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CJ700 & CJ710 Master's Thesis: Finding Books

This guide is specifically tailored to the writing process of a Master's Thesis in Criminal Justice, but will be useful for your entire Master's program.

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Use this box to search the Geisel Library catalog for books and other materials in the library collection.

Finding Books in the Library

Criminal Justice books are located on the Upper Level of the library, in the following call number sections. 

HM Sociology (General)

HN Social Conditions; Problems; Reform

HT Communities; Classes; Races

HV Criminology; Social Pathology

K   General Law

KF United States Law

For further help, watch our video tutorial on how to find books in the library.

Search by Subject

You may want to search by Subject in either Library Catalog or WorldCat to see the available books on a particular broadly-defined topic. Try any of the following subject headings:

 

Why Use Reference Sources?

Reference sources include encyclopedias, handbooks, and dictionaries.  They are a great place to begin your research, since they can help with the following:

  • Offer ideas for possible research topics
  • Give you background information on your topic
  • Define unfamiliar terms
  • Suggest keywords to use when searching for books and articles
  • Point you to books and articles on your topic, via "works cited" lists

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New Books

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