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Criminology: Journals

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Databases for Criminology

Most of the articles are full text, please note that some databases include links to full text articles and this may redirect to a new page.

 

  • Academic Search Complete
    Multi-disciplinary database with more than 8,500 full text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.
  • Economist.com
    Access is via personal registration using LSBU domain (LSBU email only).
    Registration to Economist.com

    Please see guidance notes.

    Full text and graphics from of the UK edition of The Economist from 1997 onwards, plus additional web resources
  • Emerald eJournals Premier
    Access to all 310 journal publications from Emerald Publishing, covering a wide range of subjects.
  • IngentaConnect
    Over 4500 publications from 150 publishers. For some journals you may only be able to view the abstract, not the whole document.
  • JSTOR Archival Journal & Primary Source Collection Best Bet
    This collection provides access to all licensed JSTOR archival journals and primary sources content.

    Enter your network username and password in the boxes provided. You can access JSTOR without making a personal account as shown in the pop up appearing after entering your username and password - select ‘Continue without an account’ to do this.

  • PsycArticles Best Bet
    Full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology
  • PsycInfo Best Bet
    Includes details of articles with abstracts from over 1300 psychology journals, from 1974. Also contains summaries of English language chapters and books in psychology and related disciplines from 1987
  • Sage Premier (Does not work in IE) Best Bet
    Covers health sciences, social sciences & humanities, materials sciences & engineering, life & biomedical sciences
  • ScienceDirect

    After Login you dont have to register, you can select Continue without registering.

    Covers life, physical, technical and social sciences. Database containing over 1000 full text journals from Elsevier Science and the leading scientific, technical and medical publishers. N.B. Click on 'group-wide login' button on ScienceDirect's home page to gain access.

    Science Direct How-to-Guide

  • SOCindex with Full Text
    SocINDEX with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive and highest-quality sociology research database. Its extensive scope and content provide users with a wealth of extremely useful information encompassing the broad spectrum of sociological study.
  • Springerlink

    Type London South Bank University in the box. Enter your network username/password in the login box provided..

    Covers life sciences, chemical sciences, environmental sciences, geosciences, computer science, mathematics, medicine, physics & astronomy, engineering and economics
  • Taylor & Francis
    Multidisciplinary, cover 19 different subject areas.
    We also have access to selected books on the Taylor & Francis eBooks platform
  • Wiley Online

    Use the link above to access Wiley Online Library, and log in using your LSBU Username & Password.



    Wiley Online Library hosts the world's broadest and deepest multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities
An abstract is a concise summary of the contents of an article. It is written using keywords (search terms) so that other researchers can easily find it through database searching. Please note that we may not have a subscription to the full text of the article. If you are final year student or postgraduate, you can apply for an inter-library loan
  • PsycInfo Best Bet
    Includes details of articles with abstracts from over 1300 psychology journals, from 1974. Also contains summaries of English language chapters and books in psychology and related disciplines from 1987
  • SCOPUS

    After Login you dont have to register, you can select Continue without registering.

    Scopus is the worlds largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Contains 47 million records, 70% with abstracts Over 19,500 titles from 5,000 publishers worldwide Includes over 4.9 million conference papers Provides 100% Medline coverage Interoperability with Engineering Village Interoperability with Reaxys, a unique chemistry workflow solution. Offers sophisticated tools to track, analyze and visualize research.

These databases are available without a subscription and you can continue to use them after you graduate.

Criminology Journals

Most of the library's journals, magazines, trade publications and newspapers are online.  There are also a few print journal titles on Level 3 of the LSBU Hub at Southwark Campus.

Search the Discovery Tool or the Subject Databases for many more journals and articles.

How to use the Discovery service

This video provides an introduction to our Discovery service which provides one search across multiple resources to help you find books, journal articles and other resources.

Trouble Accessing A Resource

Getting an error message when you try to access our e-resources? You may need to try a different browser (Chrome, Firefox, IE) or device, or clear your cache.

If you are unable to access one of our journal articles, e-books, or other online resources, you can contact our e-Resources Team who are able to assist. Please use this form to contact the team https://lsbu-uk.libwizard.com/f/E-Resources_Access  including details of the item you are trying to access along with a screenshot of any error message. This will send your details to the e-Resources Team at llreres@lsbu.ac.uk 

 

Should service issues occur, there is an alternative links page available for a select number of resources.