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Academic OneFile Search Help	Australian and international journal articles on criminology
ACM Digital Library	Conference proceedings, transactions, journals, newsletters and other publications from the Association for Computing Machinery.
AustLII Search Help	Australian law journals, cases, encyclopaedia and LawCite
AustLII Case Law Database Search Help	Australian legal cases. The case law databases contain the decisions of judges in matters before a court or tribunal. In each decision the judge will go over the facts of the case, the relevant law in the circumstances, and then discuss how the law applies to the relevant facts. The judge may also refer to relevant legislation (laws or "acts" passed by parliament), regulations or international treaties.
Browzine Search Help	Law and criminology journals
Business and Legal Aspects of Sports and Entertainment (BLASE) Search Help	In addition to full-text books and bibliographies, the collection contains US federal and state documents.
Campbell Collaboration	Systematic reviews and other evidence synthesis for evidence-based policy and practice
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations	Solve abbreviations for legal publications - Case Reporting Series and Journals
CCH Search Help - IntelliConnect Search Help - iKnow	Australian employment, sports, tax law
Center for Security Studies	Analysis of changing threats to states and their societies, key actors addressing threats, international relations and security-related issues.
CINCH Australian Criminology Database Search Help	Australian journal articles on crime and the criminal justice system Tip: Narrow Search Results by PRODUCTS to Australian Criminology Database
Criminal Justice & Criminology Search Help	Congressional hearings, U.S. Department of Justice publications, GAO and CRS reports as well as rare or hard-to-find pamphlets, memoirs, books and journals dedicated solely to criminal justice that focus on how criminal justice systems have changed in American and English law.
Criminal Justice Database Search Help	Research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends.
De Gruyter	Journals and books (some in German) on civil, corporate, and criminal law
Factiva Search Help	Newspaper articles, press releases (comprehensive Australian coverage)
Federal Register of Legislation Search Help	Australian Commonwealth Acts, Bills, EMs, Government Gazette, Constitution
Find Case Law Search Help	UK court and tribunal decisions from the superior courts of record – The Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, and Upper Tribunals
Foreign & International Law Resources Database Search Help	Publications of the American Society of International Law, prominent Yearbooks from around the world, the Hague Permanent Court of International Justice series, and more. Great historical depth.
Gale OneFile : LegalTrac Help Video	Index of principal legal journals from the USA, Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand
HeinOnline Search Help	International criminology and law journals; English Reports 1220-1867 Australian Law Reform Commission Library, international criminology and law journals
ICLR Search Help	UK cases, current legislation
i-law Search Help	Maritime, commercial law - Lloyd's Reports Note: use the link to the corporate account to log in
Informit including AGIS (for Law Journals) Search Help	Australian, New Zealand and Pacific criminology and law journal articles, including the Australian Federal Police Digest
International Institute for Strategic Studies	Global security, political risk and military conflict
Jade Search Help	Australian Cases Register using your Murdoch student email for free Jade Professional access
Kluwer Law Online	EU, international articles
LawCite Search Help	AustLII case citator locates judgments subsequently dealt with and commented upon. LawCite is a legal case and journal article citatory used to locate judgments and see how these have been subsequently dealt with and commented upon, or to see where journal articles have been cited.
LEGENDcom Search Help Scroll to the bottom of LEGENDcom home page to access Training material	Australian migration and citizenship legislation and policy
Legify	Easy access to Australian Commonwealth & State legislation and subordinate legislation (eg regulations)
Lexis Advance Search Help / Training Webinars	Australian criminology and law journals, cases, encyclopaedia Good source for unreported judgments
LexisNexis - Practical Guidance Help Video	Guidance, practice tips, legislation, cases, checklists, tools, forms and precedents on Australian topics: business \| consumer \| employment \| immigration \| intellectual property \| social justice \| succession \| work, health & safety
Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law Help Video	Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law
Murdoch Library Search Search Help	Articles, ebooks, pbooks, videos, and more. Tip: Filter results by Available online and Peer-reviewed
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Search Help	Research, policy and practice in criminal and juvenile justice and drug control, including U.S. and international publications
New Zealand Decisions Online	New Zealand's Senior Courts' (Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court) judicial decisions.
OECD iLibrary Search Help	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) provides research on economic and social policies
Oxford Legal Research Library Search Help	Financial and Banking Law, International Commercial Arbitration & Law, Private International Law
Oxford Reports on International Law Search Help	Decisions on public international law from international law courts, domestic courts, and ad hoc tribunals
Parliament of Australia Search Help	Australian Commonwealth Acts, Bills, EMs, Second Reading Speeches, Hansard, Press Releases
Parliament of Western Australia Search Help	Western Australian Acts, Bills, EMs, Second Reading Speeches, Hansard
ProQuest Search Help	Multidisciplinary collection of journals, magazines, newspapers and theses
PsycINFO Search Help	Psychology and psychological aspects of crime
Scopus Search Help	Index of resources on criminology and related disciplines
Thomson Reuters Westlaw Classic Search Help	US, international cases, articles, treatises
UlrichsWeb Search Help	Check: is that journal is peer reviewed
UN data Search Help	International statistical databases covering agriculture, crime, communication, development assistance, education, energy, environment, finance, gender, health, labour market, manufacturing, national accounts, population and migration, science and technology, tourism, transport and trade.
vLexJustis Search Help	UK cases, legislation, Singapore cases, Canadian cases, journals, cases & legislation from commonwealth countries (formerly JustisOne)
Web of Science Search Help	Includes research on politics and security
Western Australian Legislation Search Help	Western Australian Acts, Bills, EMs Advanced Search
Westlaw Australia Search Help	Australian criminology and law journals, cases, encyclopaedia Good source for authorised court reporting series
Westlaw Classic Search Help	US, international cases, articles, treatises
Westlaw International Search Help	US, international cases, articles, treatises
Westlaw UK Search Help	UK, EU cases, legislation articles, commentary, ebooks
WIREs Criminology and Forensic Science Journals Search Help	Journal resource on crime scene investigation, digital sciences, and jurisprudence
WorldLII Search Help	World Legal Information Institute - International law
Sage Research Methods Search Help	SAGE Research Methods (SRM) allows researchers to explore methods and concepts to help them design research projects, understand particular methods or identify a new method, conduct their research, and write up their findings. Since SRMO focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, it can be used across the social sciences, health sciences, and more.
All Databases	Databases can be browsed by Subject or Title. Example: Education & Higher Education databases
Library Search Search Help	Results can be filtered by: Scholarly and peer reviewed Content type e.g. journal articles, books Date Subject
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