Waggoner Library: Criminal Justice: Library Resources

What is Discovery Search?

A single search box that searches across a variety of library content
Provides access to various physical and digital materials - books, online journal articles, print journals and magazines, DVDs, musical scores, newspaper articles, etc.
Links directly to online content in databases
Filter searches by format, peer review, publication date, topic, etc.
Discovery is a great starting point for research, especially for locating books and other items physically held at Waggoner. It should not be the only tool used in research, use specific databases too.

Books and eBooks can be located through Discovery Search

Over 90,000 print and 200,000 eBooks are part of the library collection
Discovery search allows you to filter search results by print or eBook collections
Discovery search results can be filtered to limit to Trevecca holdings or include other libraries
Filters are on the left side on the search results page, they are important tools
Print books are checked out for 28 days
View the tutorial below to have a better understanding of looking for books

Discovery search also connects to journal articles. View the tutorial below first. Be sure you apply the correct filters for results to represent peer reviewed Trevecca articles.

Article Title Search - Use this if you have a citation and need to pull up the full article.

Multidisciplinary databases are listed below. A Discovery journal article search is a great starting point but searching directly from a database allows you to research deeper into your topic and uncover more relevant resources.

Academic OneFile (Gale)

A multidisciplinary database covering many subjects with content from journal articles, newspaper resources, magazines, and audio & video files.
JSTOR

JSTOR provides growing access to archival journals . The available collections include a range of content in the disciplines of language and literature, history, education, sociology, art & art history, philosophy and religion.

See all Databases
A-Z list of all databases. Drill down by subject groups or search by title.

WHAT ABOUT PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES? WHAT ARE THEY AND HOW DO I FIND ONE?

Follow these links to description and more information before you begin your search!

What are Peer Reviewed Articles?

How do I Find Peer Reviewed Articles in Library Databases?

JOURNAL TITLE SEARCHING:

Sometimes you'll need to find the actual article from the bibliography, could be an article you need to read for class or perhaps you found it in a related book. It's simple to pull up the actual article if you know the journal name but it's done differently than searching by subject.

Click the 'Advanced Search' link above the search box on the library homepage.
Type the name of the journal in the first search box. Change the tag to be 'Journal Source'
Type the article title in the second search box. Change the tag to be 'Title', click the search button
On the result list click the 'Access Online' button to see the full text

Films on Demand is a collection of streaming videos from several publishers including Films for the Humanities, PBS, BBC, & other documentary producers.

Jump here to search Films on Demand.

The Discovery search box on the library homepage is your first step in accessing the library's collections. Search our print & electronic book collections, streaming video, CDs and DVDs, peer-reviewed journal articles, newspapers, and more using Discovery search. View the video tutorials linked below to learn more.

Ready to search? Click here and get started! Or view the Discovery Search tutorials below to help you search smarter and faster.

Discovery Search: Video Playlist
6 short videos telling you about Discovery Search and how to use it to search for books, eBooks, journal articles, use the options of cite, share, save, and apply the Advanced Search for more precise searching.