CRJU 2100: Introduction to Criminal Justice (Kopf): Academic sources

1. Begin at the BGSU Libraries home page [linked at the bottom of this box]

2. Search for keywords related to your topic in the EBSCO tab

3. Check the box next to "academic journals" in the left navigation menu.

3. Use the "publication" filter in the left navigation menu

4. Select "show more" at the bottom of the list

4. Mark the check box next to one of the titles from the list of approved journals from your assignment.

To ensure you have access to BGSU subscriptions while using Google Scholar, follow one of these two steps:

1. Begin at the BGSU Library web site, click on "all databases" and select Google Scholar from our list of databases.

OR

2. Begin at scholar.google.com. Click on the menu at the top left (three horizontal parallel lines). Select "settings". Select "library links" and search for BGSU if it isn't showing up automatically.

To find articles in one of the approved journals

1. Click on the menu at the top left (three horizontal parallel lines)

2. Select "Advanced Search"

3. Add keywords to describe your topic

4. In the field labeled "return articles published in", add the name of one of the approved journals in quotation marks ("Social Problems").

5. Pay close attention to the journal name. Many journal titles use many of the same words within them.