All library databases
Access to articles from magazines and peer-reviewed journals, as well as books, conference papers and proceedings, and educational reports from almost all academic areas of study.
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Collection of over 3,300 books of high quality in the humanities that are recommended and reviewed by scholars frequently cited in the literature.
Full text of over 300,000 articles published by the Association of Computing Machinery and indexes over 1.6 million articles, books, reports and conference proceedings in the computing literature.
AGRICOLA
Index to books and journal articles in agriculture; useful for forensic science.
Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science DatabaseCitations to articles, books, and reports on alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Coverage from the 1960's to the present.
America History and LifeIndex to journal articles and reviews on the history and culture of the United States and Canada and links to some fulltext from 1964 to the present.
Mobile siteAmerican Chemical Society Journals
Full-text of articles from a collection of the American Chemical Society journals.
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Population, housing, economic, and geographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau; includes 2000 census.
American History in VideoMore than 5,000 hours of videos from commercial and governmental sources, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.
American Memory Historical Collections
Multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library of Congress' National Digital Library Program.
Makes available the text of news and newsletters, reports, actions, press releases, and other information about human rights issues around the world.
Annual ReviewsCollection of Annual Review Journals featuring literature reviews in the fields of Social Science.
Indexes anthropology and related journals back to the 1970's. Excellent source for cross-cultural studies of crime, drug use, and violence.
From the American Anthropological Association, includes current issues of several of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications, plus an electronic archive of all AAA journals.
Applied Science & Technology Source
Articles in journals and trade publications covering the applied sciences, including engineering, math, physics, and computer technology with coverage dating back to 1913.
Alternate access via library barcodeIndex to articles in leading art periodicals from 1984 to the present.
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A rich digital source of images and related multimedia of ancient to contemporary art, gathered from museums around the world.
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Original biographical profiles plus feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches, obituaries, and images.
Alternate access via library barcodeFull text of plays by playwrights from the USA, the Caribbean, and English-speaking countries in Africa. Excellent source for Harlem Renaissance writers.
Contains the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans, and includes interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamphlets, letters and other ephemeral material.
Alternate access via library barcodeProvides excerpts or the full text of book reviews of current English-language fiction and non-fiction works from 1983 to the present.
Alternate access via library barcodeContains bibliographic information of books currently in print, forthcoming books, and book reviews.
Alternate access via library barcodeA growing collection of searchable biomedical books hosted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, which advances science and health by providing access to biomedical and genomic information.
Searchable statistical reports on all aspects of criminal justice in the US.
A comprehensive collection of early English newspapers from London, the British Isles, and colonies, including many American titles.
Alternate access via library barcodeFull text of peer-reviewed journals and magazines, country and industry reports, and case studies covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more.
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Gateway to the 2010 Census from the U. S. Census Bureau.
A dictionary of chemicals, synonyms, structures, and regulatory list information.
Comprehensive source for theory and research in foreign affairs; includes working papers from university research institutes and NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and conference proceedings.
Alternate access via library barcodeThe Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature with links to full text.
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Quality images from television, the movies, and the entertainment industry.
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Journal articles, encyclopedias and handbooks in the fields of communications and mass media.
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Journal articles, reports, newsletters, and articles from alternative press sources.
Counseling and Therapy in Video
375 hours of videos of dramatized consultations, counseling sessions, and scenes, as well as documentaries, interviews and lectures
Country Studies
Library of Congress authored books describing and analyzing the political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions of over 100 countries
Details about proposed bills and legislation in the House and Senate from 1945 through 2008. Covers topics such as immigration, taxation, health care reform, etc.
CQ Electronic Library
Twelve CQ publications available - including online editions of Congress and the Nation, Supreme Court Yearbook, and Vital Statistics on American Politics.
CQ Global Researcher
Reports on international topics such as torture, nationalization of energy resources, peacekeeping around the world, etc.
CQ Researcher Plus Archive
Explores a single hot issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. Coverage from 1923 to the present.
