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CJ424 : Crime, Mass Media, and Society (Dr. Steven Chermak)

Compiled by Jon Harrison

Spring Semester, 2008

Course description : Representation of crime and criminal justice in the media. Relationship between media and criminal justice organizations. Images of crime, criminal justice, and trafficking. Media effects on criminal justice policy.

Catalog Searching | Retrieving Material | Key Reference Tools and Course Reserves | Additional Research Guides
Key Electronic Databases | Related Periodical Index Databases

Catalog Searching :

Retrieving Material :

Key Reference Tools and Course Reserves:

Additional Research Guides :

Key Electronic Databases

Don't have much time? Undergraduates should concentrate on the following general purpose databases:

Database:

Coverage:

Indexing: 1980 to date.

Description and Notes:

Expanded Academic ASAP™ provides coverage of 3,000 indexed and 1,900 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times and many others. More than 1,400 journals are peer reviewed, and more than 20 years of backfile coverage are included.
Choose Advanced Search for multiple boxes to work with.
Unlimited access

Database:

Coverage:

Indexing: 1980 to date.

Description and Notes:

Gale's General OneFile is a comprehensive periodical resource that puts more than 60 million articles at your fingertips with a single search query. More than 11,000 titles and backfile coverage from 1980 — from mainstream to specialized sources — and an intuitive search interface make this an unequaled source for virtually every popular, business and professional topic.
Note you can also limit your search to documents with full text, to peer-reviewed publications, to document with images, and to library holdings. More Searching Tips.
Unlimited access

Database:

Coverage:

Indexing: 1971 to date; full-text: 1991 to date.

Description and Notes:

Provides online access to an extensive collection of published material. You can search for information in thousands of different journals, periodicals, dissertations, newspapers, and magazines. Complete articles -- in full text, page image, or UMI's unique Text+Graphics format -- are available for many of the most popular and important sources. Updated daily.
Choose Advanced Search for multiple boxes to work with.
Unlimited access

Database:

Coverage:

1994-

Description and Notes:

Wilson Select provides full text coverage of over 400 journals. However, full text coverage varies by date from journal to journal.
Unlimited access

Database:

Google Scholar

Coverage:

Current

Description and Notes:

Google has created this database to speed location of reports and journal articles available on the Internet. Google is also working hard on facilitating links to subscription resources offered by university libraries. However not all the links work yet. So if you find an interesting article or resources via this database, be sure to check whether it is available via the MSU Libraries electronic or print collections.
Unlimited access

Advanced undergraduates and graduate students should explore the following subject specific databases:

Database:

Coverage:

1968-

Description and Notes:

A bibliographic database covering criminal justice periodical articles and reports from government and nongovernmental agencies. For each document, a summary of the finding, methodology, and conclusions is provided. Topics include crime trends, prevention projects, corrections, juvenile delinquency, police, courts, offenders, victims and sentencing.
Unlimited access

Database:

Coverage:

1998-

Description and Notes:

CJPI on ProQuest® provides cover-to-cover access for 59 criminal justice journals frequently consulted by professionals, plus complete abstracts for over 100 additional titles. Publications in CJPI focus primarily on practical issues in crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, police issues, and courtroom procedures, but users will find a number of highly respected theoretical journals as well. ProQuest's CJPI database is updated weekly for the most timely information on a number of issues concerning criminal justice professionals--issues like domestic violence, alternative sentencing, drug addiction and abuse, divorce and divorce settlements, forensic science, and more. Replaces print index which ceased in 1998. Drag cursor over "Search Methods" button and select "List Publications" for a list of periodicals covered.
Unlimited access

Related Periodical Index Databases

Since criminal justice topics are often multidisciplinary, you may want to search the following periodical indexes as well to find more information.

Database:

Coverage:

1970-

Description and Notes:

Provides access to articles, book reviews, and dissertations in American and Canadian history. Useful for finding information on historical figure/s like Billy the Kid, Bonnie and Clyde, Jessie James. Also try subject headings such as capital punishment; corrections; courts (federal); courts (state); crime and criminals; criminal justice; dna; evidence; firearms; hate crimes; juvenile courts; juvenile delinquency; murder; prisons; recidivism; sentencing; sexual harassment; victims
Access limited to 6 simultaneous users

Database:

Coverage:

1990-

Description and Notes:

ArticleFirst describes items listed on the table of contents page of individual issues of more than 13,000 journals. Each record describes one article, news story, letter, or other item from a journal. Most records can provide a list of libraries that hold the journal title.
No access restrictions

Database:

Coverage:

Coverage varies depending on the source; embargoes sometimes apply for the latest three months, year, etc.

Description and Notes:

Provides indexing and abstracting for more than 600 publications, and includes selected full-text coverage for more than 240 journals in communications, mass media, and related fields. Topics include (among many others) health communication, gender and communication, communication theory, and mass media.
No access restrictions

Database:

Coverage:

1977-

Description and Notes:

Provides access to historical articles for the Modern period (the present) for Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Latin America. Try subject headings such as: capital punishment; crime and criminals; criminal law; judicial administration; juvenile delinquency; murder; penal policy; penal reform; prisons.
Access limited to 6 simultaneous users

Database:

Coverage:

1981-

Description and Notes:

Provides thorough, reliable indexing of over 620 journals, yearbooks, institutes, bar association organs, law reviews and university publications from the U.S., Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Puerto Rico. Covers all areas of jurisprudence, including court decisions, legislation, and original scholarship.
Unlimited access

Database:

Coverage:

1951-

Description and Notes:

International Bibliography of Social Sciences, from the British Library of Political and Economic Science of the London School of Economics and Political Science, indexes the information contained in over 2,600 social sciences journals and 6,000 books each year. Coverage includes both core and specialized material from over 100 countries in more than 90 languages. Approximately 70% of the records are in English, and articles in other languages are displayed with both the original language title as well as with an English translation. The comprehensive coverage provided in the database, while based on the core disciplines of anthropology, economics, political science and sociology, also reflects the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of the social sciences.
When the ERL directory of databases comes up, look for this database under social sciences
Access limited to 1 simulataneous user

Database:

LegalTrac (via Infotrac)

Coverage:

1980-

Description and Notes:

Covers almost 1000 law reviews, journals, and newspapers.
Access limited to 2 simultaneous users

Database:

Coverage:

1972-

Description and Notes:

Consists of citations and abstracts (beginning in 1985) of articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs.
Unlimited access

Database:

Social Science Citation Index via ISI Web of Knowledge

Coverage:

1987-

Description and Notes:

The Social Sciences Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the social sciences. It indexes 1,700 journals spanning 50 disciplines, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals.
Access limited to 20 simultaneous users

Database:

Coverage:

1983-

Description and Notes:

Covers some 350 core periodicals in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, sociology, and international relations.
Unlimited access

Database:

Coverage:

1963-

Description and Notes:

Indexes approximately 2300 journals in 30 different languages from 55 countries. Covers sociological topics in fields such as: aging; AIDS; alcohol and drug abuse; anthropology; cities; communications; counseling; crime; culture; death; demography; education; emergency response; ethics; gerontology; health; health care; industry; law; medicine; philosophy; planning; political science; psychiatry; psychology; public administration; public affairs; public health; rehabilitation; religion; welfare.
Limited access

For a complete list of databases available in the MSU Libraries, consult MSU Library Electronic Resources.

 

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