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CQ Researcher
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 Collection
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.

Social Science Premium Collection
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
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
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 both in print and on the Web.

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Credo General Reference
Provides full-text online versions of hundreds of top quality reference books in all major subjects. Includes bilingual and biographical dictionaries.
Europa World
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.
GALE eBooks
GALE eBooks is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Oxford Reference Online: Premium
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
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.