Jung-Kellogg Learning Center: Behavioral Science: Reference Databases & Websites

Reference Databases

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO)
Indexes over 25,000 encyclopedia entries.
Environmental Studies (formerly GREENR)
Provides news, overview information, video, unique commentaries, primary source documents, and statistics in the research areas of sustainability and the environment.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
(NCJRS) contains summaries of over 180,000 criminal justice publications, including federal, state and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles and unpublished research.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
An excellent reference work on philosophy. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy organizes scholars from around the world in philosophy and related disciplines to create and maintain an up-to-date reference work.

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS): Quick access to a variety of data including crimes and victims, criminal offenders, law enforcement, courts and sentencing, prosecution, corrections, federal justice, expenditures and employment, etc.
Data.gov: access to government datasets for your own analysis Statistical Abstract of the United States
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data: This page from the University of Michigan contains data sets on a variety of topics that can be downloaded and analyzed. Guides are available for each resource.

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