Getting Started in the LibraryThis library guide points you in the direction of some basic library resources for completing library assignments and writing research papers in this course. Many of these resources are available from the library's homepage at http://www.lib.ipfw.edu/, so you may want to bookmark both the homepage and this guide.
Here are some resources to get you started:
Gaining an OverviewTo develop and refine your search, it often helps to consult a specialized dictionary, encyclopedia, handbook, textbook, guide, or bibliography. These tools are designed to offer an overview of your topic or research problem written by an expert. They may provide an historical perspective, a chronology of events, definitions of terms or concepts, or bibliographic references leading to the literature in a particular field of study. Many useful reference works are now available online. These handy e-reference collections are accessible via Find Resources By... Subject, Title, or Type on the library's homepage.
Selected Reference Works for this CourseResearch GuidesCriminal Justice Research in Libraries and on the Internet. (Bonnie R. Nelson) Rev. ed. Greenwood, 1997. (Reference HV7419.C73 N45 1997)
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries (background information)Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice. (2nd ed. Macmillan Reference USA, 2002. 4 vols. (Reference HV6017 .E52 2002) The most significant criminal justice encyclopedia, it has long signed articles with accompanying bibliographies providing information on concepts, theories, principles and research-related to criminal behavior and criminal justice legal issues.
Black's Law Dictionary: Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence Ancient and Modern. 7th ed. West, 1999. (Reference KF156 .B53 1999) This is the standard legal dictionary.
Crime and the Justice System in America. (Frank Schmalleger,ed.) Greenwood, 1997. (Reference HV6789 .C6884 1997) All entries are signed and include recommended reading.
Crime Dictionary. (Ralph DeSola) rev. and expanded ed. Facts on File, 1988. (Reference HV6025 .D43 1988) Brief definitions of terms used both by criminals and by law enforcement officials including abbreviations, initialisms, proper names and places, some legal and medical terms, nicknames of prisons.
Dictionary of American Penology. (Virgil L. Williams) Rev. and expanded edition. Greenwood, 1996. (Reference HV9304 .W54 1996) Terms, names of institutions and organizations, and articles on the correctional systems of each state are included along with lists of references and a statistical section on the characteristics of the criminal justice systems.
Encyclopedia of American Prisons. (Marilyn D. McShane and Frank P. William III,eds.) Garland, 1995. (Reference HV9471 .E425 1995) Signed articles with bibliographies focus on prisons and the correctional system. Includes the names of people, associations, and prisons.
Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior. (Clifton D. Bryant, ed.) Brunner-Routledge, 2001. 4v. (Reference HV6017 .E53 2001)
Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences. (Jay A. Siegel, ed.) Academic Press, 2000. 3v. (Reference HV8073 .E58 2000) Long, signed articles (or, in some cases, groups of articles) with many illustrations and some references for further reading cover collection, preservation, and analysis of evidence and presentation of expert testimony.
Encyclopedia of Police Science. (William G. Bailey, ed.) Garland, 1989. (Reference HV7901 .E53 1989) Purpose is to provide an introductory statement about a large number of topics. Signed articles include a list of sources.
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. (Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes, eds.) Elsevier, 2001. 26v. (Reference H41 .I58 2001)
West's Encyclopedia of American Law. West, 1998. 12 vols. (Reference KF154 .W47 1998) A major new multivolume encyclopedia aimed at a general audience. In addition to terms and concepts of U.S. law, it covers a "wide variety of persons, entities, and events that have shaped the U.S. legal system."
Searching IUCAT for Books and PeriodicalsSearch IUCAT Catalog (Indiana University's online library catalog), to find books and periodicals (scholarly journals, popular magazines, newspapers, and other serials), or library materials such as music CDs, electronic resources, and videos. Materials at the Fort Wayne Helmke Library are designated by the library location FORTWAYNE.
IUCAT searches from on-campus computers will show only materials held by the IPFW Fort Wayne Helmke Library. To search all IU libraries, choose ALL from the Select Library pull-down menu on the search screen.
Sometimes IUCAT will lead you to articles in periodicals, but the most efficient way to locate articles is to use a periodical database or index to search many periodicals simultaneously.
Learning about IUCATSave time in the long run by investing a half-hour with our interactive Searching IUCAT Tutorial. It is an easy way to grasp fundamental search techniques and try your hand at practice searches designed to reinforce your knowledge. Also check our other IUCAT Guides for help in using IUCAT to your best advantage.
