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Research Databases: Criminal Justice, Government, & Law

Off-campus access: the system will prompt you to enter your 14-digit library barcode number located on the back of your college ID/library card. No college ID or library card? Request a college ID or library card barcode number.

Articlesselect to expand list

  • Military Database
    (ProQuest) Covers topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering. Included are scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more. Also searchable as part of the ProQuest SciTech Premium Collection.
  • Military & Government Collection
    (EBSCO) Full-text journal articles and magazines on military and political topics, plus books, reports, government documents, etc.
  • Academic Search Complete
    (EBSCO) A scholarly multi-disciplinary database that provides full text, indexing, and abstracts of articles, videos and images from journals, magazines, and newspapers.
  • Gale OneFile: Criminal Justice
    (Gale) Comprehensive periodical content for researchers studying law, law enforcement, forensic science, terrorism, and more.
  • JSTOR 
    (Ithaka Harbors) Includes full text back issues of selected peer-reviewed journals in a wide range of humanities and social science fields.
  • Gale OneFile: War and Terrorism
    (Gale) Gain valuable insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale.
  • Gale OneFile: Military and Intelligence
    (Gale) Search scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of past and present military affairs. Updated daily.
  • Public Health Database
    (ProQuest) With journals, news, trade publications, reports and more, covers a wide variety of disciplines ranging from social sciences and biological sciences to business. Subject coverage includes fitness, nutrition, population studies, social services, environmental studies, and industrial health and safety. Can also be searched as part of ProQuest Health Research Premium Collection.
  • Gale OneFile: Contemporary Women's Issues
    (Gale) Find timely and historically relevant content on issues that influence women’s lives across the globe.
  • Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies
    (Gale) Access a range of periodical content to explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community.
  • Project MUSE 
    (Johns Hopkins University Press) Full-text articles from "over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals."
  • TOPICsearch
    (EBSCO) Current events database: over 100,000 articles from diverse sources & points of view, on important social/political/economic issues.
  • Race Relations Abstracts
    (EBSCO) Peer-reviewed research in ethnic studies, immigration, and discrimination. Indexing & abstracts (summaries) only. Search for publication title in the Full-Text Finder for availability of articles.
  • Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture and Law
    (Hein Online) Contains an extensive collection of essential legal materials (court cases, trials, statutes, etc.) on along with books, sermons, slave narratives, speeches, periodicals, pamphlets, poems & songs, and much more from the 18th century through the 20th century.

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  • Credo Reference
    (Credo) Includes materials from over 650 reference books on a variety of topics in higher education, including art, business, history, languages, literature, science, criminal justice, and political science.
  • eBook Collection
    (EBSCO) E-books on a full range of topics. Visit EBSCO's instructions on how to read on a mobile device. Create a free account to download to your device.  
    Apple iOS App Icon  Google Android App Icon
    Bluefire App Directions for EBSCO eBooksDownload books to your device using Adobe Digital Editions.
  • Ebook Central
    (ProQuest) Over 100,000 ebook titles covering a full range of academic topics. General reference works are also included. Mobile-friendly site.
    Bluefire App Directions for EBSCO eBooksDownload books to your device using Adobe Digital Editions.
  • Gale eBooks
    (Gale) Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources within the Gale eBooks platform. For multidisciplinary research.
  • Gale Legal Forms 
    (Gale) View, add to, and print Texas legal forms in such areas as wills, leases, and divorces.
  • Texas Reference Center
    (EBSCO) Over 80 full-text journals and books on Texas history, culture, and life, biographies of important Texans, and more.

U.S. & Texas: Laws & Statisticsselect to expand list

  • U. S. Code - free web
    (U.S. House of Representatives) United States Laws.
  • Federal Register - free web
    (National Archives and Records Administration) Official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents - 1994 to present.
  • Texas Statutes - free web
    (State of Texas) Texas laws.
  • Handbook of Texas - free web
    (Texas State Historical Association) Full-text, brief article entries about Texas history & geography.
  • Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture and Law
    (Hein Online) Contains an extensive collection of essential legal materials (court cases, trials, statutes, etc.) on along with books, sermons, slave narratives, speeches, periodicals, pamphlets, poems & songs, and much more from the 18th century through the 20th century.

Videoselect to expand list

  • Academic Video Online: Premium 
    (Alexander Street Press) Full-length videos on various topics, documentaries, instructional materials and limited historical news reports.
  • Films on Demand
    (Films Media Group) High-quality, educational streaming video from companies such as Films for the Humanities, BBC, and PBS.
Link to Databases by Title Search for magazines, newspapers, and journals by title Find Databases by Subject

  1. Search the Library Catalog. Request any circulating items not in your local library using the "Place Hold" button. Login with your 14-digit library barcode number and PIN.
  2. Looking for a specific article? Search the Full Text Finder for newspaper, magazine, or journal titles.
  3. Search WorldCat to find books and articles from libraries worldwide, then apply at your local library for a TexShare card to borrow them directly or request specific books and articles through interlibrary loan.

 

TexShare databases Selected databases are funded, in part, through TexShare, a division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, utilizing grant funds provided by the US Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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