Forensic Science

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Key databases

FORENSICnetBASE Full Text
FORENSICnetBASE contains the full text of hundreds of books on forensic science, law enforcement and criminal justice.

CHEMnetBASE
CHEMnetBase provides access to high quality reference works in chemistry and related subjects. CHEMnetBASE titles

Gale Databases Selected Full Text
The Gale Databases cover the arts and humanities, social sciences, science and technology. They includes peer-reviewed journal articles, ebooks and online encyclopedias.

ProQuest Full Text
ProQuest includes academic and non-academic content in a wide range of fields, from arts, literature, and social science to business, science, technology, and medicine.

PsycINFO Selected Full Text
PsycINFO indexes scholarly literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health. ProQuest Help

ScienceDirect Full Text
Science Direct offers full-text access to over 200 Elsevier journals.

SpringerLink Full Text
Peer-reviewed journals in astronomy, chemistry, computer science, economics, engineering, environmental sciences, geosciences, life sciences, mathematics, medicine and physics.

TOXLINE
TOXLINE offers rapid access to information in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens.

Web of Knowledge
The Web of Knowledge includes Web of Science and a range of other databases, including citation tracking tools.

Wiley Online Library Full Text
The Wiley Online Library includes current journals in a wide range of disciplines.

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AGIS Plus Text Australian Flag Full Text
AGIS Plust Text provides access to legal journals for Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region. Includes all aspects of law.

AustLII Australian flag Selected Full Text
The Australasian Legal Information Institute provides decisions of courts and tribunals, along with access to the full-text of legal journals.

Biological Sciences Selected Full Text
This database covers research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology,ecology, and specific aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. ProQuest Help

EMBASE
EMBASE abstracts the latest scientific developments in biomedical and pharmacological science. EMBASE Help

JSTOR Full Text
JSTOR contains the full-text journals across the disciplines from archaeology to zoology.

NewsBank Full Text Australian flag
NewsBank has the full-text of more than 100 newspapers from Australia and overseas.

PubMed Selected Full Text
PubMed provides access to over 15 million MEDLINE citations dating back to the mid-1960s.

Royal Society of Chemistry Selected Full text
This package provides access to the RSC Journals Archive back to 1841.

SAGE Premier Full Text
SAGE Premier includes 550+ journal titles in business, humanities, social sciences, science, technology and medicine with full-text back to 1999.

Taylor & Francis Full Text
Taylor & Francis journals cover the humanities, economics, management, geography, environmental sciences and the social sciences.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries

21st century of criminology
An A-Z of medicinal drugs
Anatomy of the human body
Chemical compounds
Colour atlas and manual of microscopy for criminalists, chemists, and conservators
Concise medical dictionary
Encyclopedia of cryptography and security
Encyclopedia of forensic & legal medicine — The Encyclopedia covers all aspects of forensic and legal medicine and includes a range of international content.
Encyclopedia of forensic sciences
Encyclopedia of genocide and crimes against humanity
Encyclopedia of police science
Forensic science: An illustrated dictionary
Gunshot wounds
Illustrated pocket dictionary of chromatography
Manual of laboratory and diagnostic tests
New encyclopedia of insects and their allies
Oxford Reference Online — Search Oxford dictionaries and encyclopedias listed by subject.
SAGE eReference — SAGE eReference is a database of multidisciplinary encyclopedias. Sage eReference includes the Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice, Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence, and Encyclopedia of Law & Society, Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law, and Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Society.
World of forensic science

Recommended journals

American Journal of Psychiatry
Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences
Criminology
Forensic Science Communications
International Journal of Legal Medicine
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
Journal of Forensic Sciences
Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Web sites and Internet resources

Australian Institute of Criminology— Australia's national crime and justice research agency: includes statistics, fact sheets and newsletter.
Australian Museum Insect Links
AuthorMapper - searches journal articles and maps the location of authors.
Crime Scene Investigation— an overview of crime scene investigation including evidence collection and preservation, photography, fingerprinting and tracking.
David Willshire's Forensic Psychology, Psychiatry and Cycling Links.
FBI Laboratory— this FBI page provides links to articles through Forensic Science Communication and the the Handbook of Forensic Services.
Forensic Science Resources
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (USA)
National Institute of Forensic Science
ScienceResearch.com - accelerates your research by returning relevant results from over 300 authoritative science and technology collections.
TOXNET (US National Library of Medicine)
Wolfram Alpha - a computational database using knowledge-based computing. Enter your question and WA computes the answer.