CHECKLIST/GUIDE TO MATERIALS AND INFORMATION FOR POLICE RESEARCHERS

• NCJ Number: 55173
• Author(s): B Swanton
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 143 pages
• Corporate Author: Australian Institute of Criminology
• Sale Source: Australian Institute of Criminology
• Publication Type: Directory
• Language: English
• Country: Australia

Annotation

WRITTEN FROM A RESEARCHER'S RATHER THAN A LIBRARIAN'S PERSPECTIVE, THIS RESOURCE CHECKLIST IS INTENDED AS A PRACTICAL REFERENCE TOOL FOR RESEARCHERS PURSUING BOTH POLICE-SPECIFIC AND POLICE-RELATED MATERIAL IN AUSTRALIA.

Abstract

IN ADDITION TO OUTLINING THE PROBABLE UTILITY OF SELECTED TYPES OF MATERIALS, BOTH PRINT AND NONPRINT, THE GUIDE LISTS A VARIETY OF TITLES OF INTEREST TO POLICE RESEARCHERS, INCLUDING BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC JOURNALS, PERIODIC REPORTS, ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING JOURNALS, BOOKS, REPORTS, PAMPHLETS, THESES, UNPUBLISHED PAPERS, AND REFERENCE WORKS, AS WELL AS AUDIO, VIDEO, FILM, AND MICROREPRODUCTION MATERIALS. INFORMATION SOURCES AND SERVICES ARE ALSO OUTLINED, INCLUDING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIBRARIES, DIRECT AND INDIRECT SOURCES, DIRECTORIES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC AND INFORMATION SERVICES WITHIN AND OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA. A GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS IS FURNISHED. (KBL)