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Try searching your criminologist's name in quotes.
- Gale OneFile: Criminal JusticeIncludes more than 250 journals on law and criminology from Gale Academic OneFile and General OneFile.
- Sociological AbstractsAbstracts and citations to articles in journals in sociology, family studies, women's studies, and related social sciences, as well as abstracts to dissertations, conference proceedings, and books, covering 1952-present.
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Find Encyclopedia Entries
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- Oxford Reference OnlineSearch hundreds of e-books at once for introductory information on research topics. Oxford Reference also offers detailed searchable timelines.
- Gale Ebooks: Reference CollectionSearch hundreds of e-books at once for introductory information on research topics.
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Find Newspaper Articles
Try searching your criminologist’s name in quotes with the word obituary. If it’s a common name, add sociolog* or criminolog*
For example: “robert merton” obituary
- ProQuest Newsstand (Global Newsstream)Full-text access to US and international news sources. Includes coverage of The New York Times and The Times of London, plus hundreds of other news sources and news wires.
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