For more information about Law and Criminal Justice resources, contact Linda Kopecky.
Contents: Databases | Guides | Web Sites
- Academic Search
- 1984-present; indexes over 3,400 scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers in the areas of business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education, and multi-cultural studies. Full-text is available for 2,000 journals starting with January 1985. Guide
- Criminal Justice Abstracts
- 1968-present; abstracts and citations of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines. Guide
- Index to Legal Periodicals & Books
- 1981- present; indexes over 970 legal periodicals and some 2,000 law books, including law reviews, bar association journals, and institutes in all areas of jurisprudence. Guide
- IngentaConnect [Formerly Carl Uncover]
- Current; free abstracting service covering over 29,000 scholarly journals in many academic fields including engineering, library science, medicine, science, and technology. Full-text of selected journal articles is available to signed in UWM users. Individual users can order articles for a fee. Free e-mail alert service is also available. Guide
- LexisNexis Academic [Formerly Academic Universe]
- Dates vary; full-text of over 4,000 current events/news publications, legal and government information, and business news and corporate information. Guide
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
- 1972-present; citations and abstracts to federal, state, and local government documents, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research in the field of criminal justice. Some publications are available in full text.
- PAIS International [Public Affairs Information Service]
- 1972-present, with a separate PAIS Archive for 1915-1976; provides access to literature on world public affairs, public and social policies, international relations, and world politics. Indexes more than 3,600 journals, books, government documents, statistical resources, research reports of public and private organizations, pamphlets, and selected Internet materials; updated quarterly. Guide
- Readers' Guide Full Text
- 1983-present; indexes over 360 popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada. Includes current events, news, and many other subject areas. Full-text is available for most journals starting with January 1994. Guide
- Social Sciences Full Text
- 1983-present; indexes more than 600 international, English-language periodicals in sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, political science, and law. Full-text is available for 169 journals starting with January 1995. Guide
- Westlaw Campus
- Full-text access to law cases, federal and state, legal subject guides, law reviews, statutes and administrative materials, legislative materials and legal encyclopedias. Guide
For more information on finding resources, see the following guides.
To find books and other materials in the library, use PantherCat, the online library catalog (guide).
Criminal Justice
- Criminal Justice Links
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Global Report on Crime and Justice
- National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
- National Household Survey on Drug Abuse
- U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
- U.S. Department of Justice
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Law
United States
- Federal Courts Finder (Emory Law Library)
- GPO Access
- Westlaw Campus
- Thomas (Legislative Information on the Internet)
Wisconsin
- Milwaukee City Charter and Code Ordinances
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Court (Wisconsin)
- WisBar Legal Research
- Wisconsin Administrative Code & Register
- Wisconsin Court System
- Wisconsin State Legislature
- Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
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