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- Criminal Justice Abstracts
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Covering major journals in criminology.
- Criminal Justice Abstracts is the premier bibliographic citation index for the major journals in criminology. Topics include crime trends, prevention projects, corrections, juvenile delinquency police, courts, offenders, victims rights and sentencing.
- Coverage Dates: 1968-
- Updated: Quarterly
- Title List
- Database Provider: ProQuest-CSA
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xcja-uga1
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- Index to Legal Periodicals & Books
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Indexes legal periodicals and books, 1982 to present.
- The Index to Legal Periodicals & Books indexes nearly 1000 legal journals, law reviews, yearbooks, institutes, statutes, bar association publications, university publications, and government publications. Covers almost 300 law reviews as well as about 1400 monographs annually. International coverage includes periodicals from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
- Coverage Dates: 1982-present, dependent on title.
- Updated: Ongoing
- Title List
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: wilson
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=inde-uga1
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- Index to Legal Periodicals & Books and Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Indexes legal periodicals and other publications from the early 20th century to the present.
- Index to Legal Periodicals & Books and Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective indexes legal periodicals published in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. For the period 1982-present, it indexes nearly 1000 legal journals, law reviews, yearbooks, institutes, statutes, bar association publications, university publications, and government publications. Covers almost 300 law reviews as well as about 1400 monographs annually. Indexes over 750 legal periodicals for the period 1908-1982. Additional retrospective years of coverage will be added in the future.
- Coverage Dates: Varies by title.
- Updated: Ongoing
- Title List
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: wilson
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=indo-uga1
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- LexisNexis Academic
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Full text news, business, legal, medical, and reference information.
- LexisNexis Academic contains approximately 5,000 publications, virtually all include full text. Many types of publications are included: newspapers (in English, other languages, and translations of international papers), legal news, general interest magazines, medical journals, trade publications, company financial information, transcripts, wire service reports, government publications (such as the federal case law, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Testimony, etc.), law reviews, and reference works (such as the Forbes Annual Directory, the Official Guide/American Marketplace and the US Global Trade Outlook).
If you wish to search for articles published in only a specific publication, click on 'Sources' in the black bar at the top of the screen. Search for the publication, click on 'Find Title', then choose "Search This Title" next to the publication you want to search. This will paste the name of the publication into the search screen, and will ensure that you are searching the correct section of LexisNexis.
- Coverage Dates: Dates of coverage vary by publication
- Updated: Varies by publication (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, annually)
- Title List
- Languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Database Provider: lexis_nexis
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zxau
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- LexisNexis Academic contains approximately 5,000 publications, virtually all include full text. Many types of publications are included: newspapers (in English, other languages, and translations of international papers), legal news, general interest magazines, medical journals, trade publications, company financial information, transcripts, wire service reports, government publications (such as the federal case law, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Testimony, etc.), law reviews, and reference works (such as the Forbes Annual Directory, the Official Guide/American Marketplace and the US Global Trade Outlook).
- Sociological Abstracts
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index and abstracts to articles in sociology.
- Sociological Abstracts is a primary resource for accessing research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. International in scope, over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations are covered. Records added after 1974 contain nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles.
Included in the database is the searchable Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms.
- Coverage Dates: 1963 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Title List
- Database Provider: cambridge
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zcsa
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- Sociological Abstracts is a primary resource for accessing research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. International in scope, over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations are covered. Records added after 1974 contain nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles.
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- Child Welfare Information Gateway
Online Access: On/Off CampusPrint and electronic publications, websites, databases and more covering topics related to child safety, welfare and adoption.
- The Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to resources including print and electronic publications, websites, databases and more covering topics related to child safety, welfare and adoption.
Searching the Gateway's catalog lets you search the Child Welfare Information Gateway's information sources, and using the "library search" lets you search the general child welfare literature.
Formed by the consolidation of the two clearinghouses that compiled the data for the Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database - the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse - the Child Welfare Information Gateway is a service of the Children's Bureau within the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services.
For additional information about the Gateway see this flyer.
