LibGuides: Criminology, Policing &amp; Security: Databases and Journals

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Find articles from academic journals such as Trends in Organized Crime as well as magazines, such as New Scientist. Covers all subject areas.
Cambridge University Press Journals This link opens in a new window
Search the journals published by Cambridge University Press. Social policy and society: a journal of the Social Policy Association is one of the journals published by CUP.
Emerald Insight This link opens in a new window
Find journal articles on all aspects of management in the private, public and voluntary sectors.
Oxford Journals Archive This link opens in a new window
Search journals published by Oxford University Press. The British Journal of Criminology is published by the OUP in association with the British Society of Criminology.
SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Search across all journals published by Sage, a major academic publisher in the Social Sciences. Full text articles from journals we subscribe to.
ScienceDirect Journals Collection This link opens in a new window
Search across journals published by Elsevier. Advanced search enables searching within: Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, or Psychology. Press the control key on the keyboard to select more than one subject area.
Social Sciences Citation Index - now part of Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Part of the Web of Science Core Collection. Indexes books and journal articles in the social sciences. Coverage from 1981 onwards. Select holdings to link to our catalogue records.
Sociology Source Ultimate This link opens in a new window
A collection of peer-reviewed full-text journals on all aspects of social behaviour and interaction. It includes plenty of articles on criminology topics.
Taylor And Francis Online Journals This link opens in a new window
Search all journals published by Taylor & Francis. Full text access to journals we subscribe to.
Wiley Online Library: Journals This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary database. Contains articles from Criminology, Law and Social Inquiry, Criminology and Public Policy, as well as many other relevant journals.

APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
Journal article abstract database focused on psychology, social science and behavioural sciences. Covers approximately 2,400 journals in multiple languages.
APA PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
Full-text psychology journal collection published by the American Psychological Association and other related publishers. Includes approximately 120 journals with coverage from 1894 to present.

Westlaw UK This link opens in a new window
Full text UK, EU and international case law, legislation and commentary.

Interactive Tutorial | Journals Tutorial |
Lexis+ This link opens in a new window
Full text case law, journal articles, legislation and commentary, including Halsbury's Laws of England.

Key journals
Reference resources

The titles listed here are current individual subscriptions key to the subject area. We have access to many other journals through various database packages.

Criminology and law

Policing

Statista This link opens in a new window
Online statistics portal providing access to data from market and opinion research institutions, as well as from business organisations and government institutions. Coverage includes Europe (with focus on the UK), the United States and China.
BoB : On Demand TV And Radio For Education This link opens in a new window
Shared online off-air TV and radio recording service for education institutions. BoB enables all staff and students in subscribing institutions to choose and record any broadcast programme from over 65 free to air TV and radio channels.
(initial registration required where you need to enter your university email address)
Kanopy Film Streaming This link opens in a new window
Kanopy is a film streaming service designed for academic use and can be used in a web browser as well as through mobile and smart TV apps. The London Met package includes various curated film collections such as Classic Cinema, Independent Cinema, Film Studies, Early Cinema and more. Sign up for a personal login on the site to be able to use the Kanopy mobile and TV apps.
To watch films via the Kanopy mobile app, first create a personal login on the site with your London Met email address.
Credo Reference Academic Core Premium Collection This link opens in a new window
Online full-text access to dictionaries, encyclopaedias and handbooks in a range of subject areas, including criminology and policing, and other social sciences.