Use InterLibrary Loan (ILL) to obtain materials ISU does not own. ILL is a free service for ISU faculty, students, and staff and can be used to request books, articles, or other materials for academic work. If you need to use ILL, PLAN AHEAD. It takes time to locate and obtain the materials from other libraries.
This guide was created to give users a starting point to research issues pertinent to law enforcement; it is not an inclusive resource.
If you are not affiliated with Indiana State University; check with your local library for access to books, databases, and articles found on this site.
This guide was made possible by a sabbatical granted by Indiana State University.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a good source for evidence-based information, government resources, and previously published resources. The NCJRS sponsoring agencies publish hundreds of reports and other information products each year. The types of reports and their content are designed to meet the broad range of interests in the field and the audiences who use them.
Sage Criminology is research based and has information on a variety of topics and Sage publications. The full-text coverage includes criminal justice, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, corrections, penology, policing, forensic psychology and family and domestic violence. Coverage varies by journal, with some coverage starting in 1921.
Criminal Justice Abstracts is a collection with holdings from the early 1970s to the present, it indexes more than 170,000 publications, reports, articles, and audiovisual products from the United States and around the world. The resources include statistics, research findings, program descriptions, congressional hearing transcripts, and training materials.