- URL: http://www.childwelfare.gov/
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- The Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to resources including print and electronic publications, websites, databases and more covering topics related to child safety, welfare and adoption.
- HeinOnline
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Law journals, Supreme Court opinions, and more.
- HeinOnline provides full text access to an extensive collection of law journals, the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations (through 1983), Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, U.S. Supreme Court opinions, U.S. Attorney General Opinions, U.S. Statutes at Large, and U.S. Treaties. It also includes a full text database of selected legislative histories. Heinonline contains complete runs of the law journals and documents. Includes U.S. and international law journals as well as criminal justice journals.
- Coverage Dates: Varies by title
- Updated: Ongoing
- Title List
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: hein
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=hein-uga1
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- Policy File
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Full text and citations of works covering all public policy issues.
- Policy File covers all public policy issues and provides bibliographic citations to the work of 300 public policy think tanks, university research programs, and non-governmental research organizations. Examples of the contributors include the American Enterprise Institute, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), RAND, and the United States Institute of Peace. Links are provided to organization web sites and full-text reports.
- Coverage Dates: 1990-
- Updated: Weekly
- Database Provider: chadwyck_healey
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xpol-uga1
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- Social Services Abstracts
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.On research in social work, human services, and related areas.
- Social Services Abstracts provides references and abstracts of research on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, gerontology, and community development.
Included in the database is the searchable Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms.
- See also: zcso:Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1980 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Title List
- Database Provider: cambridge
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zcso
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- Social Services Abstracts provides references and abstracts of research on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, gerontology, and community development.
- Social Work Abstracts (EBSCO)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.On issues related to social work theory and practice.
- Social Work Abstracts is a bibliographic citation database contains references on homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization and related topics.
- Coverage Dates: 1965-
- Title List
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbsa
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Broader Databases
- Academic Search Complete
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles from some peer-reviewed journals as well as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and other sources.
- Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database is updated daily and features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary. Some content goes as far back as 1865.
- Updated: Daily
- Title List
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbac
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- Sociological Collection
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Full text articles on all areas of sociology.
- The Sociological Collection is a database with more than 475 full-text titles. It provides information on all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.
- Coverage Dates: 1984- (full text 1990- )
- Updated: Daily
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbsc
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- Web of Science (at Web of Knowledge)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Provides access to the combined Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
- Web of Science provides access to the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index covering over 8,000 journal. These three databases can be searched separately, in any combination, or all at once. These databases are unique in that the user can search to find which articles have cited a certain author or article. This technique of doing research, called pearl growing, allows researchers to find articles that are related to an earlier work. Often this technique turns up articles which are not found through traditional subject and keyword searches.
- Coverage Dates: 1945- (Science Citation Index); 1956- (Social Science Citation Index); 1975- (Arts and Humanities Citation Index)
- Updated: Weekly
- Languages: English and non-English
- Database Provider: isi
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xwos-uga1
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Biographical Sources
- Dictionary of Culprits and Criminals
Call Number: Main Ref HV6245 .K64 1995- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Murder Cases of the Twentieth Century
Call Number: Main Ref HV6245 .F74 1996- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- The New Murderer's Who's Who
Call Number: Main Ref HV6245 .G38 1989- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Who's Who on the Web
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Biographies from various Who's Who publications.
- Current biographies of all individuals who appeared in any one of the following Marquis print titles since 1985: Who�s Who in America, Who�s Who in the East, Who Was Who in America, Who�s Who in the Midwest, Who�s Who in the World, Who�s Who in the South & Southwest, Who�s Who of American Women, Who�s Who in the West, Who�s Who in Science & Engineering, Who�s Who in Media & Communications, Who�s Who in American Law, Who�s Who in Entertainment, Who�s Who in Medicine & Healthcare, Who�s Who in American Education, Who�s Who in Finance & Business (Formerly Who's Who in Finance & Industry), Who�s Who in American Nursing, Who�s Who in Religion, Who�s Who in 20th Century America, Who�s Who of Emerging Leaders in America, Who�s Who Among Human Services Professionals; profiles on over 1 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor. Search by name, gender, occupation, geography, hobbies and interests, religion and much more.
