Criminology & Law Resources

This guide includes current print and electronic criminal and legal resources for general research. Contact a librarian for more information or for help with specific topics. Guides for selected criminology and law courses may be available from the Subject & Course Guides page.

Book Collections | Periodicals & Databases | Websites | Citation
Book Collections
Use the Catalog to find books in the libraries' circulating collection, as well as reference sources, government documents, and other materials.

Library Catalog Keyword Subject Author Title
    Limit to: Print Books  E-books  Audio/Visual 

Print Reference Books

• Black's Law Dictionary
  Leesburg and South Lake Campuses
  Ref KF156 .B53
  
  
• Criminal Justice and Criminology: Concepts and Terms
  South Lake Campus
  UCF Ref HV7411 .C74 2002
  
  
• Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment
  South Lake Campus
  UCF Ref HV6017 .E524 2002
  
  
• Encyclopedia of Crime & Justice
  Leesburg and South Lake Campuses
  Ref HV6017 .E52 2002
  
  
• Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law
  Leesburg and Sumter Campuses
  Ref KF387 .G27 2003
  
  
• Oxford Companion to American Law
  South Lake Campus
  Ref KF154 .O96 2002

Online Books

To access online books, login using your X-ID and PIN number (last four digits of your Social Security number).

• The following titles and many more are available from NetLibrary through the LINCC Catalog
• • American Law in a Global Context: The Basics
  • The Costs of Crime and Justice
  • Encyclopedia of Supreme Court Quotations
  • Feeding the Fear of Crime: Crime-Related Media and Support for Three Strikes
  • Improving Evaluations of Anti-Crime Programs
  • Nolo's Encyclopedia of Everyday Law Answers to Your Most Frequently Asked Legal Questions
  
  
• The Digital Collection from Greenwood Electronic Media available through the LINCC Catalog provides a large quantity of electronic titles on a variety of subjects. Some titles include:
• • Handbook of Organized Crime in the United States
  • Landmark Supreme Court Cases
  • Racial Issues in Criminal Justice
  • A Vision of American Law
  
  
• The following titles are available from the Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection
• • The Oxford Companion to American Law
  • Oxford Dictionary of Law
  • The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
  • The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions
  
  
• The Virtual Reference Library includes the following titles:
• • Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice
  • Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law

Periodicals & Databases

Magazines, newspapers and journals are available in print at all LSCC libraries and through online databases.

Finding Articles

Databases provide indexes for articles on a large variety of topics. LSCC provides access to a large number of databases on a range of topics. You can access databases alphabetically or by clicking on the subject categories below.

• General Databases provide articles on a wide variety of disciplines and usually provide sufficient information for most general research
  
  
• Law & Public Affairs Databases will provide articles about specific criminal and legal topics and will help you with more in-depth research.

To access LSCC Databases, login using your X-ID and PIN number (last four digits of your Social Security number).

Finding Magazines, Journals and Newspapers

If you know the name of a specific periodical, the Journal Finder search box below will tell you if it is available at one of the LSCC Libraries or through one of the databases.

Find Journal by Title:

Websites

Associations & Organizations

• American Bar Association
• Florida Bar Association

Government Sites

• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Florida Supreme Court
• Supreme Court of the United States
• United States Department of Justice

Primary Sources

• Florida Statutes
• Thomas Legislative Database (Library of congress)
• United States Supreme Court Opinions

Resources

• Death Penalty Information Center
• FindLaw
• Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service: Topic Index
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics

Web Directories

• Criminal Justice Links (FSU)
• The Florida Lawyer
• Heiros Gamos: Worldwide Legal Directory
• Internet Legal Research Group

Citation

Remember, plagiarism is a serious violation of LSCC's Academic Integrity policy, so you must cite any idea or direct quote imported from an outside source. The links below provide citation examples and formatting instructions.

• For APA and MLA citation styles, refer to the libraries' Citation Center for printable guides and other help with documentation. Ask a librarian for additional assistance.
• For other documentation styles, the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides good examples and instruction.