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American Prison Newspapers This link opens in a new window "American Prison Newspapers will bring together hundreds of these periodicals from across the country into one collection that will represent penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions."
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window Research report every week examining a topic of national interest.

Criminal Justice Abstracts with full text Subject areas covered include: criminology; criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections and prisons; police and policing; criminal investigation; forensic sciences and investigation; history of crime; substance abuse and addiction; probation and parole.
Criminology This collection supports research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as law enforcement and security services. It includes the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database, with further index and full-text coverage of scholarly journals.

Social Science Premium Collection This link opens in a new window This collection provides access to databases covering international literature in social sciences. Featured databases include IBSS, Sociological Abstracts and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window Sociological Abstracts covers the international literature of sociology, social work, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window Provides more than 1,400 individually indexed tables (with attached spreadsheets) on the social, political and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract for statistical reference and as a guide to sources of more information in print and on the Web.

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Credo General Reference This link opens in a new window Provides full-text online versions of hundreds of top quality reference books in all major subjects. Includes bilingual and biographical dictionaries.
Europa World This link opens in a new window Europa World is the online version of the Europa World Year Book, the indispensable source of information on world-wide affairs. First published in 1926, the year book covers political and economic information in over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

New Oxford Companion to Law "Companion features: the fundamentals of all the major areas of law such as criminal law, tax and social security law, human rights law, family and employment law, education law, sports law, international and EU law...."

GALE eBooks This link opens in a new window GALE eBooks is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Oxford Academic Reference Online: Premium This link opens in a new window Oxford Reference offers full text access to numerous dictionaries and encyclopedias by Oxford University Press as well as selected titles from the Oxford Companion series.
Routledge Handbooks: Criminal Justice and Criminology This link opens in a new window Routledge Handbooks Online brings together the world’s leading scholars to provide a cutting-edge overview of classic and current research. The library has 53 titles.