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Historical analysis, timely updates and expert commentary on Supreme Court decisions. Also includes biographies of Supreme Court justices, Supreme Court institutional history, and the U.S. Constitution.
CQ Weekly
Weekly reports on the activities of the U.S. Congress including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes. Coverage from 1983 to the present.
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Fulltext
Provides scholarly articles and annotations of books and book chapters in criminal justice. Coverage from 1968 to the present.
Criminal Justice and Public Safety in Video
Over 400 documentaries, training videos, and interviews illustrating the strategies, techniques, and experiences of professionals in the criminal justice system.
Searchable statistical reports on criminal justice in NY state from the NY Division of Criminal Justice Services.
Articles and images from national and international publications in criminal justice. Coverage from 1980 to the present.
Find books, media and electronic resources in John Jay and and all CUNY Libraries.
A discovery service for peer reviewed books published under an Open Access license.
Contains free, full-text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals that aims to cover all subjects and languages. There are over 1000 journals in the directory.
Full text of dissertations published from 1997 and abstracts from 1980. Also, Indexes close to two million dissertations and theses from institutions in North America and Europe from 1861.
DSM-IV-TR
The standard diagnostic tool used by mental health professionals; each psychiatric disorder with its corresponding diagnostic code is accompanied by a set of diagnostic criteria and descriptive details.
Early English Books Online
EEBO contains page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473 to 1700.
Access to thousands of commercially published electronic books in various disciplines, including recently-published titles in criminal justice. (Formerly Netlibary)
A constantly expanding collection of thousands of ebooks on a broad variety of disciplines.
Access to articles from magazines and peer-reviewed journals, as well as books, conference papers and proceedings, and educational reports from almost all academic areas of study.
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Peer-reviewed journal and magazine articles, as well as country and industry reports, and case studies covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more.
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Articles from many popular sources covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and more.
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Articles from journals and other periodicals and current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.
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Access to articles in international economic journals, as well as essays, research papers, books, dissertations, book reviews, and working papers. Coverage from 1969 to the present.
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Economist Historical Archive
The full text of The Economist from 1843 to 2006. Essential reading for anyone engaged in politics, current affairs, business and trade worldwide.
Alternate access via library barcodeFor full-text resources in education with coverage dating back to 1929.
Alternate access via library barcodeA digital archive of 150,000 books published in the eighteenth century, covering a broad spectrum of topics like law, history, science, and art.
Alternate access via library barcodeA collection of close to two hundred leading management and library and information services journals.
Electronic equivalent of the 3-volume encyclopedia.
A subject collection of periodicals and unique reference sources from Gale Academic Onefile.
Provides access to journal articles and documents in education. Coverage from 1966 to the present.
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Index to 65,000 essays in 5,300 anthologies and collections. Coverage spans a range of the humanities and social sciences.
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Access to more than 200 newspapers, magazines and journals from the ethnic, minority and native press. Includes materials in Spanish.
Alternate access via library barcode750 hours of videos from the most influential documentary filmmakers of the 20th century, including interviews, previously unreleased raw footage, field notes, and study guides
Faulkner Advisory for IT Studies (FAITS)
Reports by industry practitioners on wireless communications, data networking, security, streaming media, government information technology and healthcare IT topics, information management, the internet and web.
Reports by industry practitioners on facility, IT, network, personnel, financial and legal security, risk and crisis management, and public safety.
Gateway to U.S. government statistics from over 100 agencies.
Over 7,000 documentaries, dramas, and newsreels from the world
Fire Codes Online
Online version of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) National Fire Codes. (Note: only one user at a time permitted. PLEASE LOG OFF WHEN DONE.)
FIREDOC
Index to over 70,000 technical documents, conference proceedings, and journal articles on all aspects of fire science, safety and engineering; some entries have links to online BFRL Publications.
Index to documents concerning fire, emergency management and forensics; some documentation of European legislation in these area, with heavy focus on British publications.
Flickr: the Commons
The project currently includes over 200,000 images from more than 50 international cultural heritage institutions.
A searchable collection of over 300 reference books in forensic science and related fields.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Electronic equivalent of the classic multidisciplinary reference work.
