Answered By: Library Experience Coordinators
Last Updated: May 28, 2025     Views: 2090

The main databases for Criminology students to use are -

PsycARTICLES and PsycINFO - Scholarly and scientific articles in psychology from the American Psychological Association (APA).

ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts -  index to journal articles in all aspects of the social sciences.

Nexis  - Global and UK news, business information and market intelligence.

PsychSource - A searchable gateway to the British Psychological Society’s 11 journals and books programme, plus 32 other key psychology journals, together with multimedia resources. It also provides access to a multitude of other BPS resources supporting research, teaching and practice.
Social Care Online - summaries of books, reports and articles. Social work and social care literature from central and local government, and voluntary organisations.
For more information about the library resources visit the Criminology Subject guide. 
If you would like help using any of these resources you can book a tutorial with Susan O'Sullivan, the librarian for the Social Sciences or ask at the Library Help Desk.
 
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