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Main Catalog Search for books, government documents, journal titles
The library catalog is the place to start when researching any topic. Books will give you an overview of the issues involved.
- Use author or title to search for known items title:
- Use long view to find more subject terms
- Try guided search to look for keywords
- Use ? to truncate: econom? for economics, economic, economical
Suggested subject terms to use in Main Catalog. Try 'guided search' to look for keywords
| Capital punishment New Jersey Discrimination capital punishment Executions New Jersey History Chronology Public policy (Law) United States Discrimination criminal justice Executions United States |
Lethal injection Capital punishment New Jersey Public opinion Capital punishment United States Offenders disabilities African American criminals civil rights |
Background information:
Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment in the United States (2001)
Social Science Reference Center (SSRC).
Firestone
Call Number:
HV8694 .P35 2001
The modern death penalty : a legal research guide / by Roxanne Rodriguez.
Social Science Reference Center (SSRC).
Firestone Call Number: KF241.C65 R63 2001
For access to Princeton databases, see: http://library.princeton.edu/catalogs/articles.php
Selected Indexes to journal articles, including access to full text in many cases
Legal Databases available at Princeton University Library
http://library.princeton.edu/catalogs/articles.php?subjectID=123
Other Recommended Databases
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PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service (1972+) Provides citations to articles, books, reports, and select government documents on U.S. and international public policy issue.
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Criminal Justice Abstracts (1968+) Provides comprehensive coverage of the major journals, books, and reports from government and nongovernmental agencies in criminology and related disciplines. Topics include crime trends, prevention projects, corrections, juvenile delinquency, police, courts, offenders, victims, and sentencing.
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ProQuest Research Library (Mid 1970s+) Abstracting, indexing, and select full text of many core scholarly journals, magazines and major newspapers for information on a broad range of subjects.
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Philosopher's Index (1940+) Provides citations to articles and books in all areas of philosophy.
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America: History and Life (1954+) Indexes books and journal articles on the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
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Academic Search Premier (1975+) Multi-disciplinary database providing abstract and indexing with select full text for many core scholarly journals as well as popular press periodicals
Newspaper articles
Major news sources can be found at this site: http://libweb/catalogs/articles.php?typeID=20
- News: Proquest Newspapers Provides full text access to the New York Times (1980+) , the Wall Street Journal (1984+), and the Chicago Tribune (1985+)
- Lexis Nexis Academic Provides full text of many major national and regional newspapers, including the full text of the New York Times
- Newsbank Provides full-text of many major national and regional newspapers.
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Factiva Full-text of many major national and regional newspapers, including the full-text of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times.
Selected Government Documents
| NOTE: PUL has extensive collections of government publications and is a depository library for U.S. f ederal, New Jersey, United Nations and European Union documents. Many publications available at Princeton are not listed in the PUL catalog. Please ask for help. For full Princeton list see of document sources: http://library.princeton.edu/catalogs/articles.php?typeID=21 |
United States Government Documents
- Lexis-Nexis Congressional Universe (1789+) Extensive database that indexes publications of the U.S. Congress such as hearings, committee reports, documents and prints
- Marcive Web DOCS (1976+) Online catalog of U.S. government publications dating back to mid-1976. Direct links to documents on the web are provided. Many of the documents are available in the U.S. Documents Collection in Firestone
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GPO Access Service of the U.S. Government Printing Office; provides free access to information including Congressional bills, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Record, GAO reports, Supreme Court decisions, and more
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Thomas, Legislative Information on the Internet Free service of the Library of Congress. Provides the full text of House and Senate bills, bill summary and status reports, public laws, the Congressional Record, and Congressional committee reports
Statistics
- Capital Punishment (1993+) Bureau of Justice Statistics annual bulletin on capital punishment.
- Capital Punishment Statistics Statistics from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice, with links to other data.
- LexisNexis Statistical Indexes social, demographic, and economic statistics published by the U.S. government, the U.N. and other international governmental organizations, as well as US state governments, and US private nonprofit and commercial associations and organizations.
- Number of Persons Executed in the United States, 1930-2005 List from the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
- Number of Persons Under Sentence of Death, 1953-2004. Bureau of Justice Statistics table.
- Capital Punishment statistics
- Other Web Sites
- Findlaw free case law, including US Supreme Court cases from 1893--
- Survey of the Federal Death Penalty System 1988-2000 Statistics and discussion of the federal death penalty system since the enactment of the first modern capital punishment statute in 1988. Focuses on racial/ethnic and geographic distribution of defendants and their victims.
- A Broken System: Error Rates in Capital Cases, 1973-1995 (February 2002) [Columbia University study]
- NCJRS Virtual Library Provides access to full-text articles on the NCJRS web site and the web sites of the of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, and more.
- http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/ Included is a database of executions
University sites - Death Penalty Links from Cornell University
- University of Maryland School of Law: Death Penalty links
- Washburn University School of Law includes legal links to states and countries around the world
States of the United States - Links to State Legislatures
- Law Library of Congress: Guide to States
New Jersey - New Jersey and State Information: A guide to Resources at Princeton, prepared by Linda Oppenheim, NJ documents librarian at Princeton
- Law Library of Congress: New Jersey Important links to law resources on NJ, prepared by the Library of Congress
- New Jersey Law links from the Rugters Law School
- Legal Resources on the Internet Resources prepared by David Hollander, Princeton law librarian
Evaluating Web Resources
- Most of the resources listed have all been licensed and paid for by PUL. They have been carefully evaluated and selected by subject experts in the library.
- Many of the resources on the web have not been evaluated by anyone. It is important for you to evaluate sites.
Here are a few sites that can help:
University of Albany Library; UCLA Library; or University of Southern Maine .
Harvard University Library http://hcl.harvard.edu/research/guides/evaluatingweb/
Duke University Library http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/evaluating_web.htm
Library Services
- Connecting from off-campus
http://library.princeton.edu/help/remoteaccess.php - Chat Reference http://libweb.princeton.edu/help/chat.php
Google Search Tips (Google Search Guide):
- http://www.googleguide.com/sharpening_queries.html
- http://www.googleguide.com/cheatsheet.html
example: intitle: "death penalty" site:gov
example: "capital punishment" statistics site:www.usdoj.gov
Citing Sources
- http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Style.html
Also try: http://www.refworks.com
Need Assistance? Ask a librarian:
Nancy Pressman Levy, Stokes Library
pressman@princeton.edu
David Hollander, Law Librarian, Firestone Library
dholland@princeton.edu
Joann Donatiello, Population Research Librarian
jdonatie@princeton.edu
Elana Broch Assistant Population Research Librarian
ebroch@Princeton.EDU
Librarians at the Social Science Reference Center