- Coverage Dates: 1985-
- Updated: Daily
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: Marquis
- One user allowed at a time.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=whos-uga1
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Books
- The Crime Library: Classic Crime Stories
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://crimelibrary.com
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- GIL Library Catalog
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Search the UGA Libraries catalog for books, journals, CD-ROMs, and other media. Use title, author or subject searches, or perform a keyword search.
- URL: http://gil.uga.edu
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- NetLibrary (full-text electronic books)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.A collection of electronic books (eBooks) on most topics, including computers and technology.
- NetLibrary provides access to electronic books (eBooks), including reference books, scholarly monographs, publications of many university presses, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format. It is possible to perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online. There is no checkout period for NetLibrary eBooks.
Users can create an account in order to use personalization tools, including creating a Favorites list, but a personal account is not required for accessing eBooks through the GALILEO interface. A personal login is required when accessing through library catalogs and through the NetLibrary web site.
NetLibrary Titles Index for Shared Collections 1 and 2 (at SOLINET).
Database provider: NetLibrary, a Division of OCLC.
- Coverage Dates: Currently available
- Updated: Collections are closed.
- Database Provider: netlibrary
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zmnl
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- NetLibrary provides access to electronic books (eBooks), including reference books, scholarly monographs, publications of many university presses, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format. It is possible to perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online. There is no checkout period for NetLibrary eBooks.
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
- American Justice
Call Number: Main Ref KF154 .A44 1996 v. 1-3- Lengthy definitions of terms and events, including Supreme Court cases, federal legislation, civil justice, the criminal justice system, crime, organizations, and historical events. Includes many historical and contemporary photographs.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Black's Law Dictionary
Call Number: Main Ref KF156 .B53 1990 (Shelved at Reference Desk)- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Cop Speak : The Lingo of Law Enforcement and Crime
Call Number: Main Ref HV7901 .P55 1996- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Crime and the Justice System in America: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: Main Ref HV6789 .C6884 1997- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Dictionary of American Penology
Call Number: Main Ref HV9304 .W54 1996- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Duhaime's Law Dictionary
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.duhaime.org/diction.htm
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- Encyclopedia of American Prisons
Call Number: Main Ref HV9471 .E425 1996- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment
Call Number: Main Ref HV8694 .G76 1998- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Encyclopedia of Organized Crime in the United States
Call Number: Main Ref HV6446 .K43 2000- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Encyclopedia of Police Science
Call Number: Main Ref HV7901 .E53 1995- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Encyclopedia of World Crime
Call Number: Main Ref HV6017 .E54 1989 v. 1-6- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- law.com Law Dictionary
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://dictionary.law.com
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- Police Dictionary and Encyclopedia
Call Number: Main Ref HV7901 .F39 1988- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- West's Encyclopedia of American Law
Call Number: Main Ref KF154 .W47 1998 v. 1-12- An authoritative explanation of U.S. legal institutions, laws, cases and issues.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
Directories
- Directory: Juvenile and Adult Correctional Departments, Institutions and Agencies
Call Number: Main Ref HV9463 .A512- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Georgia Department of Corrections - Offender Query
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Search for 'Offenders Currently Incarcerated' or 'All Offenders, Past and Present' by name, sex, race, age, offense, sentence status, or institution.
- URL: http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/OffenderQuery/jsp/OffQryForm.jsp
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- National Jail and Adult Detention Directory
Call Number: Main Ref HV9463 .N37- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Prisons, Jails, and Correctional Institutions in Georgia
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/FacilityMap/jsp/FacQrybyFacility.jsp
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Federal Government Agencie
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.atf.treas.gov
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- Citizenship and Immigration Services
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.uscis.gov
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- Department of Justice
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.usdoj.gov
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- Drug Enforcement Administration
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.usdoj.gov/dea
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- Federal Bureau of Investigation
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.fbi.gov
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- Federal Bureau of Prisons
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.bop.gov
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- National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Online Access: On/Off Campus- NCJRS is a federally-sponsored information clearinghouse for research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice and drug control. The NCJRS website provides one of the largest criminal and juvenile justice libraries and databases in the world (the NCJRS Abstracts Database) as well as many full-text publications, statistical reports, and more.
