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CJS 211: Policing in America (Bailey): Finding Articles

Articles & More - a great place to start!

Articles & More

  • Start searching for articles here (searches 80 databases at once).
  • Use limiters - peer-reviewed, subject, date, etc.  
  • Use "Cite" tool on the right to create an APA citation.
  • "Research Starter" provides a topic overview.
  • To share this article, copy the Permalink on the right in the item record. (not the browser URL)

Watch:  Articles & More (Burke, 3 min., 2018)

Need a Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed Journal Article?  Who writes them?  Why?  Where do you find one?

CJS 211 Databases, Research Guides, and Topic Idea Sources

Use these sources to find more information on the topics you are researching, or to discover topics that interest you:

Research guides - more databases and other information sources on the topic in the title

E-Reference Books for topic ideas related to Criminal Justice:

Search Tip: Boolean Operators

“And”, “Or”, “Not” (Boolean Operators): Use the words to narrow or expand your search results. For Example:

  • “automobiles” AND “accidents” will return results that contain BOTH of the terms.
  • “juvenile” OR “adolescent” OR “teenager” will return results that contain at least one of the terms. Useful for words with similar meanings.
  • “cinderella” NOT “rock band” will return results that do NOT include the 1980’s rock band, Cinderella.

Use an * at the end of a root word to find all variations of that word. For example, “child*” will search for “child,” “children,” “childhood,” and “children's.”

Brainstorm words or concepts that are similar in meaning and use those as search terms. If you find a good resource, look at the “Subject Headings” or “Descriptors” listed and use those as additional search terms.

Bibliographies/References/Works Cited pages are great ways to find additional resources. You can search the library’s Catalogs and/or Databases.

Search Tip: Use the Find It! Button

Find It! button

When you search a database for a "Full Text" item, you are only searching through that particular database for the document in full-text, and not our entire collection.  An item may exist as a "Full Text" selection within a different database.

If you don't find an item as full-text in the database you're searching, use the "Find It" button to cross-search other databses for that same item.  You may discover that we have electronic access to that material after all.

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Scholarly vs. Popular Articles

Differences between Scholarly and Popular publications
  Scholarly Popular
Audience Experts, researchers, professors Lay people, the general public
Authors Experts and researchers, has credentials in the field Journalists and generalists
Language Technical terminology, jargon of the discipline Everyday language for general readers
References Works cited or Refences likely included Likely no references
Research Authors reporting on their own original research Author is a journalist who may have interviewed the researcher, but did not conduct the lab work or do the theoretical analysis himself
Look and feel Dull looking, few or no ads, graphics are charts, graphs, maps, etc. that support data Glossy paper, color, lots of graphics, images, ads
Publication Schedule Generally published monthly or less often (quarterly, bimonthly, etc.) Generally published monthly or more often (biweekly, weekly)
Pagination Entire volume is paged continuously (if issue 1 ends on page 215, issue 2 will begin on page 216) Each issue is paged separately