Journals and Articles

Finding specific journals or journal articles

If you have a reference for a particular journal article, or if you want to find out if we take a particular journal title, use the Journal Finder.

Searching for journal articles (Subject-specific journal databases)

• Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full-Text- over 200,000 references to articles, books and reports in criminology. Subject areas covered include: criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections and prisons; police and policing; criminal investigation; forensics sciences and investigation; history of crime; substance abuse and addiction; probation and parole.
• HeinOnline Law Journal Library - 1200 law and law-related periodicals
• International Security and Counter Terrorism Reference Centre - scholarly writings with expert commentary and timely reviews of recent developments across the international political, military, economic, social and technical spectrum
• Lexis Library - UK law reports and legislation together with legal journals. It also incorporates the online version of Halsbury's Laws of England; a key legal research encyclopedia covering all aspects of English Law.
• Westlaw - law reports and legislation from the UK and Europe, together with many legal journals.

Searching for journal articles (Multi-disciplinary databases)

• Academic Search Complete
• SpringerLink
• JSTOR
• Taylor and Francis Collection 
• Sage Journals Online 
• Wiley Online Library

Searching for journal articles (Abstracting & indexing databases) perfect for literature reviews.

Should you want to undertake a more thorough search for research materials/literature, try searching the following abstract and indexing databases. Unlike our other databases, generally you will only find the abstract of articles within these databases. Conference papers are also available too.

• Web of Science
• Scopus