LibGuides: Criminal Justice: Home

Internet Links

Here are some internet resources of potential interest:

Family Watchdog
Web site to help people identify sexual predators living in a particular area or to track particular predators.
Illinois State Police
Illinois Sex Offender Registration Information
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Department of Homeland Security
FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) home page

News Sources

Gale OneFile: News This link opens in a new window
Gale OneFile: News provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world.
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.

Specific Resources

Not finding what you need using 1Search? Or simply want to explore some specific resources to make sure you're finding the best they have to offer? Below are DACC Library's best criminal justice sources.

Gale OneFile: Criminal Justice 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. The Criminal Justice Collection makes research easy by bringing together information from more than 250 journals.
EBSCOHost This link opens in a new window
An article source, select the CRIMINAL JUSTICE ABSTRACTS w/FULL TEXT and ACADEMIC SEARCH COMPLETE databases.
Sage e-Reference This link opens in a new window
This resource provides great background and overviews of topics. Although available through 1Search, this resource is easiest to search directly.
Salem Online This link opens in a new window
Includes the special encyclopedias in Criminal Justice and Forensic Science as well as a biographical encyclopedia of Notorious Lives that includes information on many famous crimnials.
Gale Virtual Reference This link opens in a new window
Reference sources in philosophy, history, science, medicine, culture, geography, music, and psychology

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