McQuade LibGuides: Criminology: Reference Sources

Online Reference Shelf

Biography - Gale in Context This link opens in a new window
Find biographies of people, searching by occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth and death date, and of course by name. Courtesy Massachusetts Library System.
Britannica Online This link opens in a new window
Free site available to all. See also Britannica sources provided by the Mass. Board of Library Commissioners for Children, Young Adults, Reference and Escolar Online.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Search hundreds of reference sources - dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases - for topic overviews and links to our other online resources. Includes mind map/concept map search feature.
Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window
~ Encyclopedia of Population
~ Encyclopedia of Race and Racism
~ Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender
~ Int'l Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
MasterFILE Premier - EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
Search magazines, reference books, primary sources, and photos, maps and flags in this general multidisciplinary collection.

Social Science Dictionary
The Free Social Science Dictionary gives access to the definitions of more than 6000 terms. Adapting a wide approach Free Social Science Dictionary covers the disciplines of Economics, Education, History, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology.
Virtual Reference Shelf
~ Library of Congress

Reference Books/E-Books

Below are a selected few reference books about Criminology. Be sure to browse the reference shelves on the 2nd floor featuring items starting with the HV call number to find more materials.