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CJ 101: Introduction to Criminal Justice: Find Scholarly Articles (Databases)

Databases for CJ Scholarly Sources

Truncation

Truncation:

  • A tool that researchers use that instructs database to search for alternate endings of a word.
  • Type the root of a word and use as asterisk (*)
  • Examples:
    • boy* will search for boy, boys, boyhood
    • art* will search for art, arts, artist, artichoke (<-- look for odd results and modify when needed!)

Limit to Peer-Review

When you are in the databases, you can limit your results to "peer-reviewed". This means that only articles from scholarly sources will be displayed.

Concept/Keyword Searching

Intro to Database Searching (Video)

InterLibrary Loan (ILL)

If we do not have a specific article, users can request that article through InterLibrary Loan (ILL). We look for the article at other libraries and do our best to get you a copy! Please be aware that it can take 3-5 days for articles to arrive. You will be notified via email when they are ready to download.

 

Visit the ILL section on our resources page to learn more about this service.

 

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