Databases
With databases you can access articles and scientific publication, as well as search for subject and content type.
When using the databases, you can typically refine and specialize your searches with advanced search techniques. This way, you can retrieve material that is relevant to the subject area you are investigating.
Favourite databases within criminology
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Criminology Collection
Combines content from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) abstracts database with full-texts of articles and dissertations in a single interface.
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National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Crime and justice-related research.
Other databases within criminology
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ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts
An indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education.
Read more about ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts
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Campbell Systematic Reviews
Campbell Systematic Reviews is an open access journal publishing systematic reviews, evidence and gap maps, and methods research papers.
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HeinOnline
International legal database with a large number of international journals in full text.
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PsycInfo
Abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations in behavioral science and mental health.
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Scopus
Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database with comprehensive coverage of scientific, technical, medical and social sciences literature.
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Social Science Premium Collection
This collection provides access to databases covering international literature in social sciences, including politics, public policy, sociology, social work, criminology, linguistics, informatics, and education.
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Sociological Abstracts
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
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SpringerLink
Full-text journals from Springer. A number of e-book collections in multiple subject areas are also available.
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Web of Science
Web of Science consists of multiple databases containing information gathered from thousands of scholarly journals, books, book series, reports, and more.