International Criminal Justice
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URSUS, available on Mariner, is the University of Maine System’s shared online catalog.
FIND ARTICLES
CJPI -- Criminal Justice Periodicals [Mariner] Full-text articles and index for the field.
LexisNexis Academic [Mariner] European Union, Canadian and other law as well as law reviews, articles from international newspapers and brief country profiles.
Academic Search Premier [Mariner] Full-text articles and index for scholarly and popular periodicals.
New York Times Historical [Mariner] America’s newspaper of record. Exact reproductions of entire issues of The New York Times from its first issue in 1851 up to the last two to three years. For current coverage, use LexisNexis Academic, ProQuest Newspapers, or the New York Times link.
New York Times [Mariner] Index to and full text coverage from 1999 to the present.
ProQuest Newspapers [Mariner] Like LexisNexis Academic: full-text articles and indexing to US and international newspapers above New York Times Historical) and 1955-2003 in microfilm or paper.
New York Times Article Archive [Mariner] Indexing for The New York Times from 1851 to the present.
Sociological Abstracts [Mariner] Comprehensive and international index that covers literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences including criminology.
PAIS [Mariner] Public policy including criminal justice.
Contemporary Women’s Issues [Mariner] Articles on issues related to women’s lives in 190+nations.
Social Sciences Index 1974-2003 [Index tables]
JSTOR [Mariner] Digital archive of core scholarly journals in arts, humanities, general science and social
sciences. Historical collection covering complete run of each journal from its inception to generally
2-5 years ago.
REFERENCE SOURCES
Europa World Year Book [Ref JN 1 .E85] Extensive surveys of nations and territories of the world covering history, economics, government, social welfare, education, etc., as well as statistical data and directory of government, business and other organizations. Also, background and information on international organizations.
Statesman’s Yearbook [Ref JA 51 .S7] Background on countries of the world includes history, economy, politics, social institutions, key issues and statistics. Directory of international organizations.
Whitaker’s Almanac [Ref JA 51 .W91] Brief surveys of countries; main focus is the United Kingdom.
Countries and their Cultures [Ref GN 307 .C68] Cultures of the countries around the world.
Oxford Reference Online [Mariner] Reference sources.
A Short Guide to Writing About Social Science [Ref/Reserve H 91 .C78 2002] A paper writing guide for social science.
INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL STATISTICS
The Americas 1750-1993 [Ref HA 175 .M55]
Europe 1750-1993 [Ref HA 1107 .M5]
Africa, Asia & Oceania 1750-1993 [Ref HA 4675 .M552] Wide range of primarily economic data.
Demographic Yearbook [Ref HA 17 .D45]
Encyclopedia of Global Population & Demographics [Ref HB 871 .N43] Population statistics.
State of the World Atlas [Ref G 1021 .K46] Visual survey of political, economic and social trends.
Oxford Encyclopedic World Atlas [Ref G 1021 G417] Profiles and maps of every country and region of the world, including climate, vegetation and population maps.
State of Women in the World Atlas [Ref G 1046 .E1 S4] Status of women—health, work, marriage, contraception—around the world.
Illustrated Book of World Rankings [Ref HA 155 .K87] Scorecard ranking over 190 nations according to performance in over 300 areas.
Government on the Net [Ref ZA 4226 .E93] Non-US government and law links.
Encyclopedia of Africa [Ref DT 351 .E53]
Africana [Ref DT 14 .A37435] Culture and history of Africa as well as African-Americans.
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan [Ref DS 805 C36]
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia [Ref DS 805 J263]
Encyclopedia of China [Ref DS 705 .P47]
Modern China: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture and Nationalism [Ref JC 311 M54]
Eastern Europe & the Commonwealth of Independent States [Ref HC 244 .E225]
Criminal Justice Information: How to Find It, How to Use It [Ref HV 7419.5 C75] Guide to locating information in criminal justice research. Section on international aspects.
Criminal Justice Research in Libraries and on the Internet [Ref HV 7419.5 .N45] Guide to the organization of information in criminal justice, searching for library sources, Internet strategies, etc.
WEB SOURCES
See Katz Library Internet Resources for a list of Web directories @ http://www.uma.edu/libraries.html.
International Criminal Justice on the Internet http://www.cla.sc.edu/socy/faculty/deflem/ZINTCJ.htm Search tips and links.
World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wfcj.htm Describes criminal justice systems of countries throughout the world.
Justice Information Center http://www.ncjrs.org/ Extensive source of information on criminal and juvenile justice with a lengthy list of WWW sites on international criminal justice issues.
International Criminal Justice Resources http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/cjlinks/world.html Developed by the Florida State University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice with links to web sites dealing with all aspects of international criminal justice.
Comparative Criminal Justice http://www.sla.purdue.edu/people/soc/mdeflem/zcompcj.htm Chapter prepared for a book on criminal justice administration. Useful introduction to the subject.
United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network http://www.uncjin.org/ Electronic clearing-house for information on international crime prevention and criminal justice issues.
CIA World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html CIA publication for US government officials. Provides reference material on countries of the world.
Other international government Web sites include Foreign Government Resources on the Web http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/foreign.html and Governments on the Web http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/.