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EBSCOhost is the primary source for magazine, newspaper, and scholarly journal articles.
There are a variety of individual databases within EBSCOhost. For this assignment, the following databases (in order by relevance) are recommended:
These databases may be searched simultaneously. See the box below for more information on searching EBSCOhost.
Not sure how to use EBSCOhost? Use the following tutorials to help you get you started.
Consider the following tutorials for additional tips and tricks on using EBSCOhost databases.
EBSCOhost offers access to articles from magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals. For this assignment, you'll want to focus on scholarly, peer-reviewed journals.
To narrow your results to only scholarly peer-reviewed journals, complete a search, and on the results page check the Peer Reviewed box (sometimes labeled "Scholarly.")
Caution: This will limit your results to peer-reviewed journals. Some journals may publish non-peer reviewed items, such as letters to the editor, book reviews, or other items that haven't gone through the peer review process. Refer to the What is a scholarly article? tab of this guide for help determining if your article is peer-reviewed.
Below is a list of peer reviewed journals in EBSCOhost that may be useful for this assignment. You are not limited to these journals, but they are excellenct sources.
Title |
Full-text in EbscoHost/Academic Search Premier? |
Indexed in EbscoHost/Academic Search Premier (no-full text) |
Criminology |
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1992-present; available via Interlibrary Loan |
Social Problems |
|
2001 – present; available via Interlibrary Loan |
Social Forces |
1974-one year ago |
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Law and Society Review |
|
1990 – present; available via Interlibrary Loan |
Journal of Family Violence |
1997 – one year ago |
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Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology |
1993 – present |
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Journal of Drug Issues |
|
1990 – present; available via Interlibrary Loan |
Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice |
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2006 – present; available via Interlibrary Loan |
Journal of Interpersonal Violence |
|
1994 – present; available via Interlibrary Loan |
Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice |
|
1998- present; available via Interlibrary Loan |
Deviant Behavior |
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1999-present; available via Interlibrary Loan |
Crime & Delinquency |
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1975-present; ; available via Interlibrary Loan |
Contemporary Justice Review |
1999 – 18 months ago |
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American Sociological Review |
2004 – present (We also have print & microfiche copies of this 1982-2014) |
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American Journal of Criminal Law
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1997-present |