ProQuest's Criminal Justice Periodicals database provides access to article citations for journals, magazines, and trade publications within the criminal justice field. The database also provides full-text access to some articles when available.

 

ACCESS:	On Campus:	From the Ely Library Homepage (http://lib.westfield.ma.edu): In the Quick Links to Databases section click Criminal Justice Periodicals.
	Off Campus:	From the Ely Library Homepage Quick Links to Databases section, click Off Campus Access From the Off-Campus Databases page, click Criminal Justice Periodicals.   You will be prompted for you username and password.  Follow the onscreen instructions.

When you click on Criminal Justice Periodicals you are brought to the Basic Search Screen:

Basic Search allows you to search for articles using keywords.

• Enter your search terms or keywords into the search box.
• You may limit your search by a specified date range, full-text availability, and/or to articles which originated in scholarly journals.
• Click on Search.

ADVANCED SEARCH

Advanced Search allows you to retrieve articles by searching for terms in specified fields:

• Click on the Advanced Search tab in the menu at the top of the screen.
• Enter a search term in the box.
• From the drop-down menu to the right, select the field in which you want to search for your term. Fields include citation, abstract, article text, author, publication title, and subject.
• Connect additional terms and fields using the extra search boxes and the AND/OR/NOT options available in the drop-down box to their left.
• You may limit your search by a specified date range, full-text availability, and/or to articles which originated from scholarly journals.
• Click on Search.

TOPIC GUIDE

The Topic Guide functions much like a thesaurus in that it helps identify the terminology used by the database to describe different topics.  Using the suggested topics provided will help retrieve the maximum number of relevant documents.

• Click on Topic Guide from  the menu at the top of the screen

• Enter your search term(s) and click Find Term.

• The search displays those terms used by the database to describe your topic.  Links to related articles, as well as narrower terms are provided.

PUBLICATION SEARCH

The Publication Search option allows you to search for specific publications or to browse an alphabetical listing of all publications in the database. For those publications for which full-text is available, an indication will be made.

• Click on Publication Search from the menu at the top of the screen.
• Enter a Publication Name in the box provided and click Search.
• OR click on the link to Browse All Publications.
• Click on a title to Browse Issues, Search Within a Publication, or to get Publication Information.

RESULT LIST

The Result List displays those articles retrieved by your search in the following format:

Full-text availability and format will be indicated by the , , and/or icons underneath the citation.  Click on the format of your choice to view the article. Note: Viewing the Page Image - PDF format requires Adobe Reader.

You may refine the result list by using the menu buttons at the top of the list. You can choose to look only at scholarly articles; magazine articles; or trade publications. You may also choose to display only those citations which include full-text.

Mark records for printing, saving, emailing, or citation formatting (see below) by clicking the checkbox to the left of the record.  Click View Marked Articles to work with those records you have selected.

In some instances the result list may be preceded by a list of suggested topics and/or publications where more information on your topic may be found.  For further information see Topic Guide above. 

PRINTING, SAVING, & EMAILING

 

To PRINT :

& formats: In the Article View screen click . When the dialog box appears, click OK.

format: Click in the Adobe Reader's tool bar. When the dialog box appears, click OK.

To SAVE :

From either the Article View or Adobe Reader screens:  Click on File > Save As from the menu bar. Select the appropriate drive, enter a filename, and click Save.

To EMAIL :

In the Article View screen, click . Select the desired formats and styles of the message. Enter an email address, and any messages desired. Click Send Email

FORMATTING CITATIONS

ProQuest provides the ability to format citations according to the style guidelines of the APA, MLA, and others.

• Click View Marked Articles.

• Click Print Your Bibliography.

• Under Format, click the radio button next to Citations

• Select the desired Citation Style.

• Click Print.

• Click OK when the dialog box appears.

URL: http://lib.westfield.ma.edu/cjpi/cjpi.htm Page Maintained by Oliver Zeff Last Updated August 22, 2006