Tennessee State
University
Brown-Daniel Library
Resources for Criminal Justice
Prepared by:
Nancy Henthorne
Scope
 Criminal
Justice: The criminal law, the law
of criminal procedure, and that array of
procedures and activities having to do with
this body of law, including all facets of
corrections, police, and the courts.
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Dictionary of Criminal Justice Terms
Print Resources – Stack Area
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Crime and Criminal Justice: HM, HN, and HV –
First floor
Child abuse: HV – First floor
Law: KF –Third floor
Psychology: BF – First floor
Science: Q – Third floor (QD chemistry; QH
biology; QM anatomy)
Social Problems: HQ – First floor
Psychiatric disorders: RC – Third floor
Print Resources – Reference
Area
Crooks, and Criminology –
HV7911
 Violence in America – HN90
 Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and
Conflict – HM202
 Dictionary of Criminal Justice HV7411
 Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice –
HV6789
 Cops,
Print Sources – Reference Area
(cont.)
 Encyclopedia
of Capital Punishment in
the United States – HV8694
 Dictionary of Criminal Justice Terms –
HV7411
 Black’s Law Dictionary –KF156
 West’s Encyclopedia of American Law
– KF154
Print Sources – Reference Area
(cont.)
American Trials – KF220
 Criminal Law and Procedure – KF9218
 Statistical Handbook on Violence in
America – HN90
 Lethal Violence – HN90
 Great Jobs for Criminal Justice Majors
– HV8143
 Great
Print Sources – Reference Area
(cont.)
in Criminal Justice – HV9950
 The Criminal Justice Student Writer’s
Manual – HV9950
 Encyclopedia of American Prisons –
HV9471
 Police Organization and Management –
HV7935
 Careers
Government Documents
(Print)
 Crime
in the United States, 1976-
 Sourcebook
of Criminal Justice
Statistics, 1970-
Electronic Access to Books
 Online
Catalog (Web Access)
 Athena
 Interlibrary
Loan
Periodical Holdings
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be accessed by:
Notebooks located in both libraries, listing
title, call or shelf number, Main or Williams
Campus libraries, and dates.
Periodical holdings link on the library web
page; includes links to title and subject lists
Selected Criminal Justice
Periodicals
 Corrections
Today
 FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
 International Journal of the Sociology
of Law
 Journal of Criminal Justice
 Journal of Criminal Law and
Criminology
 Journal of Research in Crime and
Delinquency
Electronic Resources
 Evaluations
 Government
Resources
 Online Forms
 Journals
 Periodical Holdings
Electronic Resources (cont.)
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May be accessed through Databases by subject
or title via Library Home Page
 Criminology:
A SAGE Full-Text
Collection
 Infotrac (Some full text)
EBSCOhost
Academic Search Premier
International Security & Counter Terrorism
Reference Center
SocINDEX with Full Text
Electronic Resources (cont.)
 Lexis-Nexis
(Law and news full text)
 FindLaw (Full text)
 Findlaw Constitutional Law Center (Full
text)
 Congressional Universe (Full text)
 Newsbank (Full text)
Helpful Web Sites
 United
States Department of Justice
 Federal Bureau of Investigation
 Tennessee Department of Corrections
 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Conclusion
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