Choosing the Type of SearchUse the default Basic Search search option to find important keywords or phrases in an IUCAT record, in any order. Choose this search when you are unsure of the exact author or title of works on your topic.
Choose the Begins With (Browse) option from the box labeled More IUCAT Searches to find words or phrases exactly as typed, letter-for-letter, searching from left to right. Choose this search to find known authors or titles. Step 1. Enter term(s) in Title, Author, or Keywords Anywhere search boxes.
Step 2. Under Library, leave Fort Wayne Helmke Library as default, or change to ALL.
Step 3. Click the Search button.
Keyword Search ExamplesKeywords Anywhere will search for words anywhere in a record. This search is the default when the Enter key is used instead of clicking the button.
Example: bioethics or medical ethics
Example: morrison toni (finds works by or about Toni Morrison)
Author will search for first or last names in any order in the author fields of a record. Included are personal names, organizations, agencies, corporations, conferences, etc.
Example: morrison toni (finds works by Toni Morrison, yields the same results as toni morrison)
Title will search for important words in the title. Do not use initial articles: a, the, la, das, etc.
Example: color purple (finds The Color Purple)
Example: hot tin roof (finds Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
Subject will search for important words in the official Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).
Example: american literature and (wom?n or feminis$)
Finding Periodicals in IUCATStep 1. Choose Periodical Title Search from the box labeled More IUCAT Searches.
Step 2. Enter the periodical title. Choose Keyword or Exact depending on the search you need.
Step 3. Select the correct record from the Search Results screen.
Step 4. In the IUCAT record look for the URL (for Electronic Resources available Online) or Holdings (for printed periodicals) to find what specific years and volumes are available at IUCAT's FORTWAYNE location.
Step 5. When the library owns the printed volumes you need, write down the call number and location. The call number and IUCAT Shelving Locations will help you determine where an item will be shelved in the library. Or if the resource is available online, follow the URL link to the full-text content.
Locating Books and Periodicals in the LibraryBooks, printed periodicals, and other library materials are shelved in Library of Congress Classification (LC) call number order. The call number and IUCAT Shelving Locations will help you determine on which floor of the library an item will be shelved.
Searching for Periodical ArticlesThe most efficient way of finding a high-quality periodical article , is to search a periodical database or index that provides descriptive abstracts, subject indexing, and often, the full-text content of articles. Check out the interactive Finding Articles Tutorial to learn the basics of choosing and searching the Academic Search Premier database. Below is a selection of databases useful for your course. For a complete list, see the library's Find Resources By... page. Select a resource by Subject, Title, or Type (choose Abstracts, Databases, & Indexes).
Databases for this Course
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
Content: | Provides abstracts and indexing of articles in nearly 8,000 popular magazines, scholarly journals, and major newspapers, updated daily, in a wide range of fields including business, education, science and technology, health sciences, humanities, and social sciences, with nearly 4,000 titles available full text. Limit to scholarly, peer-reviewed articles or full-text articles only, if desired. Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1975 or earlier, and most titles indexed from the 1990s. A complete list of titles covered is available. |
Access: | Database available to authorized IPFW users (on or off campus). Database available to authorized IPFW users (on or off campus). Other Indiana residents with an Internet service provider not based in Indiana (AOL, MSN, EarthLink, etc.) must first register for an INSPIRE password account. |
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LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis)
Content: | LexisNexis Academic provides full-text access or indexing and abstracting of nearly 6,000 information resources, covering a wide range of subjects including general and political news from U.S. and international sources, corporate news and financial information, industry and market news, federal and state law, law reviews, transcripts of Congressional hearings, medicine and health, state and country profiles, and biographical information. Provides access to major papers in the Guided News Search under General News > Major Papers, including the Christian Science Monitor (1980 to present), Los Angeles Times (current six months), New York Times (Final New York City ed.), including the New York Times Book Review and New York Times Magazine (1980 to present), and Washington Post (1977 to present). Full-text format is ASCII text without graphics. Updated daily. |
Access: | Database available to authorized IPFW users (on or off campus). |
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Sociological Abstracts (CSA)
Content: | Abstracts and indexes research literature from the fields of sociology and related disciplines such as anthropology, community development, demography, political science, social psychology, welfare services and women's studies. Documents included are articles from an international selection of journals and other serials many of which include cited references, and conference papers, books, and dissertations. Coverage begins in 1963 and is updated monthly. Over 1,700 journal titles are included. |
Access: | Database available to authorized IPFW users (on or off campus). IPFW library owns the printed index 1953-1992 (Reference HM1 .S76). IPFW's license allows an unlimited number of simultaneous users. |
