- Article Indexes and Databases

Major ADJ Databases
- subscribed to by GMU 

Criminal Justice Abstracts (1968-present)           

Provides comprehensive coverage of the major journals in criminology and related disciplines, extensive coverage of books, and unparalleled access to reports from government and nongovernmental agencies.

HeinOnline (coverage varies)

Has two online library collections: an image-based Law Journal Library collection, which contains nearly 370 of the top academic legal periodicals, as well as the Federal Register Library, which is also image-based and contains pre-1981 coverage of the United States Federal Register.

Index to Legal Periodicals and Books (1981-present)

Articles from legal journals, yearbooks, institutes, bar association organs, law reviews, and government publications originating in the US, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

LexisNexis Academic (coverage varies)

Provides access to a wide range of news (includes New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times), business (company news, industry forecasts), government (legislative news, tax information), legal (news, case law) and reference information.

Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) (1972-present)

Database chronicling global public policy and social issues.  Provides selective subjects and bibliographic access to periodicals, books, hearings, reports, gray literature, government publications, Internet resources, and other publications from 120 countries.

Sociological Abstracts (1963-present)

The premier online resource for researchers, professionals, and students in sociology and related disciplines. Contains citations and abstracts from over 2000 journals.

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Other Related Databases
- subscribed to by GMU

CQ Researcher (1991-present)

Analytical reporting on the most current and controversial issues of the day. Provides an overview of the subject, including the historical background and a discussion of the current controversies and initiatives.

Dissertation Abstracts (1861-present)

The complete range of academic subjects appearing in dissertations accepted at accredited institutions.

InfoTrac OneFile  (coverage varies)

One-stop source for articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, health care, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, and many general interest topics.

Ingenta (1988-present)

A database of current article information taken from over 25,000 multidisciplinary journals. Contains brief descriptive information for over 7 million articles.

ProQuest Research Library (coverage varies)

Covers more than 1,800 periodicals on a wide variety of topics, plus current coverage of articles from newspapers.

Social Sciences Citation Index (1980-present)

A multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts for over 60% of the articles, covering the journal literature of the social sciences.

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Public Domain Databases

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)

NCJRS Abstracts Database provides summaries from more than 160,000 criminal justice publications including Federal, State, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research.

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)

The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) preserves and distributes computerized crime and justice data from Federal agencies, state agencies, and investigator initiated research projects to users for secondary statistical analysis.

Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database (Records cover the late 1960s to the present)

This is an interdisciplinary, searchable database of 100,000 records on alcohol abuse and alcoholism.

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information

A searchable database of 25,000 articles, reports, book chapters and books on child abuse and neglect and child welfare issues.