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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database. Academic Search Complete has more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 9,810 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
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Academic OneFile (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Gale Academic OneFile, provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources and covers everything from art and literature to economics and the sciences. Also included are thousands of podcasts and videos.
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Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Academic Video Online is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary video subscription that supports the entire range of curriculum, from anthropology to zoology. It includes a variety of video material available with curricular relevance: documentaries, interviews, feature films, performances, news programs and newsreels, and demonstrations.
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Civil Rights and Social Justice This link opens in a new window
Provided free of charge by HeinOnline, the Civil Rights and Social Justice collection contains an array of primary and secondary source materials focusing on civil rights in the United States as their legal protections and definitions are expanded to cover more and more Americans.
Criminal Justice (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Gale OneFile: Criminal Justice informs the research process for researchers who are studying law, law enforcement, or terrorism, 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, and much more.
Gun Regulation and Legislation in America This link opens in a new window
Provided free of charge by HeinOnline, the Gun Regulation and Legislation in America collection contains an array of primary and secondary source materials and brings together essential documents on the difficult and controversial topic of regulating firearms in the United States.
LegalForms (Gale) This link opens in a new window
LegalForms (Gale) offers a comprehensive collection of attorney-approved forms, distinct from generic form books, ensuring documents are crafted by legal professionals for reliability and accuracy. Available in editable Word or Adobe formats, users can easily customize these forms by filling in pertinent details.
The database features a wide array of professionally drafted documents across various legal domains including bankruptcy, contracts, divorce, employment, incorporation, LLC formation, landlord/tenant agreements, living wills, name changes, powers of attorney, real estate transactions, tax matters, and last wills. Sample completed forms are also provided for reference, ensuring suitability and compliance with legal requirements.
Military Database This link opens in a new window
The Military Database covers topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering, and more.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new window
Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints is the premier online resource covering today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions.
Opposing Viewpoints is a rich resource for debaters and includes viewpoints, reference articles, infographics, news, images, video, audio, and more. A category on the National Debate Topic provides quick and easy access to content on frequently studied and discussed issues. Periodical content covers current events, news and commentary, economics, environmental issues, political science, and more.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context is a rich resource for debaters and includes pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, infographics, and more. A category on the National Debate Topic provides quick and easy access to content on frequently studied and discussed issues. Periodical content covers current events, news and commentary, economics, environmental issues, political science, and more from sources such as The New York Times, Newsweek, Foreign Policy, American Scientist, and Education Week.
ProCon This link opens in a new window
ProCon.org is a non-biased information source for our users. ProCon present sourced pros and cons of debatable issues, as well as a host of reference information relevant to those issues, thoroughly researched and compiled by research staff and editors.

Corrections Today
Articles on all areas of corrections, news and legislation, commentary, profiles, book reviews and research perspectives published for members of the American Correctional Association.
Crime, Law, and Social Change
Crime, Law and Social Change publish peer-reviewed, original research articles addressing crime and the political economy of crime, whether at the global, national, regional or local levels, anywhere in the world. The Journal often presents work on financial crime, corruption, organized criminal groups, criminal enterprises and illegal markets, state crime, terrorism and security issues, cybercrime, cross-border crime and environmental crime.
Crime Science
Crime Science is an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal with an applied orientation. The journal's main focuses are on research articles and systematic reviews that reflect the growing cooperation among a variety of fields, including environmental criminology, economics, engineering, geography, public health, psychology, statistics and urban planning, on improving the detection, prevention and understanding of crime and disorder.
Criminal Justice Ethics
Articles focusing on ethical issues in criminal justice by philosophers, criminal justice professionals, lawyers and judges and the general public on topics relating to the police, courts, corrections and issues in legal philosophy.

Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new window
The DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) was launched in 2003 with 300 open access journals. Today, this independent database contains over 15 000 peer-reviewed open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities. Open access journals from all countries and in all languages are welcome to apply for inclusion.

FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Feature articles dealing with law enforcement, up-to-date practices and techniques, research, notable speeches, bulletin alert, police practices and profiles of officers.
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
Research articles about treatment and program innovations for social service and psychology professionals.
Journal of Transportation Security
Over the past two decades, ongoing attacks by criminals and terrorists have altered the ways that transportation security is viewed by governments and industry. Protecting the physical infrastructure of transport systems along with cargo, passengers, and personnel is now held as both a national security priority and an organizational necessity.

JSTOR Open Access This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, eBooks, and primary sources. This database includes content across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The library does not subscribe to JSTOR, this content is accessible through open access.

Security
Security covers a large range of topics within criminology and law enforcement,

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