academic disciplines.
BASE: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (Indexing only)
Indexes open-access academic resources including journals, institutional repositories, and digital collections. About 60% of the sources are available in full text. BASE is operated by Bielefeld University Library.
Casemaker
A legal research database containing Federal, state, and Tribal cases, statutes, and regulations. For Federal courts, Casemaker includes all published cases. Although states vary, most published state cases are available back to the beginning, including Kansas (1862), Missouri Supreme Court (1821), Missouri Appellate (1876). Also includes a “Citing References & Cited Cases Graph,” which helps you determine if a case is still good law. *You will need to sign up using your @moval.edu email account the first time you access Casemaker.
Child Development & Adolescent Studies (EBSCOhost) (Indexing only)
Abstracts and book reviews of material related to the growth and development of children through the age of 21.
Credo Reference
Online reference materials covering a variety of subjects. Includes special tools such as a Mind Map, topic search, and image search. Credo has a variety of Research Guides with links to topic pages and other useful content in over 60 different subject areas.
Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest)
full-text coverage of scholarly and trade titles on criminal justice, causes and impacts of crime, legal and social implications, litigation, and crime trends. 1981 to current.
Google Scholar
The academic form of Google, Scholar will search for scholarly articles and books instead of websites. This includes a large number of scholarly eJournal articles subscribed to by Murrell Library. To get full text articles, you must go to “Settings” and select Missouri Valley College in the “Library Links” the very first time you use Google Scholar on your computer. Your computer will save this information and you will not have to enter it again. Click here for a guide to setting up Google Scholar.
GovTrack
Contains status of federal legislation, information about representative and senators including voting records, and original research on legislation and congressional oversight & investigations.
Missouri Code of State Regulations
Site which has current and archived Missouri state regulations. Updated each year.
Missouri House and Senate Joint Bill Tracking
Search by Bill Number, Keyword, or Sponsor-Co-Sponsor to track actions on bills in the Missouri Legislature.
Missouri State Publications
A collection of selected Missouri State Government publications from Missouri State Agencies contributed to the Internet Archives by the Missouri State Library
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Virtual Library (NCJRS) - Indexing and Abstracting only
News, Policy & Politics Magazine Archive (featuring Newsweek)
Full text of 15 major magazines dealing with current events, international relations, and public policy. Coverage: 1918 – 2015. Titles include: Americas, Church & State, Common Cause Magazine, Dollars & Sense, Europe, Fellowship, In These Times, NATO Review, New Internationalist, Newsweek, State Legislatures, UN Chronicle, The Unesco Courier, Whole Earth, and The World Tomorrow.
Newspaper Source
Provides cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national (U.S.), international and regional newspapers. In addition, it offers television and radio news transcripts from major networks.
APA PsycArticles (EBSCOhost)
Contains full text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and other leading sources. Includes access to full-text issues from 1894 to the present.
Psychology Database (ProQuest)
Full text on a wide range of topics from leading psychological and psychosomatic publications. Covers clinical and social psychology as well as related disciplines including genetics, psychology of business and economics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology, social welfare, and education.
APA PsycInfo (EBSCOhost) (indexing only)
Abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations in psychology, educational psychology, behavioral science, and mental health dating back to the 1800s.
PTSDpubs‎ (Proquest) (Indexing and Abstracting only)
Indexing and Abstracting only - no full text. Indexes publications, research summaries, and information sheets on PTSD and other mental health consequences of exposure to traumatic events. The database attempts to include all publications relevant to PTSD and other forms of traumatic stress from 1871 – current, whatever their origin, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographic limitations. Created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Public Affairs Index (EBSCOhost) (Indexing and Abstracting only)
Indexing and Abstracting only - no full text. Indexes global contemporary public policy issues including public health, the environment, housing, human and civil rights, international conflict, and natural disasters. This database draws on a diverse array of scholarly publications, conference papers, government documents, and current reference works. Click here to access this database.

American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Streaming access to over 7,000 historic public radio and television programs along with data records for approximately 2.5 million items.
American Factfinder
Now called Explore Census Data.
Archival Films and Newsreels
Historical and archival films from multiple sources, including: The Prelinger Archives – U.S. cultural and social history; The WPA Film Library – over 2,800 clips and newsreels since the late 1800s; The United Newsreel collection – World War II newsreels from the U.S. Office of War Information; The Universal Newsreel collection – 7 to 10 minute newsreels, released twice per week between 1929 and 1967; Recordings from the National Archives and Records Administration of historic speeches and events.
Congress.gov
Provides access to Congressional reports, legislation, congressional records, and other legislative information. Formerly "THOMAS Congressional Reports."
Congressional Research Service Reports
Contains reports from the Congressional Research Service, which provides valuable insight and non-partisan analysis of issues of public debate.
Data.gov
The home of the U.S. Government’s open data. Contains data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, etc.
Data and Statistics about the U.S.
Contains a variety of government statistical information.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Fifth Edition (DSM-V)
A pdf version of the DSM-V. The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is a classification of mental disorders with associated criteria designed to facilitate more reliable diagnoses of these disorders. As a pdf version, this is not searchable. Use the table of contents at the beginning and the index at the end.
Education Full Text
Covers over 400 core periodicals geared toward educators and future educators with indexing, abstracts, and full-text articles available.
ERIC
Indexes education books, articles, and documents (1966 to present), with some full text. For journal articles (with an EJ number) which are not linked, search for holdings by the journal title. For ERIC Documents that are not available online, Murrell Library has the text on Microfiche from 1988 - 2001 (ED284957 to ED453975), They are arranged by the ED number (ERIC Document Number), which is found in the record.
Films on Demand (InfoBase)
Full-length streaming videos in a variety of core subject areas.
Global Stat
Compilation of publicly available information on developments in a globalised world. Presents data on a wide range of topics and from a broad range of international statistical resources.
Masterfile Premier (EBSCOhost)
An interdisciplinary database with provides full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals. Selected full-text dates from. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books andand many primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags.
New York Times Online
A national leader in fact-based journalism. The NYT Online contains access to current issues as well as past issues and archives dating back to 1851. You will need to create your own unique login the first time that you access the New York Times website.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale)
Provides pro and con articles providing in-depth information for all sides of controversial current topics. The database contains primary documents, topic overviews, and statistics. This is a good place to find supporting arguments for speeches, papers, and debates.
Points of View (EBSCOhost)
Designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects. Can be used as guide to debating, developing arguments, writing position papers, and developing critical thinking skills. Includes thousands of supporting articles from political and societal publications.