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International
International Political Science Abstracts (SAGE)
    IPSA is published bimonthly by the International Political Science Association... [more info]
Carrier Lib-Stacks, Abstract/Index
Policies
International Political Science Abstracts (SAGE)
    IPSA is published bimonthly by the International Political Science Association... [more info]
Carrier Lib-Stacks, Abstract/Index
Best Bets
PAIS International (CSA)
Indexes publications on all subjects that relate to contemporary public issues and the making and evaluation of public policy. [more info]
Campus/Remote
Criminal Justice Abstracts (CSA)
Covers international journal articles, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers. [more info]
Campus/Remote
NCJRS Abstracts Database (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
Covers criminal justice publications, including Federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. [more info]
Unrestricted
Sociological Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, book reviews, abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers in sociology and related disciplines. [more info]
Campus/Remote
PsycINFO (EBSCO)
An index with abstracts to journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines [more info]
Campus/Remote
Articles (from journals)
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Index and full-text source for scholarly journals and magazines ... [more info]
Campus/Remote
PAIS International (CSA)
Indexes publications on all subjects that relate to contemporary public issues and the making and evaluation of public policy. [more info]
Campus/Remote
Criminal Justice Abstracts (CSA)
Covers international journal articles, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers. [more info]
Campus/Remote
NCJRS Abstracts Database (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
Covers criminal justice publications, including Federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. [more info]
Unrestricted
Sociological Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, book reviews, abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers in sociology and related disciplines. [more info]
Campus/Remote
Associates Programs Source (EBSCO)
This database contains 1,000 full-text journals and 11 full-text books covering subjects from fashion design to veterinary assisting... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Child Welfare Information Gateway
The Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to information and resources to help protect children... [more info]
Campus/Remote
EconLit (CSA)
Index with abstracts to the world's economic literature ... [more info]
Campus/Remote
International Political Science Abstracts (SAGE)
    IPSA is published bimonthly by the International Political Science Association... [more info]
Carrier Lib-Stacks, Abstract/Index
JSTOR
Full-text coverage of scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics, anthropology, sociology, education, literature, sciences and other fields. [more info]
Campus/Remote
Military & Government Collection (EBSCO)
Indexing, abstracts, and full text for periodicals, academic journals and news pertinent to all branches of the military.... [more info]
Campus/Remote
PsycINFO (EBSCO)
An index with abstracts to journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines [more info]
Campus/Remote
Scopus (Elsevier)
Indexing, abstracts, and citation searching for science and social science scholarly literature... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Social Services Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, dissertations, and book reviews on social work, human services... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Social Work Abstracts (Ovid)
Indexes and abstracts articles about social work... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts political science articles from periodicals published throughout the world, ... [more info]
Campus/Remote
News Articles
Dow Jones Factiva
News articles from national and international sources. [more info]
Campus/Remote
LexisNexis Academic
This resource's interface will be updated in late December. To view the changes, please click here. Includes a wide range of full-text databases and indexes for current news,  government and political news, country and state profiles, more than 200 law reviews and law journals, Federal case law, U.S. Code, U.S. Constitution and court rules, and state legal research.
[more info]
Campus/Remote
Books / Book Chapters
LEO Library Catalog (JMU)
Books, videos, and government publications in JMU Libraries [more info]
Internet
WorldCat (OCLC)
Catalog of over 62 million titles cataloged by libraries worldwide ... [more info]
Campus/Remote
eBrary Academic Complete
Over 30,000 full text books from scholarly publishers in academic disciplines... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Legal Information
Global Legal Information Network
Official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations. [more info]
Legal Information Institute (LII)
State, federal, and country laws and more. [more info]
LexisNexis Legal Research
Laws, court cases, and more. [more info]
Campus/Remote
Reference Information
Associations Unlimited (Gale)
Information about associations and professional societies, listings for nonprofit membership organizations ... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Searchable online reference book collection covering all subjects from the arts to zoology. [more info]
Campus/Remote
Guide to Reference (ALA)
A selective guide of reference sources, organized by academic discipline... [more info]
Campus/Remote
World FactBook
An intelligence database prepared by the CIA... [more info]
Internet
Reports & Proceedings
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) (Columbia University)
A comprehensive full text source for theory and research in international affairs... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Current Events
Issues & Controversies (Facts On File News Services)
Full text analysis of opposing viewpoints for more than 600 controversial topics in the news... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale)
Contains secondary and primary sources discussing today's social issues... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Statistics & Datasets
Crime in the United States (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
Statistics on crime and criminal activities, crime prevention, police and law enforcement agency activities. [more info]
Internet
ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) (University of Michigan)
A vast archive of social science data for research and instruction, available for download and re-use. These files require the use of statistical software, such as SAS, SPSS, or Stata.  ICPSR Data Use Tutorial. [more info]
Campus/Remote
UNdata
  [more info]
  
See more Justice Studies Resources by type of information:
Articles (from journals)
Best Bets
Books / Book Chapters
Current Events
International
Legal Information
News Articles
Policies
Reference Information
Reports & Proceedings
Statistics & Datasets
Justice Studies Librarian's Lists of Resources:
All Tracks
Books
Data
Encyclopedias
Government
Journal Articles
Legal
News
Track A -- Criminal Justice
Track B -- Global Justice
Track C -- Social Justice
Tracks A & C
Web
Contact the Justice Studies Librarian:
Jerry Gill