JS600 — Pro-seminar in Criminal Justice –- Research Guide
Brooke Becker, babecker@uab.edu, 934-6364
September 24, 2012
Library Overview
The main web site for the Sterne Library is www.mhsl.uab.edu. You can search for books using the local
catalog link, or search our databases using the databases link. All databases are available off campus
24/7 with your BlazerID and password.
Research Clinics and Guides
You can sign up for a one-hour research clinic to help you get started with your research. You can
schedule one online at www.mhsl.uab.edu/research or email me directly at babecker@uab.edu. The
Citing Your Sources, Cited Reference Searching and EndNote Web research guides
(www.mhsl.uab.edu/ref/guides) may be useful to you.
SELECT STERNE LIBRARY DATABASES
General tips for database searching:
Boolean (using the words and, or and not to narrow or broaden
your results)
Truncation (econom*, develop*)
Phrase searching (“gunshot residue”)
Criminal Justice Periodicals Index
ProQuest Criminal Justice is a comprehensive database supporting research on crime, its causes and
impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends.
ICPSR
This database functions as an archive for social and political science data. Data sets, variables and
related literature are all searchable from this database.
Lexis Nexis Legal
Federal, state and international legal materials are searchable in this database.
Scopus
Similar to Science Citation Index Expanded, this database is integral to any comprehensive literature
search as it allows for Cited Reference Searching
Social Sciences Full Text
This database covers a wide range of issues related to the social sciences, including criminology and law