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Criminology and Criminal Justice

Scholarly Sources

Here are some hints to help identify scholarly sources:

  • Research-oriented
  • Specific to a particular subject or discipline
  • Author's name and professional affiliation are provided
  • Includes references list
  • Present research findings, case studies, developments in a particular field
  • May contain charts/tables/graphs to present data

Finding Peer-Reviewed Articles

Looking for scholarly articles that are specific to Criminology & Criminal Justice? Do you need "peer-reviewed" or "scholarly" articles for an assignment? The library databases have peer-reviewed articles and abstracts on topics relevant to research in Criminology & Criminal Justice. 

Hint: Use the checkbox option in the library databases to limit your results to only peer-reviewed articles.

 

Accessing Full Text Articles

Full text access is available for many articles in the library databases. Articles that are available in full text will include a "PDF Full Text" icon or a link for full text. 

Some articles will include a link to "Check for full text." Click on this link to find out if the article is available in a different library database. If the article is available, you will get a link to the database which will take you to the article. If full text is not available through Bailey Library, you will get a link to request the article through Illiad, the library's interlibrary loan system. Articles requested through interlibrary loan are obtained from another library and delivered to you electronically. 

Off-Campus Access

Access to the library databases is available both on- and off-campus. If you are off-campus, you will be prompted for a user name and password to login. Enter the same user name and password that you use for SRU email and D2L. This will authenticate you as an SRU user and pass you through to the resource. 

For more information on off-campus access, see the Off-Campus Access Research Guide.

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