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MC Administration of Justice Dept

Electronic Databases
General or Related Databases
ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER (Available through Ebscohost)
Multidisciplinary database offering indexing and abstracting and many full text articles. Dates of coverage vary according to individual title.
ACADEMIC UNIVERSE (Available through Lexis Nexis)
Multidisciplinary database with full text articles. Sources in LEXIS‑ Nexis Academic include newspapers, general magazines and journals, medical information, news transcripts, federal and state legal codes and information, business information, corporate profiles, SEC documents, and country profiles. Medical information includes full text articles from journals, and abstracts from MEDLINE, the National Library of Medicine database. Dates of coverage vary according to title.
JSTOR (Journal Storage Project)
Multidisciplinary database that provides full text articles from scholarly journals. Coverage is archival, usually beginning with each journal’s first date of issue. The most recent 3-5 years are usually not included.
Oxford Reference Online Premium
Provides easily searchable, full text access to reference titles.
PROJECT MUSE
Multidisciplinary database that offers access to full text articles from a number of scholarly journals. Coverage usually includes the most current 5 years of the publication.

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Quick Reference

Departmental Liaison
Susan Newman
newman@mc.edu

Speed Library

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Electronic Journals
There are many e-journals available through the databases above and from other sources. Use the Full-Text Journal search tool to search for an individual e-journal title or see a list of relating to administration of justice.

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Internet Resources
Comprehensive Sites - Mississippi Sites - Public Domain Databases and Statistics

Comprehensive Sites
Criminal Justice Links
Florida State University’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
World Criminal Justice Library Electronic Network

Mississippi Sites
Mississippi Department of Corrections
Mississippi Department of Public Safety

Public Domain Databases and Statistics
Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism – portal to support researchers and practitioners searching for information related to alcohol research.
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
FBI Uniform Crime Reports
National crime statistics and also access to publications such as Crime in the United States, Hate Crime Statistics, and Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted.
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
Preserves and distributes computerized crime and justice data from Federal agencies, state agencies, and investigator initiated research projects to users for secondary statistical analysis.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Publications and information on criminal justice and substance abuse topics.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Brings together data from more than 100 sources regarding characteristics of the criminal justice systems, public attitudes towards crime, nature and distribution of known offenses, characteristics and distribution of persons arrested, judicial processing of defendants, and persons under correctional supervision.

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Print Materials
MICAL, the online catalog of Leland Speed Library and the MC Law School Library, can be searched by keyword, author, title, or call number to locate printed materials and other media.

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