CRM 402: Criminology Capstone: Home

This guide serves as an introduction to comparative criminology research in Glickman Library. It is selective, rather than comprehensive; its aim is to introduce you to categories of information as well as to specific sources.

Some suggestions on approaching your research:

Test the waters early on - if you can't find several resources on your topic, you may need to adjust it.

Check the references in the articles, books, and reports you use - they may lead you to other useful resources. 

If you find a citation to a source that seems to be a recent report from a government, NGO, etc., try searching for the title (in quotation marks) using Google or your favorite search engine; a lot of these are freely available on the Web now.

Keep a careful record of where and how you have searched (ie., database or website name and search terms used) - it will save you time in the long run!  One tool for doing this is the Library Research Log linked below.

You can also record your research with Zotero:

In order to find books held in the University of Maine System libraries you should begin with  LibrarySearch, the online catalog.

If the material you need is not available at the USM Libraries, you should next search MaineCat and Request the material. If the book is not available through LibrarySearch or MaineCat, then you should create a free Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) account. See links below.