Research Guides: Criminal Justice: Find Sources

Find articles and legal cases

Criminal Justice Collection This link opens in a new window
Use this database for criminal justice and related topics. It contains the top journals in the field.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Use this database to find legal cases. It contains federal, state, and international legal cases, statutes and regulations, and law reviews.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Use this database to research any topic. This database is a good starting point if you’re unsure of your topic. It’s also a good database to use if you can’t find your topic in a subject database. It includes peer-reviewed articles and other sources.

Statista This link opens in a new window
Use this database to find visualizations of criminal justice data, in the form of infographics, charts, and graphs. All images can be freely and easily reused on Google Docs, PowerPoint slides, and research papers. You can also download Excel files for the data provided.

Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
The library's primary streaming video collection. Watch over 70,000 films in business, counseling, health, history, music, and more. Includes documentaries, interviews, feature films, performances, news programs and newsreels, and demonstrations. The library subscribes to this complete service. There is no limit on views in this service.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Watch 26,000 classic, world, and independent films and documentaries. Films are selected globally from award-winning filmmakers, and include the Criterion Collection, PBS, The Great Courses and more. New in Fall 2022: Films must be requested for licensing for academic use before purchasing.

Licenses must be purchased before being able to view any video in Kanopy. The library will only consider approval for these licenses for academic use. To request a film or documentary, please complete the Kanopy Request Form.

Begley Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
Use this to find books and DVDs in Begley Library, as well as ebooks to access online.
eBook Central This link opens in a new window
Use this to find ebooks in many academic subject areas. To search this and other ebook collections all at once, use the Begley Library catalog advanced search, limited to collection: electronic resources / ebook.
eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
Use this to find ebooks in academic subject areas. To search this and other ebook collections all at once, use the Begley Library catalog advanced search, limited to collection: electronic resources / ebook.