- URL: http://www.ncjrs.org
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- Office of National Drug Control Policy
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov
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- TRAC DEA
Online Access: On/Off Campus- "Your source for comprehensive, independent, and nonpartisan information about the DEA." Provided by Syracuse University.
- URL: http://trac.syr.edu/tracdea/index.html
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- TRAC DHS
Online Access: On/Off Campus- "Your source for comprehensive, independent, and nonpartisan information about the INS." Provided by Syracuse University.
- URL: http://trac.syr.edu/tracdhs/index.html
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- TRAC FBI
Online Access: On/Off Campus- "Your source for comprehensive, independent, and nonpartisan information about the FBI." Provided by Syracuse University.
- URL: http://trac.syr.edu/tracfbi/fbihome.html
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- United States Marshals Service
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.usdoj.gov/marshals
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- United States Sentencing Commission
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.ussc.gov
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Georgia Government Agencies
- Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.ganet.org/gbi
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- Georgia Department of Corrections
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/
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- Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.djj.state.ga.us
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- Georgia Department of Public Safety
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.ganet.org/dps
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- Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.pap.state.ga.us
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- Prisons, Jails, and Correctional Institutions in Georgia
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/FacilityMap/jsp/FacQrybyFacility.jsp
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Government Publications
- Department of Justice Reports and Publications
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Online publications from over 30 agencies within the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Immigration & Naturalization Service, and the National Institute of Corrections.
- URL: http://www.usdoj.gov/05publications/05_3.html
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- Freedom of Information Act Reading Rooms
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Online versions of documents released under the Freedom of Information Act. Documents provided by various Department of Justice agencies such as the Civil Rights Division, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the FBI.
- URL: http://www.usdoj.gov/04foia/04_2.html
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- National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Online Access: On/Off Campus- NCJRS is a federally-sponsored information clearinghouse for research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice and drug control. The NCJRS website provides one of the largest criminal and juvenile justice libraries and databases in the world (the NCJRS Abstracts Database) as well as many full-text publications, statistical reports, and more.
- URL: http://www.ncjrs.org
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- NCJRS Alphabetic List of Full-Text Publications
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Over 1,500 full-text publications provided by the National Criminal Justice Reference Service and its partner agencies, listed alphabetically.
- URL: http://www.ncjrs.org/AlphaTitles.html
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- NCJRS Virtual Library
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A searchable database of full-text documents published by the National Criminal Justice Reference Service and its partner agencies (U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy).
- URL: http://fulltextpubs.ncjrs.org/content/FullTextPubs.html
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- Publications: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.atf.treas.gov/pub/index.htm
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- Publications: Office of National Drug Control Policy
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/index.html
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Jobs
- 911hotjobs.com
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.911hotjobs.com
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- Law Enforcement Recruiting Directory
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.officer.com/recruiting/index.htm
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Laws, Cases, and Codes
- Cases and Codes
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Links to many sources for cases and codes, both federal and state, provided by FindLaw.
- URL: http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/index.html
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- Georgia Code
Online Access: On/Off CampusDatabase of Georgia laws now in force.
- The Georgia Code, hosted by LexisNexis, is the compilation of the laws of the state of Georgia that are currently in force. The database is searchable by keyword and by code number. Database provider: Georgia General Assembly.
- Updated: Ongoing
- Database Provider: gen_assy
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zncd
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- Georgia Law Enforcement Handbook: Criminal Law and Procedure
Call Number: Main Ref KFG575 .G46- 'Intended for use as a quick and thorough reference for the law enforcement officer.' Covers legal provisions regarding arrests, stop-and-frisk, search and seizure, confessions and self-incrimination, etc.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- National Survey of State Laws
Call Number: Main Ref KF386 .N382- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions
Call Number: Main Ref KF4548 .O97 1999- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Practical Companion to the Constitution : How the Supreme Court Has Ruled
Call Number: Main Ref KF4548 .L54 1999- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- State Statutes and Legislation on the Internet
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.prairienet.org/~scruffy/f.htm
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- Supreme Court of Georgia
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.gasupreme.us/
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- United States Code
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
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- United States Public Laws
Online Access: On/Off Campus- 1995 to present. Older laws are in United States Statutes at Large described below.
