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Sociology-Specific Databases

Criminal Justice Collection This link opens in a new window
Criminal Justice Collection reforms the research process for researchers who are: studying law or law enforcement, training for paralegal service, preparing for a career in Homeland Security, delving into forensic science, investigating crime scenes, developing policy, going to court, writing sociological reports.
Criminal Justice Database This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive database supporting research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. As well as U.S. and international scholarly journals, it includes correctional and law enforcement trade publications, crime reports, crime blogs and other material relevant for researchers or those preparing for careers in criminal justice, law enforcement and related fields.
Gender Studies Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides balanced coverage of this significant aspect of culture and society. The database offers access to scholarly journals and magazines covering topics including gender studies, family and marital issues, and more.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Can narrow down to just journals in the sociology field. Includes Arts & Sciences I - VIII, Business III & IV, Ireland Collection, and Life Sciences Collection.
Project MUSE - Basic College Collection This link opens in a new window
A leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community. MUSE is the trusted source of complete, full-text versions of scholarly journals from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies, with over 120 publishers currently participating.
Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services and related areas, including social welfare, social policy and community development. The database abstracts and indexes thousands of serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations and citations to book reviews.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and indexes the international literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from thousands of serials publications and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers and working papers.

Additional Social Science Databases

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Academic equivalent of Google search, with links to the full text of journals held by our library. Best to use to look for citations you already have information on, or to see how cited an article you have already found is, rather than a place to start research. Includes some content not available through the standard version of Google.
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
HeinOnline bridges the gap in historical research by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of more than 2,300 law-related periodicals. In addition to its vast collection of law journals, HeinOnline contains the entire Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, and entire databases dedicated to treaties, constitutions, case law, world trials, classic treatises, international trade, foreign relations, U.S. Presidents, and much more.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) includes more than 15,000 news, legal and business sources, including: journals, television and radio broadcasts,newswires and blogs; local, regional, national and international newspapers with deep archives; extensive legal sources for federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790; business information on more than 80 million U.S. and international companies and more than 75 million executives.
PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new window
Journals from the American Psychological Association. Coverage of all subject areas relevant to psychological science including basic/experimental psychology, clinical psychology, developmental psychology, education and school psychology, health psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, social psychology and social processes.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive international bibliographic database of psychology. It contains citations and summaries of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports, all in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities, Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.

Criminology Resources

Rutgers Law Library: Gray Literature Database
A database of gray literature regarding crime and criminal justice. Gray literature is a term that means non-commercially published documents, usually created on behalf of a government, agency or organization.
National Institute of Corrections Online Resource Library
Resources from the National Institute of Corrections, containing reports and policy regarding incarceration, both those sponsored by the government and those done by outside groups.
The Crime Report
A news site published by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York as well as analysis on how other news outlets are reporting and analyzing criminal justice news
The Sentencing Project
A policy group with resources, fact sheets and policy briefs aiming to raise awareness of the incarceration rate in the United States.

How to Read Academic Articles

Reading scholarly articles is challenging. Follow these tips as you peruse your articles.

Start by examining the structure and format of the article. Most scholarly, peer-reviewed articles have the same or similar structure. Many contain data and findings.

Abstract (summary of the whole article
Introduction (why they did the research)
Methodology (how they did the research)
Results (what happened; identify the findings)
Discussion (what the results mean)
Conclusion (what they learned)
References (whose research they read)

Read the abstract and conclusion first, as these have the main points.
Read the discussion next. This will give you a longer report on the findings and their implications.
At this point, if you're sure the article has what you need, start at the beginning and read the whole thing through, taking notes as you go.

Taking Notes on Scholarly Articles

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