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RESEARCH TOOL LINKS

Research Resources

Feinberg Library's Research Guides by Subject 

InterlibraryLoan/Document Delivery

Search Engine Directory

Search Engines Explained

Boolean Searching
(from University at Albany Libraries) 

Evaluating Resources
(from Milner Library at Illinois State U.) 

Types of Resources
(from Bowling Green  State U. Libraries) 

Primary vs. Secondary Sources (from Bowling Green State Libraries)

Citing Sources

Plagiarism:  How to Avoid It (from Indiana University at Bloomington)

COURSE-RELATED RESEARCH INSTRUCTION GUIDE

SOC 395-- Wrongful Convictions and the Death Penalty

Course Instructor: Dr. Tony Poveda
Session Librarian:  Tim Hartnett
Session Date: September 17, 2003
http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/tim.hartnett/cr/soc395_Poveda.htm

FINDING INFORMATION ON WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS 
AND THE DEATH PENALTY


BOOKS (for greater detail and analysis)

Within Feinberg Library:     

        a.  Library Catalog  (text version -- login with the Username opac)
        b.  Library Catalog  (web version)

Beyond Feinberg Library:    

             WorldCat  (about)

Search Tips:

         a.  start with specific case name 
         b.  broaden to topic as necessary 


FULL-TEXT PERIODICALS ONLINE 

Lexis-Nexis  (may also choose "News" or "Legal Research" links)
Full-text access to over 7,000 legal, news, and business sources.

InfoTrac OneFile 
Indexes a wide variety of periodicals. Full-text of many articles available.

ProQuest Periodical Abstracts Research II
Search Periodical Abstracts II for information from over 1800 newspapers and periodicals on a wide range of topics including the arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, sciences.

EBSCO MasterFILE Select
Full-text for 765 periodicals covering many subjects including general reference, business, and health.

Wilson Omnifile
Full-text access to hundreds of magazines and journals. Covers from 1994 to present.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Information on social issues, including overviews, statistics, primary sources, websites, and full-text articles from a variety of perspectives.. 

The following links provide menus of the many other databases available through Feinberg Library's database menus.

Alphabetical Database Menu ( by Database Name)
Subject Database Menu  (by Database Scope)
Full-text Menu  (Databases that include the full-text of articles)


PRINT INDEXES

The New York Times Index -- located in the Index Area of Feinberg Library's Reference Room.  Clinton Community College (CCC) has the entire collection of the New York Times online going back to 1851.  You must go to CCC to use it.


WEB SITES  

Court TV
Court TV is the network of engaging stories, revealed through the people and process of investigation.

Death Penalty Information Center
A non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment. The Center was founded in 1990 and prepares in-depth reports, issues press releases, conducts briefings for journalists, and serves as a resource to those working on this issue.

Cordozo Law School Innocence Project
Created by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld in 1992, is a non-profit legal clinic. This Project only handles cases where postconviction DNA testing of evidence can yield conclusive proof of innocence.

Center on Wrongful Convictions (Northwestern University)
Dedicated to identifying and rectifying wrongful convictions and other serious miscarriages of justice.

Truth in Justice
A non-profit organization working to free wholly innocent men and women convicted of crimes they did not commit, and to prevent wrongful convictions by educating the public regarding the vulnerabilities in the U. S. criminal justice system that make these miscarriages possible.

PBS Frontline: The Case For Innocence

Justice: Denied--The Magazine for the Wrongfully Convicted
Devoted to helping people who have been wrongly convicted, according to the information they have given

A Wrongful Murder Conviction
A personal plea web site sponsored by a family member.


WEB DIRECTORIES & SEARCH ENGINES

Google -- "Google's index, comprised of more than 1 billion URLs, is the first of its kind and represents the most comprehensive collection of the most useful web pages on the Internet."

Direct Hit -- "By analyzing the activity of millions of previous Internet searchers, Direct Hit search technology determines the most relevant sites for your search request."

SurfWax -- "helps you get the best grip on information -- providing the 'best use' of relevant search results."

 

This page created by: Tim Hartnett - tim.hartnett@plattsburgh.edu
 Last Updated: September 17, 2003