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Access to thousands of articles in scholarly journals and reference sources in the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, and literature.
Alternate access via library barcodeInformation on companies, markets and industries from business and trade journals, newspapers, downloadable directory profiles, and market and rankings reports.
Alternate access via library barcodeAccess to articles in general periodicals, newspapers, reference books, as well as multimedia sources. Subjects include humanities, education, environmental issues, technology, health care, and politics.
Alternate access via library barcodeAccess to nursing and allied health journals, other medical journals, newsletters and consumer health magazines.
Alternate access via library barcodeLiterature reference database provides access to full text biographies, critical analyses, reviews, and bibliographies of work from novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers.
Alternate access via library barcodeHundreds of newspapers from the U.S. and foreign presses.
Alternate access via library barcodeHundreds of specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical directories and other reference books in the subject fields of criminal justice, economics, history, literature, psychology, religion, science, world cultures, and more.
Alternate access via library barcodeResearch and analysis on the global information technology industry; includes research papers on best practices and emerging industries and technologies.
Access to popular and professional science journals published in the U.S. and Great Britain. Coverage from 1984 to the present.
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Google is in the process of scanning complete books from some of the world's great libraries. Books in the public domain can be read in their entirety. Some books will display in part.
Crawls (indexes) the content of publishers' websites, scholarly journals, indexes, academic websites, institutional repositories, etc. to find information of a scholarly nature. Does not provide comprehensive coverage of any one field. Enter through the library's website so that you will be linked to the library's licensed resources.
Catalog to the official and authentic government publications of Congress and Federal agencies.
Scholarly, government and general-interest information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Topics include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
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Contains the Encyclopedia Americana, the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, and the New Book of Knowledge.
Alternate access via library barcodeAn annotated guide to national and international sources of government and legal information prepared by the Law Library of Congress; includes links to treaties, constitutions, and codes.
In association with the Univ. of Southern California Inst. of Safety and Systems Mgmt., provides access to articles in public health, occupational safety, emergency management, toxicology, fire safety, and security. Coverage from 1981 to the present.
Health Reference Center Academic
Provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources.
Alternate access via library barcodeAccess to articles in scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
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Several historical American and international law collections incuding law reviews and journals from their first volume of publication, the Federal Register, Presidential Documents, Attorney Generals Opinions, World Constitutions, and legal classics.
Historical Abstracts
Provides access to academic historical journals that cover the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Coverage is from 1955 to the present.
Mobile siteHistory Cooperative
Access to 25 history journals, generally since 2001, and the Booker T. Washington Papers.
Articles in all aspects of the humanities including art, ltierature, music and philosophy, with access dating back to 1907.
Alternate access via library barcodeThe Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research provides access to an archive of social science data. Datasets are available for statistical manipulation. For advanced users.
An index to letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies that are either freely available on the Web or in subscription-only databases. (Note: The JJ library does not subscribe)
A searchable collection of over 60 handbooks on information technology security.
Infoshare Online
Population statistics, immigration trends, socio-economic indicators, birth and death data, hospitalizations, local economic data, and more for New York City.
Alternate access via library barcodeSelected articles, news feeds, reports, summaries, books, blogs, FAQs, and proprietary Background Information Summaries that pertain to terrorism and security.
Mobile siteJSTOR
A searchable collection of the complete runs (minus the most recent 2 to 5 years) of hundreds of the most significant scholarly journals.
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Library catalog of the National Fire Academy. Indexes journal articles, books, and reports in fire science and emergency management. Items not owned by John Jay may be available via Interlibrary Loan.
Articles on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world with coverage dating back to 1908.
Alternate access via library barcodeFederal and state laws and cases, constitutions, municipal codes, law review articles, as well as articles from U.S. and foreign newspapers, magazines, trade publications and journals.
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Articles in the field of library, information science, and education techology.
Alternate access via library barcodeAn archival collection of legal materials with historical federal legislative, executive and judicial papers (including temp. commisions like the Wickersham Comm.), selected state documents, and historically significant international documents.
