Justice Studies: Article Databases
Electronic Journal Collections
JSTOR - This electronic archive of core academic journals contains over 100 sociology and other social science journals. Coverage for most titles is for older volumes only (missing latest 3-7 years).
Project Muse - This collection of electronic journals includes current issues and some back volumes (archival coverage varies by title) for about 30 sociology and other related journals. The UNO Library does not subscribe to these journals, but you may want to search the database and then request articles through Interlibrary Loan.
Electronic Databases
Sociology-focused Databases
- SocINDEX with Full TextThis product offers informative abstracts for 640 "core" coverage journals dating as far back as 1895. In addition, it provides data mined from more than 530 "priority" coverage journals as well as from over 1,420 "selective" coverage journals. Extensive indexing for books/monographs, conference papers, and other content sources is also included. Searchable cited references are also provided.
- Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full TextCriminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text includes 493 active indexed and abstracted journals. 439 of them are peer-reviewed.
Subjects Covered
Criminology
Criminal justice
Criminal investigation
Criminal law and procedure
Corrections and prisons
Forensic sciences and investigation
History of crime
Police and policing
Probation and parole
Substance abuse and addiction - Race Relations AbstractsThis resource provides a sole focus on content relating specifically to the relationship between races. It is a rich source of bibliographic records covering fundamental areas relevant to race relations. Specific areas covered include ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline, as listed.
- Urban Studies Abstracts This link opens in a new windowIncluding bibliographic records covering essential areas related to the study of cities and regions, this database explores such topics as urban affairs, community development, urban history and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
Interdisciplinary and Related Databases
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowAcademic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,700 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 13,000 journals. The database features PDF content going back as far back as 1887.
- Arts & Humanities Citation IndexElectronic version of the Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. It includes indexing and abstracting from 8600 journals in all disciplines, covering 1975-present.
- CQ Researcher plus Archive This link opens in a new windowOriginal, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news.
- Dissertation AbstractsAn index to theses and dissertations (1861- )
- Environment CompleteReplaces Environment Index. This database includes more than 1,200 full-text journals and monographs, nearly 4 million records, Indexing more than 2,000 domestic and international journal titles going back 100 years and more than 180 monographs in environmental studies.
- GreenFileIndexing and abstracts as well as access to full-text articles addressing human impact to the environment.
- Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research - ICPSRThe Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction.
- Newsbank - America's NewsListing of all Newsbank databases available to the University of New Orleans users.
National Newspapers
Louisiana newspapers including The Times-Picayune (1989-current), and The Advocate(1986-current)
News Magazines
Special Reports
America's Historical Newspapers
- Nexis UniNexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources
from LexisNexis®
—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to
1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all
content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved
searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and
annotated documents. - Social Science Citation IndexThis database is the electronic version of the Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. It includes indexing and abstracting from 8600 journals in all disciplines, covering 1975-present. The sources (footnotes) are included as part of each record, and can also be searched.
- Social Science Research NetworkDevoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowThis database is the electronic version of the Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. It includes indexing and abstracting from 8600 journals in all disciplines, covering 1975-present. The sources (footnotes) are included as part of each record, and can also be searched.
- Women and Social MovementsThis website is intended to serve as a resource for students and scholars of U.S. history and U.S. women's history. Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000, the website seeks to advance scholarly debates and understanding at the same time that it makes the insights of women's history accessible to teachers and students at universities, colleges, and high schools.
- Google ScholarGoogle Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature.
