LibGuides: URST/INTS 316: Global Policing (Welcome): Get Started

Social Justice & Critical Pedagogy Research Librarian

Yoli Bergstrom-Lynch

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Subjects: Anthropology, Human Rights, International Studies, Public Policy & Law, Sociology, Urban Studies

About this Guide

This guide is designed to help students in Dr. Welcome's URST/INTS 316: Global Policing course locate articles and news, books, and statistics for your final research paper. It also includes research tools to help you manage and cite your sources.

Best Bets - Article Databases

Try the best bet databases if you want to start searching for scholarly articles right away!

NCJRS Virtual Library and Abstracts Database The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Virtual Library contains bibliographic information and abstracts of more than 230,000 collection resources and over 80,000 online materials, including all known Office of Justice Programs' works. Use the search filters and sorting options below to narrow down your results from the Abstracts Database.

HeinOnline: Government, Politics and Law for Academics This link opens in a new window HeinOnline is the world’s largest fully searchable, image-based government document and legal research database. It contains comprehensive coverage from inception of both U.S. statutory materials and more than 2,300 scholarly journals, all of the world’s constitutions, all U.S. treaties, collections of classic treatises and presidential documents, and access to the full text of state and federal case law powered by Fastcase.”
See main page for complete listing of available collections.
Taylor & Francis Social Science & Humanities Journals This link opens in a new window Over 1,400 online journals from ca. 1997 - present.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window Archive of past issues of scholarly journals from all areas of study. Includes full runs of covered journals, excluding content from the past 2-5 years. Includes full runs of covered journals. NOTE: Internet Explorer is no longer supported by JSTOR. See 'More Info' re: browser troubleshooting.
Chrome may not work well with JSTOR. Be sure to use the latest version, and clearing cache/cookies 'for all time' may solve the problem.
Project MUSE (Journals and E-Books) This link opens in a new window Full text of all journals of the John Hopkins University Press as well as some other selected university publishers. An important academic resource for the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Coverage generally from 1990s forward. See 'More Info' about e-books
By popular request, the library has re-activated our e-book subscription. Books are available to download without DRM (digital rights management) restrictions.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences, including journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Covers 1952 to present with a broad international scope.