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Library Research Guide for Anthropology 196:
Violence, Crime and Punishment
DEVELOPING
A SEARCH STRATEGY
Search strategy is a library term for the process of finding information
in a logical, step-by-step manner. Using a search strategy insures that you
will find the information of material you need as quickly and efficiently
as possible.
Research Steps:
- Choose your topic
- Find background information
- Find books on your topic
- Find periodical articles
- Find networked resources or relevant Web sites
- Evaluate your sources
- Cite your sources
FINDING
BOOKS
Connect to the Cornell University Library Catalog
- The Cornell University Library Catalog includes the holdings of all of the libraries on the Ithaca campus, in addition to those of the Geneva Experiment Station. (The Medical College Library, located in New York City, has a separate catalog.) The catalog contains records for books, computer files, government documents, manuscripts and archives, maps, musical scores, periodicals, serials, sound recordings, and visual materials received and cataloged since 1973. There are also records for most pre-1973 items, and for items that are on order or in process.
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Understanding Library of Congress Call Numbers
Help
Using the Cornell Library Catalog
Also video versions: 
Finding
Books: Basic Search Guided
Keyword Search
Finding Videos
Library of Congress Classification
The Cornell University Library uses Library of Congress subject headings as the standard for subject searching. Unlike searching by keyword, where any term or wording of a topic can be entered into the computer, subject searching requires you to use the exact wording of an official Library of Congress subject heading in order to retrieve search results.
Some useful Library of Congress Subject Headings for this class are:
Finding Statistics
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics. Washington: National
Criminal Justice Information, 1973- .
Divided into six major sections, the source book includes characteristics
of the criminal justice systems, public attitudes toward crime and criminal
justice related topics, nature and distribution of known offenses, characteristics
and distribution of persons arrested, judicial processing of defendants, and
persons under correctional supervision. Much of the data comes from the FBI's
Uniform Crime Reports and the Bureau of Justice Statistics' Prisoners in State
and Federal Institutions. However, some of the data have been taken from sources
not previously available.
Available: (Uris Ref HV 7245 S72; also Olin Ref HV 6787 .S72+)
2001 report available online at http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/
Uniform Crime Report
- FBI
National crime statistics compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Available online: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
from 1995 on.
or in print: Olin Library HV6787 .A3 (1930-1997) Uris Library HV6787 .A3 (1952--1997)
Latest volume in Reference
Bureau of Justice Statistics - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
FINDING
PERIODICAL ARTICLES
| Periodical indexes
identify and locate articles in magazines, journals and newspapers.
Periodical indexes provide the authors, titles, and sometimes abstracts,
of relevant articles, along with the name of the periodical, volume,
pages and date. Some online periodical indexes also provide the full-text
of the article. When full-text articles are not provided, use
the Cornell Library Catalog to determine which library owns the periodicals
you need. For the complete list of indexes see the e-Reference
Collection. A selected list of indexes are below: |
Interdisciplinary
LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe.
e-Reference Collection or Library Catalog
An online database created for lawyers, businesses, and broadcast
and print news organizations. It contains the full text of a number
of large- and medium-size newspapers; transcripts of broadcast news
shows, interviews, and press conferences; local and state business publications;
wire services; some popular magazines; and legal materials. Since it
is updated daily, it is an excellent index to current topics and events,
as well as to reviews of plays, books, and films.
Periodical
Abstracts. Ann Arbor: UMI, 1986- .
e-Reference Collection or Library Catalog
Indexes and abstracts over 1600 general interest magazines and scholarly
journals including all the magazines in Reader's Guide and most
of the scholarly journals from Social Sciences Index, Humanities Index,
General Science Index. It also includes citations and abstracts to
selected television and radio programs. The Library subscribes to most
of the periodicals indexed. Holdings can be found easily since the titles
are linked to the online catalog. The full text of some transcripts from
the television and radio programs can be found by searching the Transcript
Files on LEXIS/NEXIS Academic Universe.
Subject Specific
Anthropology
Plus
e-Reference Collection or Library Catalog
Anthropology Plus brings together into one resource Anthropological
Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal
Anthropological Institute from the UK. Anthropology Plus provides extensive
worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited
works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological,
and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material
culture, and interdisciplinary studies.
Art
full text (WilsonWeb)
e-Reference Collection or Library Catalog
Indexes, abstracts and full-text from international periodicals, yearbooks,
and museum bulletins. Areas covered include archaeology, architecture,
art, film, humanities, marketing, motion pictures and photography.
Topics: Crime/violence in film and fiction
Keywords: Detective and crime films
International
political science abstracts (WebSpirs)
e-Reference Collection or Library Catalog
International Political Science Abstracts is a bibliographic database
that indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout
the world. The abstracts summarize the source articles.
Topics: war on drugs, drug cartels
Keywords: drugs or narcotics, colombia, Plan Colombia, war on drugs
Mass
media articles index (Penn State)
e-Reference Collection or Library Catalog
Indexes articles from the primary journals in mass media. The database
only includes articles from journals of other disciplines if they also
cover television. Only articles are indexed, not other items published
in the journals.
