Research Guides: CJ320 Wrongful Convictions: Find Articles

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Core Databases

Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text [EBSCO] This link opens in a new window
Provides abstracts of journals, books, and federal and state government reports in criminal justice and related disciplines. (1968–present)
Criminal Justice Database [PROQUEST] This link opens in a new window
Abstracts to a healthy mix of scholarly and trade journal articles related to criminal justice research.
SocINDEX with Full Text [EBSCO] This link opens in a new window
Core database in sociology offering full text journal articles plus citations for books and conference papers dealing with all aspects of sociological studies.

Legal Research Databases

For more in-depth help with legal research, also check How to Find: Legal Information

Westlaw Campus Research [THOMSON REUTERS] This link opens in a new window
Core database of legal materials, including cases, statutes, and regulations of the U.S. government and the various state governments; includes the legal encyclopedia American Jurisprudence 2nd and American Law Reports; case law from 1789 to present; current statutes and regulations. Documents can also be accessed through broad subject categories such as Civil Rights, International Law and Environmental Law.
Congressional Publications [PROQUEST] This link opens in a new window
Use to access the Congressional Record Bound Edition (1789 - present), Committee Prints and Publications (2014-2017), and CRS Reports (2014-2017).
Also available is ProQuest's Congress in Context which contains congressional profiles that give historical context to each Congressional term (party divisions, leadership, economic conditions, and major events).
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) This link opens in a new window
Access to over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical and reference publications (most full-text, the rest abstracted), primarily newspapers, magazines and journals.
Covers local, regional and international newspapers (in English and non-English languages). Includes broadcast transcripts, case law, legal codes, regulations, Shepard's Citations to Supreme Court cases (back to 1789), company financial information, and SEC filings and reports.

Supplemental Resources

Academic Search Premier [EBSCO] This link opens in a new window
A broad index providing abstracts and some full-text for a range of academic areas, including criminal justice.
Social Science Database [PROQUEST] This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and full-text of a broad range of Criminal Justice related areas.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
This database offers current, in-depth reports on issues such as Youth Violence, Wrongful Convictions, Serial Killers, and Gun Rights, from a non-partisan perspective. Each report includes background information, tables and charts, pro/con discussion, and suggestions for further reading.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts [PROQUEST] This link opens in a new window
Core resource for scholarly literature in political science and international relations.

Additional Databases

ERIC [EBSCO] This link opens in a new window
This database contains much information concerning juvenile justice subjects.
PsycINFO [EBSCO] This link opens in a new window
This database from the American Psychological Association supplies indexing and abstracts from 1887 to the present for journals, plus English-language books and book chapters from 1987. Use to locate articles on crime, victimization, forensic psychology, antisocial behavior, etc.