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PsycINFO (CSA)
Content: | An international database treating psychology and related disciplines such as social work, psychiatry, pharmacology, medicine, nursing, education, law, linguistics and business. Items included are journal articles, books, book chapters, reports, theses and dissertations. Most citations contain abstracts and many include cited references. Coverage begins in 1887. Updated weekly. Documents included are articles in more than 35 languages from an international selection of more than 1,700 journals and other serials, and conference papers, books and dissertations. A journal list is contained in the database. |
Access: | Database available to authorized IPFW users (on or off campus). IPFW's license allows an unlimited number of simultaneous users. |
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Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection (CSA)
Content: | Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection includes the full-text of 15 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back twenty years, encompassing over 4,100 articles. It covers such subjects as Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence. The searchable database consists of bibliographic records (indexed summaries or abstracts) as well as the complete text of each journal article. Every bibliographic record in the Collection links to the appropriate full-text in PDF format. |
Access: | Database available to authorized IPFW users (on or off campus). |
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Primary and Secondary SourcesMost faculty ask students to use primary sources and peer-reviewed scholarly articles. Primary sources are original works of research or raw data without interpretation. Included among the primary sources are memos, letters, complete interviews or speeches, laws, regulations, court decisions or standards. and most government data. Secondary sources are interpretations of primary sources.
Is Your Article Scholarly or Popular?University instructors often ask students to use articles from scholarly journals rather than from popular magazines for their research assignments. The following Is Your Journal Scholarly? (PDF) summarizes major differences between scholarly journals and popular magazines. Which type of source have you located?
What about Full Text?Full text means that the text of the article is available in PDF or HTML digital format. Graphics and tables are not automatically included unless the database producer has rights to publish them. Many of the library's licensed databases offer the full-text content of periodical articles. IPFW students, faculty, and staff now have access to more than 20,000 full-text journals. Find them in E-Journal Finder.
When an article you need is not available full text in the database you are using, choose  to see all of your delivery options. You may be able to access the full-text content in another database, request the article from another library through Document Delivery Services, or make a photocopy of the article if the printed periodical is owned by Helmke Library.
When a Resource is Not Available in the LibraryRequest Delivery is an IUCAT feature that allows IPFW faculty, students, and staff to request materials held by other Indiana University Libraries and to have them delivered to Helmke Library (see the IUCAT Request Delivery Fact Sheet).
You may also request any item that is not available at Helmke Library through Document Delivery Services (DDS). DDS borrows books and provides photocopies of periodical articles from other library collections. The service is free for IPFW faculty, staff, and students.
Searching the InternetFor some information needs, the Internet may supplement library resources. To begin an Internet search, try one of the many search engines on our Internet Search site. One that works well is Google, which ranks results by number of links leading to a site. The section on Subject-Oriented Tools includes directories that have evaluated and selected sites for specific subject areas, such as the Librarians' Index to the Internet.
Because the World Wide Web is a massive, tangled directory of knowledge producers, research, facts, and entertaining tidbits of information, you must be critical about the material you find there. Quality and validity are not assured when anyone can publish anything, anytime, without the benefit of scholarly peer review. There are many useful guides and tutorials to help you understand how to navigate and evaluate Web sites, including Is Your Web Site Credible?
Finding Internet Sites for this CourseTo begin an Internet search, try one of the many search engines on our Internet Resources and Guides page. One that works well is Google, which ranks results by number of links leading to a site. The section on Subject-Oriented Tools includes directories that have evaluated and selected sites for specific subject areas, such as the Librarians' Index to the Internet. Or use the Helmke Library Ready Reference Center, the Alphabetical Listing of U.S. Government Internet Sites, or the Indiana Subject Index to enter the Web from selected links compiled by IPFW librarians.
Selected Criminal Justice SitesGovernment sources
Non-government sources
Style Guides and Useful Tools for WritingA variety of style guides are on reserve at the Service Desk on the first floor. These tools help you organize and write your paper, and format in-text references and bibliography lists. For more information, also see our Style, Publishing, & Writing Guides.
And Finally, Ask a LibrarianLibrarians and skilled information assistants are always available to assist you. Visit the Service Desk to meet an information assistant who will help you get started. You are welcome to make an appointment with Your Subject Librarian if you need more in-depth assistance.
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Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499
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