Materials in the library catalog about the death penalty
We have the following materials in the library catalog about the death penalty:
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Websites on the Death Penalty
The following websites will help you with your research on the death
penalty:
Capital Punishment Statistics
Bureau of Justice Statistics (under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Justice) presents annual statistics on capital punishment, including executions by race and gender, and death row inmates by race, gender and criminal record.
Survey of the Federal Death Penalty System
Statistical tables and notes on victims and offenses from U.S. attorneys, review committees, and the Attorney General, from the office of the U.S. Deputy Attorney General.
National Death Penalty Archive
The NDPA is a partnership between the University at Albany Libraries and the Capital Punishment Research Initiative (CPRI) at the University's School of Criminal Justice. It initiates research, maintains a collection of archival materials documenting the history of capital punishment, and provides resources for historical scholarship.
Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life: Death Penalty
An Issue page from Pew including forum transcripts, publications, news and links. The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life (began in 2001) is a nonpartisan, non-advocacy organization that does not take positions on policy debates; it functions as an information clearinghouse, conducts research on the intersection of religion with politics, law, U.S. domestic policy and world affairs, and hosts discussions and roundtables.
American Civil Liberties Union: Death Penalty
The ACLU's site on the death penalty, including fact sheets, current news, and legislative developments.
Amnesty International: the Death Penalty
Website concerning fighting the death penalty on a global scale; it includes fact sheets, statistics, news and reports.
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Library Databases Relevant to the Death
Penalty
The following Santa Monica College Library online databases may contain material
relevant to the death penalty. Databases may include magazine,
newspaper and journal articles. Off-campus users, please note: you must be a Santa
Monica College student, faculty or staff member to use these
services.
Academic Search Premier, MasterFile Premier
Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier provide
full text for over 6200 periodicals including full text
for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans
virtually every area of academic study and offers information
dating as far back as 1975.
National Newspapers (U.S.)
Searchable index for recent issues of the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and the Christian Science Monitor. Full-text for newer issues and citations for older materials. More information on coverage
Philosophy and Religion Collection
Covers such topics as epistemology, political philosophy,
philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of
philosophy, world religions, biblical studies,
religious history. Includes more than 300 full text journals.
History Reference Center
A comprehensive full text history reference database that
covers both U.S. and world history. Includes historical documents and
articles from reference books, history magazines, journals, and newspapers.
Also timelines, biographies, maps, photos and video clips.
Magill On History
Includes coverage of the ancient world, also American history,
colonial and pre-colonial US and Canada; cultures and civilizations
in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, the Americas and Oceania;
Also includes coverage of the twentieth century, with special focus
on economics, science, human rights, the environment, and the arts.
Los Angeles Times, Historical (1881 - 1985)
The Los Angeles Times (1881-1985) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. See National Newspapers (U.S.) for current issues of the Los Angeles Times.
RAND California
An extensive database on California and its cities and counties. Includes information on California public policy issues, statistics on business, employment, population, real estate, and crime rates, school test scores and monthly reports on the California economy.
JSTOR
Back issues of over 300 scholarly journals in a wide variety of disciplines: African American Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Archeology, Art and Architecture, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Music, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology and Statistics.
Rev. by:
Brenda Antrim, Librarian Feb. 2007
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