Research Guides: Library Resources for College Now Students &amp; Faculty: Law &amp; Public Safety Research

Best Library Tools for Law & Public Safety Topics

Below are the best library resources for law and public safety topics. Remember there are librarians available to help you with locating materials or conducting research. The Ask a Librarian box will connect you to the library for immediate assistance.

JCCC Library Tools - For JCCC Enrolled Students, Faculty & Staff

Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
Academic OneFile is a large database with broad subject coverage, containing many full-text articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals in numerous disciplines, magazine articles, and news from national and international sources including full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.
CQ Researcher Online This link opens in a new window
Provides background information on controversial social and environmental topics. CQ Researcher is noted for its award-winning in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the economy.
Criminal Justice Database This link opens in a new window
Criminal Justice Database is a comprehensive database supporting research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. As well as U.S. and international scholarly journals, it includes correctional and law enforcement trade publications, dissertations, crime reports, crime blogs and other material relevant for researchers or those preparing for careers in criminal justice, law enforcement and related fields.
Gale Criminal Justice This link opens in a new window
Gale Criminal Justice informs the research process for researchers who are studying law, law enforcement, or terrorism, training for paralegal service, preparing for a career in homeland security, delving into forensic science, investigating crime scenes, developing policy, going to court, writing sociological reports, and much more. Gale Criminal Justice makes research easy by bringing together information from more than 250 journals.
Legal Collection This link opens in a new window
Containing full text for more than 300 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals, this database is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world. Legal Collection offers information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment and much more.
Nexis Uni (LexisNexis) This link opens in a new window
News, legal resources, and business information available in full text format. Includes many international and non-English news sources.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Features the social issues book series published by Greenhaven Press as well as other reference sources such as overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. A major strength is the pairing of essays representing contrasting views on current social issues.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Over 1 million statistics from over 600 areas of study, including: marketing data, consumer data, revenue figures, and trends.
Summon - Advanced Search This link opens in a new window
Searches the entire JCCC Library catalog, including online and print holdings.

State of Kansas Library Tools - Free to All

Ebsco MasterFile
Contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.
Issues & Controversies
Provides reports that explore hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture.

Blue Valley Schools Library Resources

American Government
Primary and secondary sources pertaining to American government
EbscoHost - Off Campus
Global Issues in Context
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Features the social issues book series published by Greenhaven Press as well as other reference sources such as overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. A major strength is the pairing of essays representing contrasting views on current social issues.