Research Guides: Forensic Science: Find Journal Articles

COSET/ Forensic Science Librarian

Stacy Johnson

she/her/hers

Contact:

936-294-1119
shjohnson@shsu.edu
Library (NGL) Room 223K

Criminal Justice / Law Librarian

Dianna Kim

Contact:

936-294-3687
dlk011@shsu.edu

Nursing and Health Science Librarian

Lisa Connor

Contact:

936-294-3527
lconnor@shsu.edu

Forensic Science Resources at NGL

The purpose of this guide is to help you find information about topics within the discipline of Forensic Science available from the Newton Gresham Library and on the Internet. This guide is not meant to be comprehensive; it does not list all of the resources in the discipline of Forensic Science owned by the Library or available on the Internet. This guide serves merely as a starting point for researching the resources available. Please contact the subject librarians for additional assistance.

Photo Credit: "RCSM Mock Crime Scene" by Dean Calma, IAEA Imagebank/Flickr CC-BY 2.0

Forensic Science Databases

ACS Publications (American Chemical Society) This link opens in a new window
ASTM Standards Vol.14.02 This link opens in a new window
Biological Abstracts (part of Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
FORENSICnetBASE (part of CRCnetBASE) This link opens in a new window
General Science Full Text This link opens in a new window
MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Science Online This link opens in a new window
SciFinder Scholar This link opens in a new window
Request a login; you must use your SHSU email account. You will receive instructions by return email.

SciFinder provides access to databases of chemical abstracts; organic and inorganic substances and biosequences; reactions from journal literature and patents; compounds developed from state, national and international regulatory lists; international commercial suppliers; references from currently published journals; and patent information from active patent-issuing authorities.
SciFinder Scholar was developed for academic institutions by the Chemical Abstract Service and provides access to:
- CAplus, the Chemical Abstracts database back to 1900
- CAS Registry, the database of organic and inorganic substances and bio-sequences
- CASREACT, information on reactions from journal literature and patents
- CHEMLIST, database of compounds developed from state, national and international regulatory lists
- CHEMCATS, lists of international commercial suppliers
References to over 9,500 published journals and patent information from over 50 active patent issuing authorities
Web of Science This link opens in a new window

Additional Databases

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition This link opens in a new window
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window

Forensic Science Department Contact Information

Department Website

MS Program Website

PhD Program Website

Department of Forensic Science
Mailing Address: Box 2525
Huntsville, Texas 77341
Phone: 936-294-4286

Email: forensics@shsu.edu

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Journal of Forensic Sciences 2006-present This link opens in a new window
Journal of Forensic Sciences Backfiles, 1972-2005 This link opens in a new window
Guide: How to access full text; these backfiles will NOT be linked from database searches.
Note: We do not have access to other journals/content on this platform.

Primary Criminal Justice Databases

Criminal Justice (CJ) Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Criminology Collection This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Criminal Justice This link opens in a new window
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) This link opens in a new window

Primary Legal & Journal Article Databases

Legal Source This link opens in a new window
Westlaw NEXT This link opens in a new window

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