Library: Criminal Justice Programs: Guide Home

Research Starter

Here are some of the most useful sources for criminal justice and tips to start your research.

Search Engines

Google Scholar Use this tool to search through millions of scholarly articles on the web. If you have an article title, searching it in google scholar is the quickest way to find out if it available online for free.

Reference Works

Reference works are good places to start research for an overview of or quick information on a topic.

Credo Reference and Ebooks This link opens in a new window Credo Reference includes 21 reference ebook titles as well as hundreds of topic pages on Criminology and Law.

Frequently-Used Databases

Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window

Library Orientation

Criminal Justice Orientation This link opens in a new window

This orientation module is focused on Criminal Justice resources. For a general library orientation, please choose one of the location-based orientations on the library's Orientations page.

Library Orientations Page

Subject Librarian

James Gill

Email Me

Contact:

Lonas Campus Library
3904 Lonas Drive
Knoxville, TN 37909
jgill@south.edu

(865) 251-1832

Subjects: Criminal Justice, General Education, Legal Studies, Psychology, Sciences