Resources for Pacific Seminar II

Reference Books

The library has a number of reference books of potential use for research in this area. For example:

• Atlas of Crime: Mapping the Criminal Landscape.
  REF HV 6783 A85
• Encyclopedia of American Public Policy.
  REF JK 468 P64 J33
• Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice.
  REF HV 6017 E52
• Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment.
  REF HV 6017 E524
• Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice.
  REF HV 9104 E58
• Encyclopedia of Modern American Social Issues.
  REF HN 57 K73
• Encyclopedia of Psychology.
  REF BF 31 E52
• International Encyclopedia of Social & Behavioral Sciences.
  REF H 41 I58
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  REF B 51 R68

Reference Databases

• CQ Public Affairs Collection
• CQ Researcher Online
• Gale Virtual Reference Library

Books

Using PacifiCat, search by combining keywords such as “crime and justice” or “California and capital punishment.”

Articles

The same keywords you used to search for books may be too broad or inclusive when searching for journal articles, and as a result you may retrieve too many articles or items that appear irrelevant to your topic. Try to think of synonyms or related terms that more significantly describe your topic. For example, crime is a broad term. A better keyword might be or murder or homicide or rape or white collar. Punishment is also a broad term. Try instead terms such as capital punishment. Torture or war crimes are keywords in current news. Searching with the “correct” keywords is an important step in finding good articles.

Use the following databases to find scholarly articles on your topic:

• Academic Search Complete
• JSTOR
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service (U.S. Department of Justice)
• Philosopher’s Index.
• Social Services Abstracts.
• Sociological Abstracts.

Reliable Websites

Web sources you can trust!

• Almanac of Policy Issues.
• Center for Law and Social Policy.
• The Electronic Policy Network: Moving Ideas.
• National Center for Policy Analysis.
• Pew Research Center.
• Public Policy Institute of California.
• Urban Institute.