Featured Databases

CQ Historic Document Series
Covers over 30 years of significant government documents including presidential speeches, international agreeements, Supreme Court decisions, governmental reports, etc.
(Available to KSU authorized users)

CQ Researcher
Presents reports on current issues  of the day, such as health care, education, the environment, etc.

CQ Weekly
Reports on all activity of the United States Congress.

Criminal Justice Abstracts
Contains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations, and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines.
(Available to KSU authorized users)

Criminal Justice Periodical Index (1981 - Current)
Indexes 175 publications in the field of criminal justice. Emphasis is on practical rather than theoretical material. Includes abstracts for all entries and full text for 45 titles. Updated weekly.
(Available to KSU authorized users)

Legal Collection
Offers full text for nearly 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals. Off-campus access is also available.
(Available to KSU authorized users)

Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe
An important service providing News, Business, Legal Research, and Medical information. Off-campus access is also available.
(Available to KSU authorized users)

Oxford Reference Online
Contains entries from over 100 major discipline-related dictionaries and other publications from Oxford University Press. Coverage includes the sciences, foreign languages, art and architecture, politics, business, literature and more. Off-campus access is also available.
(Available to KSU authorized users)

Supreme Court Yearbook Online (1989 - Current)
The Supreme Court Yearbook provides valuable in-depth coverage and analysis of every decision from the nation's highest court, including case summaries of every opinion written during each Supreme Court term, essays on the most significant cases from each year and the trends in each term, as well as useful tables and figures on voting patterns and trends in constitutional law.
(Available to KSU authorized users)

Internet Sites

AllLaw
American Correctional Association
American Police Hall Of Fame & Museum C-Span Video Library
Community Policing Consortium
COPS: Community Oriented Policing Services
Financial Crimes Enforcement Center
Findlaw: Internet Legal Resources
Justice Technology Information Network
National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics
National Institute of Corrections
NCJRS: National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Ohio Revised Codes
Police: List of Resources
Prison Activist Resource Center
U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Correctional Education
United States Parole Commission
World's Most Wanted

Local Resources

Justice Studies Libguide

Law and Criminal Justice Bibliography

Books and Audio/Visual Materials in KentLINK ...
with a subject heading of justice

Periodicals in KentLINK ...
with a subject heading of justice--periodicals

Books and Audio/Visual Materials in OhioLINK ...
with a subject heading of justice

Periodicals in OhioLINK ...
with a subject heading of justice--periodicals

Electronic Journals for Politics, Political Science, and Law

Kent Campus Department of Justice Studies Web Page