University of Guelph Library
Find Information on Criminology and Criminal Justice
Step 1 : Background information
Step 4 : Government Information
This guide is a good starting point for your research, not a comprehensive list of sources.
Step 1 : Background information
You may need to look up background information or definitions of terms to help you understand your topic better, and to give you ideas on how to dig more deeply for information on it. For other background sources, search our collections with Primo.
Violence against women: international aspects : a bibliography
Third floor book stacks : HV6250.4.W65 N67
Third floor book stacks : HV6250.4.W65 N67
Criminal justice ethics: annotated bibliography and guide to sources
Third floor book stacks : HV9950.S35 1999
Third floor book stacks : HV9950.S35 1999
Step 2 : Books
To find books, search our collections with Primo.
Step 3 : Journal articles
To find journal articles and current research about your topic, use a journal index. A journal index is similar to the library catalogue. But instead of searching our collection of books in the catalogue, it searches a database where articles from magazines and journals are listed and collected. Often you can go directly from the index to the full-text article. Look for the Get It button or full-text link.
When searching indexes, remember to try alternate words for your topic. The following journal indexes may be useful for this course/subject:
Major indexes for Criminology and Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice Abstracts
[provides citations, with abstracts, to the world's literature in criminology, including trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment, and sentencing]
[provides citations, with abstracts, to the world's literature in criminology, including trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment, and sentencing]
CriminalSource
[criminal law cases from all Canadian jurisdictions, along with an archive of reported and unreported decisions]
[criminal law cases from all Canadian jurisdictions, along with an archive of reported and unreported decisions]
LawSource
[general database of Canadian law cases and legislation, with full-text case law, plus full text from the Canadian Abridgment, the Canadian Encyclopedic Digest and Carswell's topical law reporters]
[general database of Canadian law cases and legislation, with full-text case law, plus full text from the Canadian Abridgment, the Canadian Encyclopedic Digest and Carswell's topical law reporters]
NCJRS Abstracts [National Criminal Justice Reference Service]
[The NCJRS Abstracts Database contains summaries of the more than 185,000 criminal justice publications housed in the NCJRS Library collection]
[The NCJRS Abstracts Database contains summaries of the more than 185,000 criminal justice publications housed in the NCJRS Library collection]
Sociological Abstracts
[The major index to the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines]
[The major index to the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines]
Other indexes for Criminology and Criminal Justice
CBCA [Canadian Business and Current Affairs]
[a general subject index consisting of Canadian content]
[a general subject index consisting of Canadian content]
Step 4 : Government Information
Government information is generated by local, provincial, national, and international governments on almost all topics. It includes laws, regulations, reports, statistics, studies, surveys and much more. To find government information on your topic, search the library catalogue, specialized indexes, and government agency web sites.
Step 5 : Public web sites
The term "public websites" refers to sites that can be freely reached through a search engine. Many of the links given above lead you to "invisible web sites" that the library pays for, such as journal databases. Typically, if your professor tells you not to use web sites on an assignment, he/she is referring to public web sites.
Public websites may express personal or institutional viewpoints. Like any information source, they represent the bias of their creators, and you should evaluate each site before using the information. To learn how, see our Evaluating websites tutorial.
Access to Justice Network
[Provides an overview of the structure of Canadian law; links to legislation, cases, administrative decisions, justice services and organizations, and online reference and journals]
[Provides an overview of the structure of Canadian law; links to legislation, cases, administrative decisions, justice services and organizations, and online reference and journals]
UBC Guide to Canadian Legal Research
[Strategies and links for conducting Canadian legal research. Developed by UBC Faculty of Law]
[Strategies and links for conducting Canadian legal research. Developed by UBC Faculty of Law]
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