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JUSTICE STUDIES

JUSTICE STUDIES. RENITA KRASNODEBSKI x4239. MAHONEY LIBRARY WEB PAGE. Begin with Research Tools. RESEARCH TOOLS. COOLCAT Catalog. Databases. Subject Guides in Instruction and Tutorials or from Home Page. Newspapers Online. Services and Borrowing.

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JUSTICE STUDIES

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  1. JUSTICE STUDIES RENITA KRASNODEBSKI x4239

  2. MAHONEY LIBRARY WEB PAGE Begin with Research Tools

  3. RESEARCH TOOLS COOLCAT Catalog Databases Subject Guides in Instruction and Tutorials or from Home Page Newspapers Online Services and Borrowing

  4. SUBJECT GUIDE-JUSTICE STUDIES & LAWGo to Mahoney Library Page-Instructions and Tutorials Databases Guides Websites Catalogs

  5. COOLCAT CATALOG CRIMEin Subject Browse

  6. COOLCAT CATALOG CRIME Contains 125 titles From FDU and CSE Search titles by LC subheadings

  7. EXAMPLES OF BOOKS REFERENCE Encyclopedia of Criminology (2005). REF 364.03 E563c The 9/11 Encyclopedia (2008). Ref 973.931 N714 Dictionary of Crime Terms (2003). REF 364.03 S573 Women in Prison (2003). Ref 365.43 B218 CIRCULATING College crime: a statistical study of offenses on American campuses (2009). 364.1 F644 The Praeger handbook of victimology(2009). 362.88 P897 Gates of injustice: the crisis in America’s prisons (2004). 365.973 E496 Incarcerated women: rehabilitative programming in women’s prisons (2003). 365.4309 S536

  8. A PRIMARY, SECONDARY OR TERTIARY RESOURCE Here are some definitions and examples to help you identify the various categories: Primary – firsthand information or original data e. g. Newspaper articles, and transcripts, surveys, interviews statistics etc. (Federal Bureau of Investigation-Crime in the United States) Secondary – Interprets, analyzes and evaluates primary sources. e.g. Books, Commentaries, Bibliographies, Research articles, Biographical Works (Cop: a true story (2000). 363.M628) Tertiary – Reference sources that compile and organize information from primary and secondary sources in a specific subject area. e.g. Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Directories • (Forensic Science: An encyclopedia of history, methods and techniques (2006). REF 363.2503 T581)

  9. TYPES OF JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES CONSUMER TRADE Geared towards a reader from a particular trade Some advertisements from industry Targets specifically to industry Some graphs, charts, photos Uses technical terminology e.g. Corrections Today American Jails Police Chief • Focus is lay reader • Many advertisements • Written by an anonymous author or freelance writer • Easy reading e.g. Time Newsweek

  10. JOURNALS: SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS • Article can be peer reviewed or refereed • Written by a subject expert • Minimal advertising • Original research including studies and reports e.g. Criminal Justice Review Police Quarterly Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice Criminology

  11. ONLINE AND PRINT JOURNALS Search by title keyword: Organized Crime

  12. Criminal Justice Periodicals (ProQuest)Search For Full Text Juvenile delinquency and probationin citation and abstract fields

  13. Criminal Justice Periodicals (ProQuest)Search For Full Text Search for Full Text

  14. Criminal Justice Periodicals (ProQuest)Search For Full Text Match citation January 2010 vol. 56 issue 1

  15. Criminal Justice Periodicals (ProQuest)Search For Full Text Find January 2010 in All Issues

  16. Criminal Justice Periodicals (ProQuest)Search For Full Text January 2010 appears in Recent Issues

  17. Criminal Justice Periodicals (ProQuest)Search For Full Text Scroll to article

  18. INTERLIBRARY LOAN Request Books in CoolCat from FDU No E-Books Request Forms for Books and Articles

  19. NEED A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE? Newspapers Online found on Mahoney Library Home Page provides links to online Newspapers and newspaper databases. Also included are a number of key news sites on the web.

  20. SELECTING WEBSITES Criteria for evaluating websites: • Up-to-date information • Credibility of author or organization • Domains – e.g. .com; .edu; .gov; .org • Links to resources and may have list of references United States Department of Justice http://www.usdoj.gov/ American Society of Criminology http://www.asc41.com/index.htm New Jersey Department of Corrections http://www.state.nj.us/corrections/ John Jay College of Criminal Justice http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/academics/647.php

  21. EVALUATING RESOURCES Criteria to look for: 1. Currency 2. A balance of primary, secondary or tertiary resources 3. Credibility of the publication - Scholarly and peer reviewed journals - Government document 4. Identity of the author - A professional from a reputable institution - Author’s name cited in other scholarly works 5. Does the resource have a bibliography

  22. HOW DO I CITE SOURCES?Mahoney Library Web Page-How To • Print copies of citation guides on Reserve and in Reference Additional guidesavailable online through Mahoney Library Home Page (How do I?... Cite sources – Style Guides) 2. Convert a citation to MLA in databases such as Proquest or Academic Search Premier 3. RefWorks: an online bibliographic web-based manager that will create your bibliographies for you. See your reference librarian for further information.

  23. NEED ASSISTANCE? • Meet with a Reference Librarian or call the Reference Desk at x4248. • Schedule an individual or group appointment. On the Mahoney Library Web Page, click on Using the Library – Get Help

  24. MAHONEY ONLINE-RESEARCH ASSISTANCE On the Mahoney Library web page, go to Using the Library- Get Help

  25. REFERENCE MESSAGINGON MAHONEY LIBRARY HOME PAGE Ask us a question

  26. HAPPY RESEARCH HUNTING!

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