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Criminal Justice Periodicals Index

Introduction

Criminal Justice Periodicals from Proquest offers Covers practical issues in crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, police issues, and courtroom procedures. Around 200 U.S. and international journals are indexed. CJPI also provides complete articles in full text, page image, or Text plus Graphics format from 45 of the nearly 200 journals offered. The database coverage extends from 1981 to present and it is updated weekly.

Introduction to CJPI in Proquest Database.
Introductory screen of Proquest-CJPI.

Accessing

This database may be accessed from the Electronic Resources Section of the Alvin Sherman Library website.

Searching

The default search in ProQuest is the Advanced Search mode. To choose one of the other search modes, click on Basic Search, Topic Guide, or Publication Search.

To construct an Advanced Search in ProQuest

type your search term(s) in the entry box(es)
click on Search to obtain a list of records

Advance Search Screen in Proquest Criminal Justice Periodicals.

Search Results

Search results will vary. If you get:

No records matched your search, then check your spelling or the fields you searched in.
Too many, then go back and limit your search. Sometimes a search needs to be modified with: additional search words, searching only a specific field, adding date limitations, or type of materials.
Too few, then go back and expand your search. Consider synonyms for your search words or concepts. Try to use professional language or terminology.
Irrelevant results, then try new search terms. Consider synonyms or related concepts. Identify and search using descriptors. Try a different database.

Managing Search Results

Databases typically allow you to manage your search results by utilizing the option below:

printing your search results list and/or specific records
saving your search results list and/or specific records–some databases may allow you to save your file for export into commercial bibliographic citation manager software, such as EndNote or ProCite

Not all search management features are available in all databases.

Marking

The “mark” feature allows you to select records from within your search results. By marking items, you can print or email multiple records at one time.

To mark a record

in the Search Results list, click in the check box to the left of a title
in an Article Display, click in the check box labeled Mark article–top of screen

Marking records in ProQuest.

To view your list of marked records

click on the Marked list tab–near the top of the screen

Marked list in ProQuest.

You may then email, print or export the items you have selected. Full-text will not be printed or exported for marked items–even if the full-text is available. Full-text can be emailed. NOTE: If you opt to print a bibliography, you may print your records using a specific citation style–at present, this function IS NOT PRINTING CITATIONS IN THE CORRECT FORMAT.

Printing

To print a record, including full-text if available

click on the Print button–near the top of the Article View, not the one in your Internet browser
click the Print button
click the Back to Article View link–near the top of the article

Emailing

To email a record, including full-text if available

click on the Email button–near the top of the Detailed Record
select the email format
select plain text or HTML
enter an email address
click the Send Email button
click the article page link in the sentance "You may return to the article page"

Emailing in ProQuest.

Use your complete email address and include an optional note about what you are sending in the comment box.

Saving

To save a record

go to the Marked List
click on the Export citations link
select a download/export format
follow on-screen instructions–will vary depending on download format
click the Back to Articles and Bibliography link

Exporting marked records in ProQuest.

To save an article as text only

click on the Print button–near the top of the Article View
click Cancel
click File, Save As
select location
change Save as type to Text file (.txt)
enter filename–with .txt extension
click Save
click the Back to Article View link

Use a word processing program to open your file.

Search Tips

Use advanced search features to modify a search to obtain more successful search results. You can combine advanced search features to modify and improve your search. Advanced search features often include:

date
document and/or publication type and
Boolean operators

Phrase or proximity searching

In ProQuest, there are two ways to search for a phrase

if the phrase contains more than two words, put the phrase in double quotes
“world wide web”
“english as a second language”
if the phrase contains two words, ProQuest automatically searches the words as a phrase
criminal justice
violent crimes

Phrase searching in ProQuest.

Field searching

click on the pull-down arrow–to the right of the “Citation and article text” box
scroll to the field to limit your search to
click on the field’s name

Field searching in ProQuest.

Date

go to the date range section of the screen
select a predefined range: last 7 days, last 30 days, last 3 months, last 12 months
select an option to to enter a date: On this date..., Before this date, After this date..., Specific date range...

To limit a search to specific dates
Limiting by date in ProQuest.

Document type

click on the pull-down arrow after the words “All publication types”–in the "Publication Type:" section
if the "Publication Type:" section is not visible, click the More Search Options tab
select All publication types or a specific publication type

Selecting document types in Proquest.
Limiting by publication type in ProQuest.

Searches may also be limited to specific article types

click on the pull-down arrow after the words “Any article type”
select Any article types or a specific article type

Limiting by article type in ProQuest.

ProQuest searches may be limited to scholarly journals, including peer-reviewed publications

go to the checkboxes section in the limit results to section–below the entry boxes
use the Scholarly journals, including peer reviewed check box to limit your search

Limiting to peer reviewed publication in ProQuest.

Boolean operators

Use AND to narrow a search. AND looks for both terms in the same record.
leadership and vision; mainstreaming and science

Use OR to broaden a search. OR looks for either term in the same record.
mainstreaming or inclusion; elementary education or secondary education

Use NOT to eliminate records with a certain term.
Saturn not car; Venus not planet

Plurals

?	for Regular plural forms. school? retrieves both school and schools
*	Any number of characters at the end of a word. leader* retrieves leader, leaders, leadership
?	One character. defen?e retrieves both defense and defence
multiple?	A specific number of characters. compute? retrieves computer, computed, not compute, computers, computerized, computerization

Truncating search terms in ProQuest.

Additional Features

click on the Publication Search tab to open the Publication Search screen
type the name of the periodical you want to find
click the Search button
click on the name of the periodical you want to display a list of the available issues, then you can either browse through the issues or search through the issues
to browse through the issues
look through the list of issues to find the one you need
to find older issues, use the drop down menus to change dates, and then click on Search
select the issue you want to display an alphabetical list of the titles of the articles in that issue
select the article you want to view
to search through the issues
click the Search Within Publication tab
construct a search using the information that you know–words from the title, author, date, etc.

Publication Search in Proquest.
Publication search method in ProQuest.

Pulication search displays results; all available volumes/issues.