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CRJ 101/CRJ 216: Researching Criminal Justice Issues (Prof. Girard): Finding Articles

Find articles from national newspapers and magazines with these databases.

National News: Article Databases

Start with this article database to find articles from national newspapers and magazines.

Just log in with your college username and password when prompted.

ProQuest Central
Searches thousands of publications, including Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and New York Times.

Or, search specific publications from within the ProQuest Central database. Just log in with your college username and password when prompted.

Here are short tutorials if you're new to ProQuest databases:

ProQuest Central: Advanced Search Tutorial
General tutorial from ProQuest. (First 30 seconds does not apply to SUNY Adirondack Library.)
ProQuest Central: Search Results Tutorial
You can also run weekly searches automatically: do a search > click Save search/alert > Create alert.

More Article Databases

The SUNY Adirondack Library subscribes to more than 120 article databases. If you don't find enough with ProQuest Central, try these:

If you have a particular publication in mind, you can search by title:

Periodicals by Title

Search Tips

Search for topics such as police administration, policies associated with civil unrest and the current state of policing the United States.
- Do a search for a general topic, such as "police administration"
- Limit by date to get the most current news, using AND
- Add a second subject to limit the search.
- Limit to a specific publication if wanted.
- See the research tips on this page if you're new to library research.

Some search examples:

"police administration"
AND "United States"

"civil unrest"
AND "United States"
AND policies

How Do I....

If you're new to college-level research, see these:

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