PATHFINDER School of Criminal Justice
Browsing location for books in Criminal Justice related subject areas of the library.
Library of Congress Call #
Corrections HV 9469
Forensics & Criminology HV 6001-7220
Medical Jurisprudence RA 1001-1171
Homeland Security HV 6432
Terrorism HV 6430
Justice Administration HV 7551
Law Enforcement HV 7936-8025
Psychology BF
EJC – Electronic Journal Center @ OhioLink
This resource is accessed through the OhioLINK home page which is a link on the Pfeiffer Library home page. The center has links to over 6,000 journals which are available in full text from several databases to which OhioLINK member libraries subscribe. Your Tiffin University ID card, activated for use in the library, allows your use of these materials.
Web Sites
NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service) Abstracts Database
www.ncjrs.org/search.html
Contains documents, citations, and abstracts for journal articles, books, reports, hearings, studies, bibliographies, and statistical reports.
Find Law
http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/oh/state.html
Excellent source for information about Ohio from the Governor’s office, to the state legislature, to the court system and the Ohio Revised Code. Can easily link to the same information from other states.
FBI
http://www.fbi.gov/
Clicking on the Web Site tab at the top of the page connects to a page of links to all areas of the FBI.
Unitied States Department of Justice
http://usdoj.gov/
The official homepage of the United States Department of Justice. A click on the site map at the page bottom produces a list of links to all aspects of the work on the department.
Social Science Research Network
http://www.ssrn.com
An e-Library with an abstract database of more than150,000 current and soon to be published papers and an Electronic Paper Collection of more than 119,000 full text documents in the area of social science research.
Freedom of Information Act – CIA Electronic Reading Room
http://www.foia.cia.gov/default.asp
A site provided by the CIA to provide the public with access to CIA information and to provide electronic access to declassified documents.
Federal Judicial Center
http://www.fjc.gov
Principal research and education support office for the US courts. This site gives access to much of the FJC’s research work. Includes publications, videos, jucicial history and educational programs and materials.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov
This site describes the mission and organizational structure; it provides links to numerous DHS documents. Rich information resource for the department’s current and past activities as well as public interest information relevant to national security.
Databases – available through OhioLINK
All are found at: http://www.ohiolink.edu
Academic Search Premier - Index, abstracts, and full text for many scholarly publications covering all academic areas of study.
Lexis Nexis - Full text news, business, legal, medical, and reference information.
PsycINFO - Index and abstracts of articles, books, chapters, and dissertations in psychology.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection - Index, abstracts, and full text covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
Sociological Abstracts - Index and abstracts to articles in sociology, 1963-2005.
SocINDEX - Index, abstracts, and full text for articles and other publications in sociology.
Subject Headings
Corrections – United States – periodicals
Crime-government policy- United States
Crime-United States-statistics
Crime-United States
Criminal justice-administration of – United States
Criminal justice-administration of-vocational guidance-United States
Criminal justice-administration of-United States-periodicals
Criminal statistics-United States-atlases
Law enforcement-vocational guidance-United States
Police-vocational guidance-United States
Prisoners-United States-statistics-periodicals