Making of the Modern World
Provides the full text of 61,000 works of literature in business, politics, and economics published from 1450 to 1850. Includes the full Goldsmiths
Alternate access via library barcodeArticles from many popular sources covering nearly all subjects including reference, business, health, and more.
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Articles in mathematics from the American Mathematical Society.
Alternate access via library barcodeMedline (via PubMed)
National Library of Medicine's database (via PubMed interface) of millions of references to articles published in licensed or freely available biomedical journals.
Provides many of the materials indexed in Medline. Covers medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and more.
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Provides access to authoritative consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine and other organizations as well as drug information and an illustrated medical encyclopedia.
Information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests of educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas; Yearbooks 9 through 19.
MetPublications
A portal to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's comprehensive book and online publishing program with close to 700 titles published from 1964 to the present.
Articles from journals and other periodicals and current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.
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Index to scholarly journal articles on language and literature. Coverage from 1926 to the present (Note: many are not available at John Jay.)
Alternate access via library barcodeData collections relating to criminal justice from federal and state agencies, and grant-funded projects. Provides documentation, and browsing and downloading access to most of the data.
The complete archive from 1888 to 1994 of the award-winning magazine, which features in-depth coverage of cultures, nature, science, technology, and the environment; and spectacular photographic essays.
Alternate access via library barcodeIndexes and provides access when available to the top five U.S. newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. Coverage from 1977 to the present.
Alternate access via library barcodeA comprehensive collection of classical music available online, comprising the complete Naxos, Marco Polo and Dacapo catalogues, which include Classical, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music.
NCBI Images
Images from the full text resources at the National Center for Biotechnology.
Searches and often provides the full text of federal, state, local, and foundation reports, as well as abstracts of journal articles and other websites.
NDLTD is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations; full-text is free for all; excellent source for international dissertations.
Available in LexisNexis Academic. Click on the Source tab on the left, then find sources. Type New York City Municipal in the keyword box. Click on Find Sources. Check the box next to the source and then click on OK-continue.
Alternate access via library barcodeAvailable in LexisNexis Academic. Click on the Source tab on the left, then find sources. Type New York Code Rules and Regulations in the keyword box. Click on Find Sources. Check the box next to the source and then click on OK-continue.
Alternate access via library barcodeAvailable in LexisNexis Academic. Click on the U. S. Legal tab on the left and then review the choices.
Alternate access via library barcodeAccess to a few dozen newspapers from NY State, including the Buffalo News, the Syracuse Herald American, the New York Post and the New York Observer.
Alternate access via library barcodeFull text of articles and page images of The New York Times from 1851 to 2008.
Alternate access via library barcodeContains links to thousands of online newspapers, magazines, and media (TV/radio) sites from the United States and the world, usually with free access to the publication.
Online version of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) National Fire Codes. (Note: only one user at a time permitted. PLEASE LOG OFF WHEN DONE.)
Biennial publication of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Describes what workers do, working conditions, training and education needed, earnings and job prospects in a wide variety of occupations.
Provides author, title, and subject access to hundreds of thousands of non-copyrighted online books freely available on the Web.
Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, full-text magazine and newspaper articles, and multimedia on social issues.
Alternate access via library barcodeAccess to the entire text of the 34 vol. Dictionary of Art from Grove, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetcis, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, with updates and links to images.
Alternate access via library barcodeTopic overviews and bibliographies on pertinent topics in criminal justice and law enforcement with links to the full text of sources when available.
Oxford English Dictionary Online
The complete text of the OED's twenty-volume Second Edition and three-volume Additions Series. The worldwide standard source for English word definitions, word pronunciation, word history and usage.
Comprises The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online, and The Oxford Companion to Music.
Alternate access via library barcodeOver 200 reference books from Oxford University Press, including language dictionaries, and reference works in art, science, classics, business, history, law, literature, medicine, geography, performing arts, philosophy, and social science.
Alternate access via library barcodeThousands of ebooks published by Palgrave Macmillan in the humanities, social sciences, and business.
