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CJUS 4901: Criminal Justice Public Policy
This class page is based on the research assignment required for Dr. Daniel Stewart's Criminal Justice 4901 course; however, it has basic research steps that are useful for any research you do. For the research assignment you will need to create a literature review, reference at least 6 scholarly sources (peer reviewed journal articles), and properly cite these sources using APA (American Psychological Association) citation methods. If you find you need more help, use the Ask Us services. Library reference staff members can be reached in person and through phone and email. You may also contact the library liaison for the Criminal Justice Department, Julie Leuzinger.
Basic Steps in Researching for a Paper
First Step: How to find books: Search the UNT Libraries Catalog
- Click on this link for UNT Library Catalog
- Select
Subject from the drop down menu.
- Search by subject to find journals and books about your topic. For other searches, keyword is the better choice. Once you get to the subject page you will see a list of subjects within the library's catalog that refer to your topic, select one of these subjects.
Second Step: How to find journal articles: Search in Criminal Justice Abstracts
- Click on this link for Criminal Justice Abstracts
- If you are off campus, you will be prompted to enter your EUID and Password (if you need to look up your EUID or reset your Password, you can do this through UNT's Account Management System)
- Enter
the topic you are searching in the text field and click Search (if your topic is more than one word use parenthesis to let the database know you want to search all of the words together: "gun control").
- From the results page you can use the limiters on the left hand side to limit to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Sources.
- If you find you still have too many results, limit them by using the term AND in the text box at the top left to limit your subject ("gun control" AND Canada), then click search.
- How do I know if I have too many or to few results? For your assignment let's say 5 is too few an over 30 is too many.
What is a Peer Reviewed Source?
Peer reviewed sources are articles reviewed by a panel of experts in the field before being published.
(For more information, see the What is a Peer-Reviewed Journal Article? page)
The Article You Need is Not Available at UNT, No Problem!
Follow these steps to use our Interlibrary Loan service and request a PDF of the article from another library that will be sent right to your email!
So You Have to do a Literature Review...
It's not that hard, we can help! The UNT Libraries can provide you with a few Lit Review Tips and Tricks, if you need more one on one help, you can attend one of our Lit Review Workshops!
Criminal Justice Resources
Use the Criminal Justice Subject Guide for subject specific resources.
APA Style examples online:
OWL by Purdue - APA formatting and style guide (updated to 6th edition). Always check APA manual!
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
NOTE!
- Always be sure that you are using the most current edition, unless older editions are approved.
WRITING HELP:
For writing assistance please contact the writing lab.
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