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

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.

 1. Begin at the BGSU Libraries home page [linked at the bottom of this box] and select the "Journals by title" link underneath the search box.

2. Search for the title of the journal.

3a. If BGSU has a subscription, you will see a search box labeled "search inside this journal". Type keywords related to your topic in the box. If you are not successful, skip to follow the instructions for steps 3b-6.

3b. (Only necessary if step 3a doesn't work for you). If BGSU owns a subscription, you will see one or more options for accessing the journal. Each link for access include the dates covered.

4. Select the option that covers the widest range of dates. Or if one access link doesn't work for some reason, try a different one.

5. Look for an option to search within the journal. **If access is provided by EBSCO, you will need to scroll down past the three search boxes before you see an option to search within the publication.

6. Add keywords related to your topic to the search.