Alternate access via library barcodeIndex to books and journals from 43 countries with content representing a variety of languages with some links to full text. Coverage from 1940 to the present.
Mobile sitePILOTS
Its goal is to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health conditions resulting from traumatic events.
Primary documents, books, and weekly commentary concerning foreign policy, military matters and security issues such as border control, disaster response, transportation security and terrorism.
Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
Photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings from the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress.
Highly specialized collection of electronic information for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers.
Mobile siteAn interdisciplinary collection of high quality, peer reviewed journals.
Alternate access via library barcodeOnline access to the Protection of Assets Manual and Bulletin, the basic manual for security personnel.
Search PsycINFO (Psychological Abstracts), PsycARTICLES, PsycBOOKS, and PsycEXTRA all together with one search.
PsycARTICLES
Thousands of articles from journals published by the APA and allied organizations. Coverage from 1988 to the present.
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Books published by the APA, including 700 classics and more than 1,500 authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology.
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Reviews of books and films from the APA.
Mobile sitePsycEXTRA
Companion database to the scholarly PsycINFO database. It consists of technical and annual reports, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, consumer brochures and more.
Mobile sitePsycINFO
The most comprehensive index and access to materials in psychology articles and books. Coverage from 1887 to the present.
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Information on public administration and related areas such as organizational structures, public service personnel, economic issues, taxation, society issues, theory and research in the field.
Mobile sitePublic Library of Law
A collection of free law materials including case law, statutes, regulations, court rules, and federal and state constitutions.
PubmedSearches citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Some are free or available via a John Jay subscription. Some are for sale.
Alternate access via library barcodeAn index to selected NGO reports, books and journal articles that focus on race and ethnicity and their interaction with the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems. Includes links to the full text of publications by the Sentencing Project.
Provides access to general-interest periodicals published in the U.S. from 1983 to the present as well as comprehensive indexing to periodicals published from 1890 to 1982.
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A web-based bibliographic citation management service that is useful for tracking citations, generating bibliographies and citing sources in papers.
The most recent 30 days of information from a collection of full text newswires that incorporates news information from all over the world.
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Searchable collection of Sage Journals in Communications and media studies.Coverage from 1955 to the present.
Alternate access via library barcodeSage Criminology Full Text Collection
Searchable collection of Sage Journals in criminal justice, corrections, penology, and policing. Coverage from 1955 to the present.
Sage e-Reference Collection
A searchable collection of subject encyclopedias, including major titles in criminal justice, research methods, psychology, and social issues from Sage publishers.
Searchable collection of Sage Journals in Methodology, higher education, secondary education, vocational, measurement & testing, and educational psychology. Coverage from 1926 to the present.
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Searchable collection of Sage Journals in social studies of health, public policy, health services & administration, health education, and community/public health nursing. Coverage from 1894 to the present.
Alternate access via library barcodeSage Management and Organization Studies Collection
Searchable collection of Sage Journals in organizations studies, management, business, human resource, marketing, public policy, public administration, and industrial relations. Coverage from 1947 to the present.
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Original research and review articles in an interactive, open access format.
Searchable collection of Sage Journals in political science, American government, and policy studies. Coverage from 1912 to the present.
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Searchable collection of Sage Journals in applied psychology, assessment, child development, clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, counseling psychology, and social psychology. Coverage from 1944 to the present.
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Searchable collection of Sage Journals in social structure, inequality, social change, and social problems published by Sage. Coverage from 1952 to the present.
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Access to journals in the sciences and social sciences.
Scirus
Finds scientific information on the Internet by searching a combination of web information, preprint servers, digital archives, and patent and journal databases.
Access to peer-reviewed journal titles from international publishers in science, technology, social science and medicine. Results can be refined by author affiliation, funding source, and more. Coverage from the 1960's to the present.
Shepard's Citations
Available in Lexis Nexis Academic. Search for cited cases and check the validity of a citation. Click on the U.S. Legal tab on the left and then select Shepard's Citations.
