LEJA 501

LEJA 501: Theory in Criminal Justice

Recommended Databases for Academic Sources

(Bear in mind that some of these databases also index non-scholarly sources. If you are not sure what kind of source you are seeing, check Distinguishing Scholarly from Non-scholarly Periodicals: A Checklist of Criteria.)

Databases typically used for LEJA research:

Criminal Justice Abstracts
Criminal Justice Periodicals Index
PsycINFO
Sociological Abstracts
Digital Dissertations – If you find references to a dissertation in other databases, check this database to see if we have full-text access to it. The “Find-It” button in our databases will NOT link you to these dissertations.

Other databases useful for researching theories in particular fields:

For other database, see our alphabetical list. Note that the page also has a subject guide in the upper right.

Two scholarly journal collections may be helpful:

For help citing sources in APA format:

Jeanne Stierman – 2/08