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Resources for Master's Students

Below are some resources gathered for the use of our graduate students. Highly recommended pages are bolded.

Library:

IRIS search screen (http://www.iris.rutgers.edu)

General library homepage (http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/)

Directions for accessing the library from off-campus so you can access library holdings (http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/how_do_i/connect_from_home.shtml)

Links to Criminal Justice Online Journals through Rutgers Libraries (requires Rutgers authentication) (http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/curriculum/library.htm#crimjustice)

Hints and Sources for Gathering Academic Information in Criminal Justice
(written by Dr. Gail Caputo) (http://crab.rutgers.edu/~gcaputo/Graduate_Research.html)

Partial List of Criminology/Criminal Justice Related Journals (from ASC) (http://www.asc41.com/JOURNALS.html)

Citation Style (APA):

A Guide for Writing Research Papers (based on Styles Recommended by the American Psychological Association) (http://webster.commnet.edu/apa/index.htm)

bullet APA style tips (http://www.apastyle.org/previoustips.html)

bullet APA Research Style Crib Sheet (http://www.psychwww.com/resource/APA Research Style Crib Sheet.htm)

bullet Electronic References in APA style (http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html)

bullet American Psychological Association Format (5th ed.) crib sheet (http://www.crk.umn.edu/library/links/apa5th.htm)

Research Ethics:

ORSP (Office of Research and Sponsored Programs) homepage (http://orsp.rutgers.edu)

bullet Human Subject Research homepage (http://orsp.rutgers.edu/Human.asp)

bullet Human Subjects Certification Program (http://orsp.rutgers.edu/humans/hscp.php)

bullet Human Subjects Certification Program letter generation page (http://orsp.rutgers.edu/sakai/)

bullet Various research ethics resources (http://orsp.rutgers.edu/Humans/resources.php)

bullet On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In Research (book published by The National Academies of Sciences) (http://books.nap.edu/html/obas/)

Statistics/SPSS:

Research Methods Knowledge Base (an excellent source for information on research methods) (http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/index.htm)

Internet Glossary of Statistical Terms (much more than just a glossary, includes diagrams showing how to calculate stats and some animations; also has some free downloadable tutorials in Flash format) (http://www.animatedsoftware.com/statglos/statglos.htm)

Selecting Statistics (a guide to choosing what statistics are appropriate) (http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/selstat/ssstart.htm)

HyperStat Online Textbook (introductory material on statistics) (http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/)

Electronic Statistics Textbook (use the navigation bars on the right hand side to jump to categories or use the search function on the homepage) (http://www.statsoftinc.com/textbook/stathome.html)

Statistics Family Tree (a handy one-page PDF handout by the Standard Deviants) (http://www.sdlearn.com/inserts/StatFamilyTreeCard.pdf)

SPSS tutorial (for an older version of the program, but still quite accurate) (http://www.chass.ncsu.edu/training/SPSS/)

SPSS online Quicktime movies (excellent for beginners!) (http://calcnet.mth.cmich.edu/org/spss/toc.htm)

bullet Installing and Using SPSS (http://stat.tamu.edu/~mspeed/spss/general.html)

bullet SPSS for Windows: Getting Started (http://cstl-cla.semo.edu/snell/spsswin.htm)

Academicy Dishonesty/Plagiarism:

Policy on Academic Integrity for Undergraduate and Graduate Students (http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/RUCAM/info/Academic-Integrity-Policy.html)

Departmental information on academic dishonesty (http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/curriculum/plagiarism.htm)

Other:

Rutgers-Camden online Registrar services for students (http://registrar.rutgers.edu/CMINDEX.HTM)

Graduate School Survival Guide (http://projects.ischool.washington.edu/wpratt/survive.htm)

bullet National Graduate Student Crisis Line (a toll free crisis help line) (http://www.hopeline.com/gradhelp/l)

bullet Links to two major criminal justice professional organizations:
American Society of Criminology (http://www.asc41.com) and the
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (http://www.acjs.org/)

 

 

August 29, 2009