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Criminal Justice 3110

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Words or topics to AND to your search “justice system” “law enforcement” legal crim*

truncation finds crime, criminal, criminality but probably not crimson or crimp (why?)

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race “justice system” United States

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minorities police society

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“ethnic minorities” prison Georgia

race AND “justice system” AND United States

(race OR minorities OR “ethnic minorities”) AND (police OR prison) AND Georgia

(race OR minorities) AND (“justice system” OR law) AND society

CQ Researcher plus Archive LexisNexis Criminal Justice Race Relations Abstracts Sociological Collection Legal Collection

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Race Relations Abstracts

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Sociological Collection

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crime and punishment

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Legal Collection

EBSCO search engine Contains information on current issues, studies,

thoughts, and trends of the legal world Offers full text for more than 250 law journals Topics include criminal justice, crime, ethics, and

racial/ethnic discrimination eBooks

FBI Crime Statisticshttp://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s

LibGuide for Statistical Resources – Crime & Justicehttp://clayton.libguides.com/statisticalresources

Books (Print and eBooks)http://gilfinduc.usg.edu/vufind/Search/Results?lookfor=%22%20Crime%20and%20race%22&type=Subject

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Evaluate your sourceshttp://clayton.libguides.com/research/evaluate

Avoid plagiarismhttp://clayton.libguides.com/research/plagiarism

Cite your sourceshttp://clayton.libguides.com/research/cite

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Questions?

Chris StotelmyerElectronic Resources Librarian

LiaisonCollege of HealthDepartment of Natural Sciences – Physical Science

Contact678-466-4347cstotelmyer@clayton.edu

Joan TaylorHead of Reference & Instructional Services

LiaisonDepartment of Social SciencesDepartment of Psychology

Contact678-466-4340joantaylor@clayton.edu