Databases for Criminal Justice/Legal
Recommended Databases
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Scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text databases accessed in one search.
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Select Criminal Justice Collection Criminal Justice Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines on topics in criminal justice and related fields. Key subjects covered in the database include law, law enforcement, security, and terrorism.
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Films on Demand collection of over 1300 Criminal Justice Videos
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Find information on criminal issues, law enforcement issues, cybercrime, airport security, U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and more.
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More than 550 titles More than 930 volumes More than 325,000 pages Nearly 500 scholarly articles* CRS Reports Congressional hearings Legislative histories Extensive bibliography plus links to external resources *Users must subscribe to HeinOnline’s Law Journal Library in order to access scholarly article content.
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Provides free access to a variety of legal information, including cases, organized by jurisdiction and subject area.
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US Supreme Court Cases & Opinions from Justia & US Court Forms & Oyez.
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SocINDEX with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database.
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Search court cases, Law Journals, and more legal resources. Westlaw offers a free Paralegal Certification.
Other Databases
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A not-for-profit group at Cornell University Law School.
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Classic media periodicals that belong in the public domain for full public access.
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Aggregates statistical data from thousands of sources into one simple search including market researchers, trade organizations, scientific journals, and government databases.
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War and Terrorism Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines of interest to analysts, risk management professionals, and students of military science, history, and social science. The database offers balanced coverage of both historic and contemporary topics in the fields of war and terrorism.
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Federal Government Resources
- Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
Presentation of the Library of Congress.
- Charters of Freedom
Images of the Constitution and other foundational documents for the United States.
- Code of Federal Regulations
The codification (arrangement by subject) of all the rules and regulations published by federal agencies. Search or browse the CFR via this web site.
- Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789 - (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
Library of Congress American Memory project.
- Federal Judicial Center
Education and research agency for the federal courts.
- Regulations.gov
Source for U.S. government regulations and related documents.
- THOMAS (Library of Congress)
Legislative information.
- United States Courts
Official government web site of the United States Federal Courts system.
- US Sentencing Commission
Independent agency within the judicial branch of the U.S. government.
- GPO Home Page
Produced by the U. S. Government Printing Office, this is an excellent source for government information including legislative, judicial and executive resources.
Websites Related to Law
- Code of Federal Regulations
Legal Information Institute (LII), Cornell University Law School.
- Constitutional Law
Legal Information Institute (LII), Cornell University Law School
- Death Penalty Information Center
A non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment." Listed are executions, state by state information, issues, DPIC reports, news.
- FindLaw
Free legal information on the Internet.
- FSU College of Law - Research Center
This file contains opinions issued in Florida Supreme Court cases decided since July 1985 and the briefs filed in those cases. Briefs for cases decided without an opinion are not included.
- GovTrack.us: Tracking the U.S. Congress
Searching and tracking of legislation.
- JURIST: Legal News and Research
Web-based legal news and real-time legal research service. University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
- LII: Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School
A not-for-profit group at Cornell Universiy Law School.
- State Legislative History: Research Guides
State by state research guides with links. Compiled by Indiana University School of Law Library, Bloomington
- U.S. Code
Legal Information Institute (LII), Cornell University Law School.
- Oyez Project
U.S. Supreme Court oral argument recordings, case abstracts, and other information.
State Government Resources
- Florida Online Sunshine
Official internet site of the Florida legislature.
Professional Organizations
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