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General
Resources-Search Engines and Reference Tools
Search
Engines-Using a search engine is one of the most
effective ways to find information on the internet. While
search engines give internet users the opportunity
to gather information relatively easy, there are a
few things that should be understood when using search
engines. The following links provide information
on how to effectively use search engines.
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Search
Engine Watch-This site helps students
to use search engines better. It provides
tips on using search engines and the different
types of searches they employ. It also
provides links and ratings to various search
engines available on the web. |
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The
Spiders Apprentice: A Helpful Guide to Web
Search Engines-All about helping you
search the Web more efficiently. This site
explains to you how your search engines work. Advise
is given on improving your own search engine
ranking by careful use of meta-tags and keywords. Students
are guided in figuring out which search engines
are most effective for the various types
of searches, as well as how to use different
search features. |
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Getting
the Most Out of Your Search Engines-This
site helps users to understand the different
techniques used with search engines. It
explains how to properly use keywords and
how to use Boolean "advanced searches" to
gather information. |
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Basic
Techniques for Creating a Search Engine Query-Explains
how basic queries work for most search engines. The
information and tips contained at this site
are generally true of all search engines
and directories. |
The
following links are some of the webs most frequently
used and highest rated search engines.
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FAST
Search Engine-This site is one of the
newer search engines on the internet. It
has a very large search index and is very
simple to use. It is considered by
many as the fastest search engine with the
most comprehensive search return on the net. A
good place to start in searching for information
on the internet. |
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Google-Another
search engine with a large search index. It
is also very simple and easy to use. Provides
the ability to do special searches on government
documents and even indexes pdf files. Rated
one of the best search engines on the world
wide web. |
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Northern
Light-This search engine is also fairly
new to the internet. One of the more
attractive features of using this site is
that it organizes information into different
categories allowing for easy selection of
relevant information. |
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Yahoo-One
of the most popular search engines on the net. While
this is not strictly a search engine, it can
be better cast as a meta-search engine in that
if it cannot locate a hit for a given search
it will give the option of redirecting through
the use of other search engines on the web. |
Reference
Tools-The following links are to dictionaries,
thesauruses, and citation and style guides for referencing
and citing information.
Criminal
Justice Link Pages
General
Criminal Justice Information and Statistical Sites
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Bureau
of Justice Statistics-A federal statistics
site, this site offers statistics on all
areas of the criminal justice system including
crime and victims, criminal offenders, sentencing,
and corrections. |
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National
Archive for Criminal Justice Data-This
is an excellent site for lots of information
and related links for criminal justice. This
site provides access to electronic criminal
justice data collections for research and
instruction and they are provided free of
charge. |
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National
Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)-This
site provides data on information that is
obtained from a national survey of about
50,000 U.S. households. Information
gathered is on frequency, characteristics
and consequences of criminal victimization
in the U.S. |
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National
Criminal Justice Reference Service-This
site gives access to statistical information
in various areas of the criminal justice
system. It also allows for visitors
to search for full text publications relating
to criminal justice. |
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National
Institute of Justice (NIJ)-This site
provides access to publications and reports
issued by the NIJ for research on crime control
and justice issues. The publications
come in PDF formats and ASCII formats. Research
reports issued by the feds can be found here. |
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Source
Book of Criminal Justice Statistics-This
site brings together data from more than
100 sources dealing with all aspects of the
criminal justice system in the United States. The
information is displayed in over 600 tables. |
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The
National Consortium for Justice Information
and Statistics-This is a large web site
providing several links to other related
sites with information and statistics about
criminal justice. |
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Uniform
Crime Reports (UCR)-Conducted by the
FBI, Uniform Crime Reports supply information
on crime statistics from over 17,000 law
enforcement agencies from across the nation
who voluntarily report crime information. |
Non-Profit
Criminal Justice Information Sites
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Institute
for Law and Justice-The Institute for
Law and Justice (ILJ) is a private, non-profit
corporation dedicated to consulting, research,
evaluation, and training in criminal justice. This
site contains links to quality research reports
in their entirety. |
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Koch
Crime Institute-KCI is an organization
committed to research and policy analysis
that identifies and promotes meaningful strategies
in crime reduction and prevention. It provides
expertise and resources to increase public
safety by forming partnerships with businesses,
law enforcement agencies, civic organizations,
and state agencies. |
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Vera
Institute of Justice-Vera is a non-profit
organization that does research in the field
of criminal justice. On this web site,
youÕll find information on the core areas
of the criminal justice system, including
crime and victimization, policing, the judicial
process, sentencing and corrections, and
institutions for youth. |
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