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Criminal Justice

Guide to library resources in criminal justice.

Westlaw

A leading legal research database, including the full-text of most U.S. laws and law review articles.

FindLaw

A free website, FindLaw includes the full-text of many U.S. law codes and court opinions.
Access to the full-text of court opinions may require registering for a free account.

Law Reviews

Westlaw provides access to the full-text of articles in dozens of law reviews.
Law Reviews are accessible under the Secondary Sources section of Westlaw.
Tips for Law Review articles in Westlaw:

Make sure to choose the Secondary Sources option and then Law Reviews
Law Review Articles are very long
Use the Email Icon or Save Icon options instead of printing.

Legal Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Westlaw provides several very useful titles under the Secondary Sources section, including the American Jurisprudence 2d encyclopedia of US law.

Websites

Finding More Legal Research on the Web

Use a web search engine like Google to search for more sites on your topic. Remember to evaluate the website very carefully.
Tip - Most web search engines have a feature like Google's Advanced Search that allows you to limit by "domain." Limiting to the .gov domain ensures all of your results will come from federal and state government sites.

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