- URL: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws/index.html
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Organizations/Associations
- American Correctional Association
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.aca.org
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- American Jail Association
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.corrections.com/aja
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- American Society of Criminology
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.asc41.com
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- Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.cjcj.org
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- National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.search.org
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- National Crime Prevention Council
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.ncpc.org
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- Southern Criminal Justice Association
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.scja.net
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- United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.odccp.org/uncjin.html
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Statistics
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Provides a wide range of statistics on crimes, offenders, victims, law enforcement, prosecution, courts and sentencing, corrections, and more.
- URL: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
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- City Crime Rankings: Crime in Metropolitan America
Call Number: Main Ref HV6787 .C57- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Crime State Rankings: Crime in the 50 United States
Call Number: Main Ref HV6787 .C735- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Georgia Bureau of Investigation - Crime Statistics
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Provides crime statistics statewide or for individual counties in Georgia in a particular year or month.
- URL: http://services.georgia.gov/gbi/crimestats/displayCrimeStatForm.do
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- Georgia Bureau of Investigation - Family Violence Statistics
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Family violence statistics statewide or for individual counties in Georgia in a particular year or month.
- URL: http://services.georgia.gov/gbi/crimestats/displayFamilyViolenceStatForm.do
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- Georgia Department of Corrections - Active Offender Population Statistics
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/OffenderStatistics/jsp/OffStatsSelect.jsp
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- International Justice Statistics
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Links to various sources of justice statistics for other nations, such as the UN Crime and Justice Information Network.
- URL: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ijs.htm
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- Social Science Statistical Data
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A searchable catalog of over 800 social science internet resources.
- URL: http://ssdc.ucsd.edu/
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- Social Statistics Briefing Room - Crime
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A White House website which compiles current data on various crime and justice topics.
- URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/crime.html
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- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Brings together data about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States. Divided into 6 major sections, covering topics such as 'public attitudes toward crime' and 'characteristics and distribution of persons arrested.'
- URL: http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook
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- UGA Police Department - Crime Statistics
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.ps.uga.edu/Administration/CrimeStatistics.html
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- Uniform Crime Reports (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Summary data (lacking county-level information) for more recent years of the Uniform Crime Reports (1995-present). Also provides hate crime statistics and data on law enforcement officers killed and assaulted.
- URL: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
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- Uniform Crime Reports (University of Virginia)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- County-level data on the number of offenses and arrests for many crimes (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, auto theft, arson, fraud, vandalism, weapons violations, sex offenses, drug and alcohol abuse violations, and more), as reported by the FBI. Covers the years 1990-1997.
- URL: http://fisher.lib.Virginia.EDU/crime/
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Web Subject Guides
- Administration of Justice Research Guide
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://library.gmu.edu/resources/socsci/criminal.html
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- American Society of Criminology's Critical Criminology Homepage
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Links to a wide range of criminology-related materials and information.
- URL: http://www.critcrim.org
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- Center for Urban Poverty and Social Change
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Center produces comprehensive poverty-related information in local and regional contexts.
- URL: http://povertycenter.cwru.edu/
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- The Corrections Connection
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.corrections.com/
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- FSU School of Criminology Criminal Justice Links
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/cjlinks
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- National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Online Access: On/Off Campus- NCJRS is a federally-sponsored information clearinghouse for research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice and drug control. The NCJRS website provides one of the largest criminal and juvenile justice libraries and databases in the world (the NCJRS Abstracts Database) as well as many full-text publications, statistical reports, and more.
- URL: http://www.ncjrs.org
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- Officer.Com: Complete Law Enforcement Resource Site
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.officer.com
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- Zeno's Forensic Site
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://forensic.to/forensic.html
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