Tennessee State University BrownDaniel Library

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Tennessee State UniversityBrown-Daniel Library

• Resources for Criminal Justice

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Prepared by

• Nancy Henthorne

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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.
• Dictionary of Criminal Justice Terms

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Print Resources Stack Area

• 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

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Print Resources Reference Area

• Cops, 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

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Print Sources Reference Area (cont.)

• Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment in the United
  States HV8694
• Dictionary of Criminal Justice Terms HV7411
• Blacks Law Dictionary KF156
• Wests Encyclopedia of American Law KF154

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Print Sources Reference Area (cont.)

• Great 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

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Print Sources Reference Area (cont.)

• Careers in Criminal Justice HV9950
• The Criminal Justice Student Writers Manual
  HV9950
• Encyclopedia of American Prisons HV9471
• Police Organization and Management HV7935

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Government Documents(Print)

• Crime in the United States, 1976-
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1970-

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Electronic Access to Books

• Online Catalog (Web Access)
• Athena
• Interlibrary Loan

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Periodical Holdings

• May 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

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Selected Criminal JusticePeriodicals

• 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

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Electronic Resources

• Evaluations
• Government Resources
• Online Forms
• Journals
• Periodical Holdings

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Electronic Resources (cont.)

• 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

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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)

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Helpful Web Sites

• United States Department of Justice
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Tennessee Department of Corrections
• Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

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Conclusion

• Thank you for your kind attention. We hope this
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