Topics: media representations of crime and violence
Keywords: media protrayal, crime, violence
MLA
bibliography (OCLC Web : 1963- ).
e-Reference Collection or Library Catalog
MLA bibliography is the largest and most comprehensive database covering
scholarship in the modern languages, linguistics, literature, folklore,
and drama, including film, opera, radio, television and theater. Literary
criticism and literary theory are covered extensively.
Topics: crime and violence in writing
Keywords: crime, novel, fiction, united states
PAIS
international (WebSPIRS Web : 1972- )
e-Reference Collection or Library Catalog
Contains citations to public policy literature of economics, government,
law, international business, political science, public administration, and
other social sciences. It includes references to journal articles, books,
government documents, reports and pamphlets in English, French, German,
Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Topics: Global crime; drug cartels, prisons in the
U.S.
Keywords: Drug-traffic-Southeast-Asia; Golden triangle; Drug-traffic-Colombia;
war on drugs; colombia plan, Prisons-United-States; Imprisonment-United-States
Sociological
Abstracts. New York: Sociological Abstracts, Inc., 1952- .
e-Reference Collection or Library Catalog
Indexes approximately 200 periodicals in English and some foreign languages.
Covers most areas of sociology and anthropology. Citations are arranged
by subject areas, such as "divorce", "family", "women". Each issue includes
subject and author indexes, which are cumulated annually. Supplements to
Sociological Abstracts contain abstracts of papers presented at conferences.
Currently issued five times per year.
Topics: Media and crime
Keywords: Mass Media Images and (crime or criminals or homicide or violence)
The Photo Archive is an on-line database containing almost a half-million
of Associated Press's current and
historical images for the last 150 years. It features state, regional and
national photos from North America, as well as international photos. All
are available moments after they move on the AP's spot picture system. The
Photo Archive receives an average of 800 photos a day. About a quarter of
the photos are selected for the permanent archive, while the rest are removed
after 12 months.
Provides information on, and access to, the digitized version of the Library's primary-source collections on American history and culture, including photographs, documents, sound recordings, and motion pictures. Broad topics covered include: agriculture, arts and architecture, history, performing arts, social sciences, etc. Particular collections include: African-American perspectives, Alexander Graham Bell papers, Baseball cards, Civil War photographs, Early motion pictures, and Voices from the Dust Bowl.
FINDING
INTERNET RESOURCES
Use search engines or Internet subject guides to find resources or sites on the World Wide Web on your topic. Search Engines are software that allow you to search the contents of web pages and Subject Guides are web pages that use menus and lists to sort and classify web sites.
Question and evaluate the information that you find on web pages. As you would do with books and journal articles, look to see who is responsible for producing the web page or site that you are accessing. How objective is the information? How accurate or truthful? How authoritative? Go to the Evaluating Sources section of this page for more information on how to assess the web sites you have accessed.
- Search the Internet
- Internet Subject Guides
- Library Web Servers World-Wide
- Library Catalogs World-Wide
Crime Library - from Court TV - http://www.crimelibrary.com/
EVALUATING
SOURCES
Evaluating the sources you find is a crucial step in the process of library research. The questions you ask about books, periodical articles, or multimedia sources are similar whether you're looking at a citation to the item or have the item in hand.
How to Critically Analyze Information Sources lists some of the critical questions you should ask when you consider the appropriateness of a particular book, article, media resource, or Web site for your research.
Distinguishing Scholarly from Non-Scholarly Periodicals: A Checklist of Criteria shows how to evaluate periodicals by looking at their format, intended audience, and appearance.
Evaluating Web Resources lists ways to analyze the Web sites you find.
Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites offers a table of suggestions.
For additional suggestions specific to Web sites, see Evaluating
Web Sites: Criteria and Tools.
CITING
SOURCES
Online resources:
- Cornell University Code of Academic Integrity
- APA citation style (Gateway Help)
- MLA citation style (Gateway Help)
- MLA Style (MLA's web site)
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (4th ed.)
CU Library Reference locations include Africana, ILR, Mann, Olin, and Uris Libraries at call number: BF 76.7 .A51x 1994. Also in Hotel Reference at PE 1475 .P82 1994.MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (5th ed.)
CU Library Reference locations include Olin and Uris Libraries at call number: LB 2369 .G53x 1999. RESEARCH HELP ONLINE
- Library Gateway Help
- The Reference Home Page at O*K*U Libraries
- Research strategy: a tutorial
- Glossary of Library Terms
REFERENCE HELP
You can ask your questions at our reference and information desks, over the phone, or by e-mail.
- Reference Desk Schedules in Olin and Uris Libraries
- Olin Library Reference phone number: 255-4144
- Uris Library Reference phone number: 255-2339
- Olin Kroch Uris Reference e-mail address: okuref@cornell.edu
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