A thoroughly revised edition, providing full coverage of online sources, the techniques of electronic searching, and using the Internet, as well as traditional resources.
Library research has changed dramatically since Marilyn Lutzker and Eleanor Ferrall's Criminal Justice Research in Libraries was published in 1986. In addition to covering the enduring elements of traditional research, this new edition provides full coverage of research using the World Wide Web, hypertext documents, computer indexes, and other online resources. It gives an in-depth explanation of such concepts as databases, networks, and full text, and the Internet gets a full chapter. The chapters on bibliographic searching, the library catalog, and comparative research are almost completely new, and chapters on indexes and abstracts, newsletters, newspapers and news broadcasts, documents, reports and conference proceedings, and statistics reflect the shift to computerized sources. The chapter on legal resources discusses the wealth of legal information available on the Internet. This book is a valuable guide for both students and scholars wishing to research criminal justice.
Introduces the process of bibliographic research, and shows how to find the most appropriate information resources. Part I overviews how information is generated and communicated by criminal justice researchers and practitioners, and deals with bibliographic searching and the Internet. Part II gives practical advice on how and when to use sources such as abstracts, newspapers, and statistics. Part III discusses legal, forensic science, and historical research, and comparative research across countries. Includes a glossary and appendices. This revised edition reflects the information explosion of the last ten years. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
