CCJ 380 - Criminal Justice Research: Books & eBooks
Find and Use eBooks: Finding eBooks Library Guide
eBook Collections
- ProjectMuseIndexes citations for books and articles as wells as full text articles and ebooks from scholarly presses.
- Business Expert Press Digital LibraryCollects applied, concise ebooks on a wide range of business topics including management, accounting, supply chain, international business, and entrepreneurship.
- Oxford Handbooks OnlineContains full text Oxford University Press handbooks on topics in the fields of business, management, philosophy, political science, and religion. Handbooks provide overview, background, historical synthesis and reference lists.
Selected Books
Modern Control Theory and the Limits of Criminal Justice by ISBN: 9780190069803Publication Date: 2019-11-01
Citizenship Status, Race, Ethnicity, and Their Effects on Sentencing by ISBN: 1593324626Publication Date: 2011-07-01
PSU Library Catalog - Book Search
Results include both print books and ebooks, available from Portland State Library and other libraries.
What is a subject heading?
Subject headings are a formalized way of of searching library catalogs. The right subect heading can help you get to information more quickly.
For example, restorative justice can be described using the following terms:
- restorative justice
- alternative justice
- community justice
You could search the library catalog for all those keywords. Or, use one subject heading to find all of the library's materials about restorative justice:
Who determines subject headings? The Library of Congress. Copies of the complete set of the Library of Congress Subject Headings are available at the Reference Desk.
Find Books by Subject
After you execute a search in the Portland State Library catalog, click on the "books" facet to limit your search results to only books. Click on "eBooks" to limit your results to eBooks.
After you find a useful book, scroll down to the "Details" heading to the find the book's "Subjects." Here you'll find a list of related subjects that you might consider adding to your search. You can also click on a subject link in the record, e.g. clicking on "Community health services" would bring up a list of all the Library's books, journals, etc. on that topic.
To modify your search to include a subject, use the advanced search. The advanced search allows you to type in your desired subject and be sure to specify your search field as "in subject."