Alternate access via library barcodeDisplays interactive maps of U.S. Census data going back to 1790.
Alternate access via library barcodeProvides accesses to journals in anthropology, criminology, economics, law, geography, policy studies, psychology, sociology, social work, and urban studies from 1983 to the present and indexes material from 1929 to 1983.
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Accesses journal articles, book reviews, dissertations, and current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Coverage from 1980 to the present.
Contains core coverage journals dating back to 1895, and some priority coverage journals. Also includes full text for many books, monographs, and conference papers.
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Scholarly articles, books, and dissertations in sociology and subdisciplines. Coverage from 1952 to the present.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online
Statistics from the current Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics with ongoing updates and the archive back to 1994. The print version is available at the Reference Desk.
Springerlink OnlineHundreds of scholarly journals and Ebooks published by Springer--not all indexed Ebooks are available fulltext. Coverage from 1997 to the present.
Entries are maintained and kept up to date by experts in the field. Access is unlimited and free to everyone.
A comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
A searchable collection of 400 reference books in statistics.
Provides legal scholars with extensive data, like background issues, reasons for acceptance, chronology, outcome impacts, and judge's opinions, for Supreme Court Cases since 1953. Funded by the National Science Foundation.
Provides information on undergraduate and graduate programs and interactive online practice tests for entrance exams, certifications, and licensing tests, including LSAT, GRE, and SAT, as well as civil service exams. Includes Peterson's Guides.
Indexes journal articles, books, and reports (written for scientists) on the toxicological, pharmacological, biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and other chemicals. Coverage from 1965 to the present.
Data about federal enforcement activities -- criminal, civil, and administrative -- including detailed information about federal staffing, federal enforcement agencies, and income and demographic statistics.
Transportation Article File
Index to articles in journals and books on transportation from Northwestern University's Transportation Library.
Provides access to 400,000 bibliographic records covering transportation research published in books, journal articles, technical reports and other media
Contains over 600 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on the works of International and American authors.
Alternate access via library barcodeA source of detailed information on more than 300,000 periodicals (also called serials) of all types.
The FBI's compendium of crime statistics. It includes volumes from 1995 to the present. The print version is available at the Reference Desk.
Articles and reports as well as book abstracts about crime and other urban problems, possible solutions, studies of police departments, social welfare agencies, and more.
Mobile siteUSA Counties
Compiles useful demographic, economic, and governmental information spanning several years and sources for county comparisons and profiles.
A guide through the pharmaceutical process. A source for FDA-enforceable quality standards for drugs, dietary supplements, excipients, testing procedures, assays, analytical methods and more.
Information on victims rights and protections including Constitutional provisions, statutes, court rules, administrative code provisions, case summaries, and attorney general opinions. Includes overviews of the justice system and a glossary.
Provides summary data on political behavior such as voter turnout, election results, public opinion, media trends, campaign financing and more. Some charts provide data from the 1790s, but most focus on the 1940s to 2008. Data can be downloaded.
Fulltext of the Wall Street Journal from 1984 to the Present.
Searching and Citation checking through the use of Science Citation Index (from 1997), Social Science Citation Index (from 1956), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (from 1975).
Federal and state laws and cases and law review articles. For use by John Jay students and faculty only. For access, show your John Jay ID at the reference desk.
Westlaw CampusState and federal cases, law reviews, news information and legal reference sources like American Jurisprudence, the ALR, and the Keycite citator service.
Full text of over 1400 journals from the newly merged Wiley-Blackwell Publishers.
Brings together primary documents, books, images, scholarly essays, book reviews, audio recordings, Web site reviews, and teaching tools, all documenting the multiplicity of women
Alternate access via library barcodeProvides access to the current constitution of every country in its native language (English translations for most), and links to related scholarly articles, books, bibliographies, and web sites.
A guide to health and health-related statistical information from the World Health Organization. Includes statistics on AIDS/HIV and other diseases.
A union catalog of libraries around the world. Includes books, media, manuscripts, and other formats dating back to the 12th century.
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Journal articles and book abstracts in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. Coverage from 1975 to the present.
