LibGuides: CRJ 410: White Collar Crime

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UNLV Libraries Research Databases

Criminal Justice Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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1960-
Journal articles in criminology and related disciplines.
Provides comprehensive coverage of the major journals in criminology and related disciplines.
Criminology and Criminal Justice This link opens in a new window
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1950-
Journal articles focused on criminal justice, juvenile delinquency and justice, family & domestic violence and more.
This criminology collection includes the full text of 24 journals published by Sage and participating societies. It covers such subjects as criminal justice, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, corrections, penology, policing, forensic psychology, and family and domestic violence.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
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Searchable articles from academic and professional journals and magazines covering every academic discipline.
Update frequency: Updated daily
This excellent one-stop resource lets you search citations and summaries by keyword and then instantly retrieve the full text of articles from journals online. The Get Text button helps you locate any article without linked full text in alternate online sources or in UNLV's print journal collection.
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
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Regional newspapers and broadcast television transcripts.
Newspaper Source provides full text coverage for 40 national and international newspapers including USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, The Times (London), and The Toronto Star. Selected full text is offered from more than 330 regional newspapers including The Buffalo News, Orange County Register, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Chronicle, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Full text transcripts are available from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, National Public Radio, and more.
US Newsstream This link opens in a new window
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1980s-
Searchable current and recent articles from newspapers, including Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
Full text of articles from major national newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, USA Today. Also included are the New York Times Book Review, the New York Times Magazine, and the Las Vegas Review Journal.
Las Vegas Review Journal (NewsBank) This link opens in a new window
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1996-
Full text of articles, not including images.

Evaluating Info/Scholarly vs. Popular

CRAAP Test
Handout describing how to evaluate information using a method known as the CRAAP test.
Distinguishing Source Types
Learn criteria for differentiating between common source types.

Examples of Articles

Government-Related White Collar Crime & Organized Crime Resources

FBI--White Collar Crime
The Measurement of White-Collar Crime Using Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Data
National Criminal Intelligence Resource Center: White Collar Crime & Identity Theft
FBI: Reports & Publications--"On White Collar Crime" Section
FBI: Organized Crime
Department of Justice: Organized Crime and Gang Section
FBI.gov: Famous Cases & Criminals
Includes links to info on organized crime & white collar crime.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force
Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT)
National White Collar Crime Center
Not technically a government .gov link, but the organization's website contains a lot of good publications and resources.

American Greed Video!

Check Out the Library Catalog for Books & E-Books!

Search the library catalog by keyword, by subject, and more!

A Few Subject Examples:

	Commercial crimes -- United States
	Employee theft -- Investigation -- United States
	Employee crimes -- United States
	Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- United States
	Industries -- Security measures -- United States
	Employees -- Crimes against -- United States
	White collar crime investigation -- United States Organized crime

Check Out a Few Examples of Books!

Info about ebooks!

The UNLV Library Catalog includes links to complete books that are available online through ebrary, EBSCO, Springer eBooks, and other publishers. Or you can search these individual collections of electronic books:

Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
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Digital copies of more than 30,000 complete books, reports and other resources covering all academic subject areas.
Books and other materials are arranged in five main subject areas - business and economics, career and general education, computers, engineering and applied sciences, humanities, social/behavioral sciences and life/physical sciences. The ebrary reader is required to view books and can be downloaded for free from ebrary. A free account is needed In order to access some features (i.e. saving notes and highlights).
Ebsco eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
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Digital copies of more than 3,000 complete books, reports and other resources covering all academic subject areas.
Browse e-books for quick research and reference or create a free account to check out items, create notes, and list favorites.

Check Out UNLV Libraries' Quiick Search!

Type your keywords in the Quick Search box!

http://library.unlv.edu

When to use Quick Search:

When you are first starting your research
For background information on your subject
For current and peer-reviewed journal articles
As an alternative to Google - easy searching but with more credible results

CRJ 410: White Collar Crime