A productive database search depends on the accuracy of your keywords.
What is your topic is about?
Write it down and see which of the words are the most relevant.
Remember, using AND will narrow your search, while using OR will expand it.
Take advantage of all of the search options on the database's search page.
Refine your search by date, type of document or full-text.
The Kibbee Library has dozens of databases that provide discipline-specific journal articles as well as databases that hold documents on a a wide range of topics. The four databases below all contain peer-reviewed articles on criminal justice topics.
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There are plenty of other databases to look at. Below are links to databases that hold newspaper articles - some from as far back as the 18th Century. The archives hold primary source material from many different periods in American and European history. |
