Criminalistics: Digital Resources
Database Passwords
Internet
- Advanced SearchingUse Google Advanced Search for better query results, better precision. Be choosy - don't settle for inferior sources.
Websites
Britannica Academic
- Britannica Academic Includes Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools.
World of Forensic Science
Gale Ebooks (Virtual Reference Library)
- Gale Ebooks (was Virtual Reference Library) Cross-curricular, virtual reference books. The fast growing collection in the library.
Gale in Context High School
- Gale in Context High School The most popular of our general, multimedia databases. Good starting point for most research assignments.
Gale Power Search - Periodicals
- Gale Power Search Gale's Power Search is an interface which offers two exclusive and extraordinarily vast databases of periodicals - the General One File and Academic One File - each with millions of full text articles on all subject matters. It is also a mechanism to efficiently cross search man of the other Gale products in our collection.
Newspapers
- Newsbank This link opens in a new window This collection of primary source databases supports a variety of subject areas. America’s Historical Newspapers provides content from 1690 through 2000 with an easy to use timeline that highlights major events studied in US history. Additionally, NewsBank contains Access World News, which features current full text articles from approximately 10,000 news sources from over 200 countries around the world.
Academic Video Online (Alexander Street)
- Academic Video Online (AVON aka Alexander Street) This link opens in a new window Academic Video Online is the most comprehensive video subscription available to libraries. It delivers video titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. Curated for the educational experience, the massive depth of content and breadth of content-types (such as documentaries, films, demonstrations, etc.) makes this database a useful resource for faculty and students alike.
Locating Public Domain and/or Creative Commons Images
Citations
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Citing a YOUTUBE CLIP? - choose WEBSITE --- VIDEO CLIP ONLINE
Citing a STREAMING SERVICE (Netflix, Prime, etc.)? - choose WEBSITE --- FILM OR VIDEO
Citing an ONLINE TV EPISODE (Hulu, etc.)? - choose WEBSITE --- TELEVISION
Citing a TV EPISODE HEARD LIVE? - choose VIEWED/ HEARD LIVE --- TELEVISION
Citing an IMAGE? - choose WEBSITE - PHOTO OR IMAGE (BORN DIGITAL)
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BOOK citations MUST have the following (minimum): Author, Title, Publisher, Date
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WEBSITE citations MUST have the following (minimum): Name of Website, Title of article, Date, URL Be sure, though, to look for additional elements (e.g. author, publisher) and add them as necessary
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DATABASE citations - Use the citation tools to either import or copy/paste (NOTE: Citations from Newsbank database may require manual tweaking)
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A note on preformatted citations - DO use the import or copy/ paste citation features in databases. DO NOT use preformatted citations from websites (you must build these yourself in Noodletools)