Provide:
Scholarly, Peer Reviewed and/or Refereed Journals generally have:
Original research
Rigorous acceptance process by scholars in the field
Author’s credentials presented
Abstract (summary)
Footnotes at the bottom of the page or endnotes at the end of the article
Bibliography or a list of references at the end of the article
Searching in a database is different than searching in Google. Databases do NOT like sentences. So when you are searching for articles in OneSearch or one of our databases, you want to write down as many keywords and phrases that best describe your topic. Once you have those keywords/phrases, try different combinations in order to construct a search strategy. Use the word "and" when combining your keywords/phrases in one of our databases. You do not need link your keywords/phrases with "and" in OneSearch.
Start with keyword(s) and/or phrase(s) that are as specific as possible:
prisoner reentry and voting privileges
reentry and employment
reentry and public safety
female offenders and pregnancy
probation and juveniles
reentry and race
parole and female offenders
probation and juveniles
If you are dissatisfied with too few search results, broaden your search by adding alternative keywords and phrases:
prisoner disenfranchisement or felony disenfranchisement
female prisoners and (motherhood or pregnancy)
Search these databases for magazine, journal and/or newspaper articles on different aspects of reentry, probation and/or parole:
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
Criminal Justice Periodical Index
The Crime Report (from John Jay College's Center on Media, Crime and Justice)
To access these databases, click on Databases in the middle of our library's homepage. You may then access a particular database by clicking on Select from popular databases or choose by subject or title:
Once you select a database, you will first be sent to the John Jay login page if you have not already logged in. Use your John Jay email ID and password to login. If you do not know your John Jay email username/password or you are experiencing problems with your login, go to reset.jjay.cuny.edu to either set up or reset your John Jay email account. Contact the DoIt Helpdesk at 212.237.8200 if you need further assistance.
Use OneSearch to find journal, magazine and newspaper articles in John Jay's Lloyd Sealy library. The search box can be found on our library's homepage:
To search for articles only, select Articles (see above) in the OneSearch search box on our homepage OR limit your results to articles (below) by clicking on Articles once you've performed your search:
If you're searching for peer-reviewed journal articles, select that option in the OneSearch search box from our homepage (see above) or limit your results (below) after you've performed your search:
Click on the Full text available link in OneSearch to access the article in which you are interested. You will first be sent to the John Jay login page if you have not already logged in. Use your John Jay email ID and password to login. If you do not know your John Jay email username/password or you are experiencing problems with your login, go to reset.jjay.cuny.edu to either set up or reset your John Jay email account. Contact the DoIt Helpdesk at 212.237.8200 if you need further assistance.
Remember, not every database is full text, meaning that sometimes they are finding aids and the actual article you want may be found in another database or on a different webpage. If you do not see a full text link (either PDF or HTML) for a specific article in one of our databases:
Click 
to determine if the full text is available elsewhere:
Once you click on Find it! @ CUNY, your browser will open another window to OneSearch showing full text options if available.
If there are no full text options available from our library, you may request articles from other libraries through our Interlibrary Loan service.