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Looking for information on the juvenile justice system, a serial murderer, the 4th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States? This little publication will hopefully serve as a basic introduction to the literature of Criminal Justice – electronic and print, reference and main collection. This little brochure is meant to serve as an introduction to the resources available to you through Baldwin Library. Remember, if you have questions that this does not answer, you are always welcome to contact the library staff – we will be glad to work with you to solve your “informational problems.”

Books

The Library of Congress organizes material relating to Criminal Justice in this way

Call numbers beginning with	Have this as their primary subject
HN	Social history (includes social problems)
HV	Social pathology; social and public welfare
K	All aspects of United States Law
RA	Many of the topics relating to forensics are located here

It may be worth your time to browse the appropriate sections in the main collection upstairs as well as the Reference Collection on the main floor, but as a general rule, the most current information will be in the Reference Collection.

Reference Works on Criminal Justice at Baldwin Library – only a selected few listed here! All of these are in the Reference Collection

Crime in the United States REF HV 6787 .A3
Encyclopedia of law enforcement REF HV 7921 .E53 2005
Guns in American society REF HV 7436 .G8783 2002
Encyclopedia of crime and justice REF HV 6017 .E52 2002
Encyclopedia of terrorism REF HV 6431 .K883 2003
Encyclopedia of juvenile justice REF HV 9104 .E58 2003

Other books on criminal justice topics can be located using GIL, our on-line catalog (https://gil.abac.edu/). Possible search terms include juvenile justice, criminology, prisons, forensics, police, and crime.

Don’t ignore the e-books!!! GIL gives you access to a number of digital books through NetLibrary. You will find these e- books by searching GIL for your subject. There are NetLibrary books on a variety of topics that may be of use. In order to read these books off campus, you must set up a NetLibrary account while you are on campus.

GILExpress will let you request books that ABAC does not own from other University System of Georgia libraries. Interested? Ask one of the library staff for help.

GALILEO, Georgia’s Virtual Library (http://www.galileo.usg.edu/) , gives ABAC students access to many different research databases from every discipline. Often, the most difficult problem is choosing the best resources for your research interest. We often suggest the following databases for criminal justice resources. Find them by clicking on the Social Sciences tab

and then choosing Law and Criminology. The resulting list will give you some options. If you find an article citation and no full text, you may request the article from one of the librarians using a process called Interlibrary Loan. ILLs can take up to two weeks and is another reason not to leave your research until the last minute. If you are using GALILEO off campus, you may be asked for a password. Contact a member of the library staff for the one currently in use.

These are good databases in which to start your research. If you cannot find enough information in these, please feel free to talk to a librarian about your research.

Academic Search Complete – Try this one first. It’s the biggest database in GALILEO and has a little something on just about every topic.

Historical New York Times The is one of the United States’ “Newspapers of Record.” If it was important and it happened between 1851 – 2003, there will be an article in the NYTs. For more current newspaper sources, try LexisNexis.

INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections http://infomine.ucr.edu/ Many of the resources described here are paid subscriptions (and you will not be able to access them), which proves again that not everything on the ‘net is free.

Analysis and interpretation of the US Constitution? Try http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html for a copy of the 2002 edition of the government publication Constitution of the United States: analysis and interpretation 2002 edition and supplement.

Need study space?
There are eight study rooms located on the second floor of the Baldwin Library. Each of these rooms is equipped with a dry erase board, marker and an eraser. Rooms are available for use by our patrons on a first come, first served basis. Baldwin Library assumes no responsibility for items left unattended – watch your property, please! Room 308 Is the Honors Study room and is reserved for students in the Honors Program. Honors students should sign in at the front desk to obtain a key to this room and must return the key when leaving the library.

Copies and Printouts
Photocopies are made on the self service copier in Room 206. They are 10¢ each. Change for bills 10 dollars or smaller can be obtained at the front desk. Printouts from the GALILEO computers and the microfilm copier are free (limit of 5 documents per session, please).