College of DuPage Library - Criminal Justice 1112 Research Guide

Criminal Justice 1112 Research Guide
Crime Prevention

Research a topic using the resources suggested in this Research Guide. Topics might include: community policing; neighborhood watch programs; home security; personal security; homeland security; airport security; retail security; computer crimes.

___Books - Reference

Begin your research in the Reference area to obtain an overview or summary of your criminal justice topic. Listed here are some of the Criminal Justice titles you will find in the Reference area.

Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice – Ref HV 6017 .E52
Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment - Ref HV 6017 .E524
Encyclopedia of Criminology - Ref HV 6017 .E5295
Ensyslopedia of Law Enforcement - Ref HV 7921 .E53
Encyclopedia of United States National Security - Ref UA 23 .E571274
Guns in American Society - Ref HV 7436 .G8783

___Books - General

Search the COD Library Catalog to locate a book or a chapter in a book on your topic.

___Magazine/Journal Articles Online

Find an article on your topic in one of the databases below. You must have a valid College of DuPage library card to access the databases from off-campus.

Academic Search Premier

Expanded Academic Index

Homeland Security Digital Library
Only accessible in the Library and on the COD Network.

SocIndex With Fulltext

___Magazine/Journal Articles in Print

Command
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
(Recent issues at http://www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/leb.htm)
Law and Order
Police
Police Chief

___Internet Sites

Criminal Justice Internet Resource Guide
http://www.cod.edu/library/libweb/wagner/criminaljustice/crimj.htm
A web site resource guide to selected Criminal Justice courses offered at College of DuPage.
Dr. Cecil Greek’s Criminal Justice Links
http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/cjlinks/
Select Crime and Crime Prevention Pages on this award-winning criminal justice metasite.
COPS Office
http://www.cops.usdoj.gov
The mission of this office is to advance community policing as a strategy to improve public safety.
Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic
Web site supports mission of securing the country against terrorist attack.
NCJRS - National Criminal Justice Information Center
http://www.ncjrs.gov
An excellent resource for information on criminal justice information throughout the world. See the Crime Prevention link on the left side of the home page.
Open Jurist

http://openjurist.org

This website gives access to free published court opinions.

Citing Sources

Guides for citing your sources using MLA, APA, and other formats.
Go to Research Help>Citing Sources on the Library home page.

Dan Blewett , Reference Librarian
(630) 942-2279
blewett@cod.edu
Reference Desk: (630) 942-3364

Print · ·

Save to del.icio.us