Lac.edu
Library Site
Library Research
and Writing Guide
Go
How to Access Library
Library in Moodle   -  Library Web Site


Guide to Online Library 


Go


More Information


Ebrary  - LIRN  - ProQuest  - Reference  - Ency. Britannica


Resources for each Major


Business Management  - Criminal Justice  - Health Care Administration


PowerPoint Slide Shows


Go


You may contact the library staff at:  library@lac.edu  or   (800) 574-6428, ext. 1718, Monday thru Thursday

CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESOURCES IN LAC ONLINE LIBRARY

ProQuest    Lirn    Ebrary    Web site resource list

I.  PROQUEST CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERIODICALS

ProQuest Criminal Justice Periodicals has complete full-text periodicals and journals in your field.

In ProQuest, do limit your search results to criminal justice articles, by setting the drop down menu to "Social Sciences - Criminal Justice Periodicals," as shown below.


For best results, to find articles, place a checkmark in the small box for "Full text documents only" when searchng, as shown below.


If you need to browse an electronic periodical and read it through, press the "Publications" tab first.  Then proceed to choose title of periodical and date of periodical you would like to read.

 

For more information and examples on PROQUEST databases, click here.

II.  CRIMINAL JUSTICE COLLECTION IN LIRN
 

The Criminal Justice Collection in LIRN has many full-text articles.

After logging into LIRN, press the "Connect to Gale InfoTrac" button on LIRN's main menu.

Scroll all the way down the menu, until you reach the "Criminal Justice Collection" icon or title pictured below.  Note:  It is located in the second alphabet, A-Z of resources.

Here is the search page.  To yield complete articles, place a check in the box to limit results to full text


For more information regarding how to search LIRN resources in general, click here.

 

III.  E-BOOKS IN EBRARY ACADEMIC COMPLETE

In Ebrary, you can find hundereds of interesting e-books on a variety of topics in the Criminal Justice field.

To search for e-books in Ebrary after log in, be in the "Search" tab.  You can search by subject, or a specific title, or author in "Advanced Search."

To get a head start to find e-books in Ebrary, you may search with the following criminal justice subjects.

 Community policing  Female offenders  Prisons
 Correctional personnel  Forensic psychology  Prosecution
 Corrections  Forensic sciences  Punishment
 Crime  Fraud  Rape
 Crime and race  Gangs  Rehabilitation of criminals
 Crime prevention  Identity theft  Resotrative justice
 Criminal behavior  Imprisonment  Rule of law -- United States
 Criminal courts  Inmate guards  Sentences
 Criminal intent  Judicial power  Sex Abuse
 Criminal investigation  Judicial process -- United States  Terrorism
 Criminal justice personnel  Jury -- United states  Theft
 Criminal justice, Administration  Justice  Trial practice
 Criminal law  Justice, Administration of  Trials
 Criminal liability  Juvenile delinquency  Undercover operations -- United States
 Criminal procedure -- United States  Juvenile delinquents  Victims -- Psychology
 Criminal psychology  Law -- United States  Violence
 Criminals  Law enforcement  Violent crimes
 Criminology  Murder  White collar crimes
 Discrimination in criminal justice administration  Organized crime  Witnesses
 Evidence, Criminal  Police  Women, Crimes against
 Evidence, Expert  Prison -- United States  (your own names and topics)
 Ex-Convicts  Prisoners  

If the search does not give satisfactory results, try putting "quotes" around phrases which have more than one word, and perform another search.  

You can save e-books you find into your personal e-bookshelf, by pressing buttons in the e-book page views which indicate you can add books to your bookshelf.  Then, press "Bookshelf" tab to return to saved e-book.  

For more information regarding how to use Ebrary, click here.

 

IV.  WEB SITE RESOURCES IN THE PROFESSION

Click here for some leading web sites on criminal justice.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

3-16-11