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Welcome to the Sociology & Criminology Research Guide. This guide will direct you to library resources useful for sociology and criminology courses, including books and articles, sample search terms, and help with citing sources.

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Research Best Bets

Academic Search Complete
Journals, magazines, and newspapers in almost every subject area
ProQuest Central
Research database that provides access to resources across major subject areas
PsycInfo
Journal articles and books in behavioral science and mental health (1806 - current)
Taylor and Francis Online
Access all subscribed journal content from Taylor and Francis
If you are affiliated with Montana State University, you can publish your articles as open access (at no cost to you) hybrid or fully open access journals published by Taylor & Francis.
Wiley Online Library Journals and Books
Journal articles and books published by Wiley, in life, health, social, and physical sciences and humanities

If you are affiliated with Montana State University, you can publish your articles as open access (at no cost to you) in gold and hybrid journals published by Wiley.

Other Helpful Guides

Literature Review Guide
General information on how to organize and write a literature review.
Citation Help
This guide will help you with citations in MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian formats. It also has links for help with other citation styles.

Finding Articles

Use one of these indexes or databases to find specific articles in a variety of criminology and sociology journals. If accessing from off-campus, you will be asked for your NetID and password.

To see all the databases available to you, browse our A-Z Database list.

Databases

Academic Search Complete
Journals, magazines, and newspapers in almost every subject area
Annual Reviews
Critical reviews of research in the biomedical, physical, and social sciences (1932 - current)
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
Law enforcement and criminal justice articles
Data Citation Index
Access citation data for specific data sets (1900 - current)
ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Find large numeric data sets for data analysis
PsycInfo
Journal articles and books in behavioral science and mental health (1806 - current)
Sociological Abstracts
Major sociology database covering articles, books, conference proceedings, and dissertations
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Quick statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the U.S.
Web of Science Core Collection
Broad coverage of scholarly journals articles in all disciplines and citation searching (1900 - current)

Criminology Journals

Books

Crimes of Globalization by Dawn L. Rothe; David O. Friedrichs
ISBN: 9780415856317
Publication Date: 2014-07-09
This book addresses immensely consequential crimes in the world today that, to date, have been almost wholly neglected by students of crime and criminal justice: crimes of globalization. This term refers to the hugely harmful consequences of the policies and practices of international financial institutions – principally in the global South.
Crime Classification Manual by John E. Douglas; Ann W. Burgess; Alan Burgess; Robert K. Ressler; Allen G. Burgess
Call Number: e-book
ISBN: 1118419847
Publication Date: 2013-03-20
Arranged according to the primary intent of the criminal, the Crime Classification Manual, Third Edition features the language, terms, and classifications the criminal justice system and allied fields use as they work to protect society from criminal behavior.
Criminological Theory by Richard A. Ball; J. Robert Lilly; Francis T. Cullen
Call Number: Basement HV6018.L55
ISBN: 9781412981453
Publication Date: 2010-11-17
This thoroughly revised edition covers traditional and contemporary theory within a larger sociological and historical context and now includes new sources that assess the empirical status of the major theories, as well as updated coverage of crime control policies and their connection to criminological theory.