Library Guides: Criminology and Criminal Justice Research Guide: Finding Scholarly Sources

Top Databases

Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Indexing and full text of resources related to criminal justice and criminology.
PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
The premier database for psychology and related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, education, social work, law, criminology, social science, and organizational behavior.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
Covers the core disciplines in women's studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service This link opens in a new window
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database contains summaries of more than 180,000 criminal justice publications.

Other Useful Databases

Find It @ USC
Search for articles, books, and more or limit to USC Libraries collection.

IngentaConnect This link opens in a new window
Search a collection of academic and professional journals. Only those journals to which USC Columbia subscribes are available full text.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
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Dissertations and Theses Global This link opens in a new window
Citations, abstracts, and often full text for dissertations and theses, primarily from North American institutions.

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