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Library Resources for CJ370

Unit 7 Assignment

For the second assignment in unit 7, you must respond to the following in a 3-5 page paper:

  • Discuss various methods of searching the crime scene.
  • What would the methods be for searching for bomb evidence? Compare each of the methods for this situation.

Use the resources on this page to help you respond to the points of your paper.

Below are suggested keywords to try on the Find page of this guide and in any of the suggested databases below.

  • crime scene investigation
  • crime scene forensics
  • evidence of explosives
  • bomb evidence
  • bomb residue 
  • crime scene bomb evidence
  • disaster scene bomb evidence

Suggested Library Databases

Finding Journal Articles and other Publications

To search for reputable journal articles, search ProQuest Criminal Justice, a subset of ProQuest Central that focuses just on the law enforcement-related journals provided by ProQuest. This helps focus your research and cuts out publication types unlikely to have good info on this topic like newspapers.

Finding Articles in Reference Sources - Dictionaries and Encyclopedias 

Looking for a great database to begin your research? Credo Reference and Gale eBooks provides simple topic overviews.

Finding Audio/Visual Materials 

Looking for more than just articles? Alexander Street Video and Films on Demand offer great visual material.