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Credo Reference
A digital reference library that provides information from more than 600 high-quality reference books from the world's leading publishers.

• Essential Criminology
• Dictionary of Policing
• Handbook of Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice
• Key Concepts in Crime and Society
• Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Handbook of Police Psychology
  and more...

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Provides searchable full text of 178 Reference works in 11 subject areas: Arts, Biography, Business, Environment, History, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Science, and Social Science.

• The State of American Policing: Psychology, Behavior, Problems, and Solutions
• Crime and Punishment in America: An Encyclopedia of Trends and Controversies in the Justice System
• Global Perspectives on Youth Gang Behavior, Violence, and Weapons Use
• Women and Crime: A Reference Handbook
• Prisons and Punishment in America: Examining the Facts
  and more