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Forensic Sciences Research

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The Forensic Sciences Research Guide will give you an overview of the research process and highlight some information resources for your projects. In addition to recommended databases and journals, we also have some eBooks and websites with information on the forensic sciences. If you have any questions, or need more guidance, the library staff is always ready to assist you. There are many ways to contact us.

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Key Databases for Forensic Sciences

In the forensic sciences, most students use research articles as sources for their academic projects.  Articles are published in journals, which in turn are collected in databases, where you can search, read, and download the articles.  Some of our most popular databases for the forensic sciences are:

OneSearch

A great starting place for research in the forensic sciences. Includes content from a variety of publishers and database providers.

Forensic Science Journals

Databases are useful for searching many articles and journals at once, but there may be times when you're looking for a specific journal title.  This may happen in the following situations:

  • You've found a citation and for an article and want to know if we have access to that article.
  • Your professor mentions a certain journal and says you should look at articles from that journal in your project.
  • You are looking for information on a specific area of forensic science and want a journal that covers only that area.

To look up a specific journal by title or ISSN, use our Find a Journal search tool:

If we have access to the journal you're looking for, your search results will look like this.  This lets you know that the journal Forensic Science Review is available in two databases, with the year(s) of coverage listed.

Find a Journal search results showing two options for access to Forensic Science Review

 

Here are some suggested journals in the field of forensic sciences.  We have access to all of these through different databases:

  • Journal of Forensic Sciences
  • Journal of Chromatography
  • Forensic Science International
  • Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine
  • Journal of Analytical Toxicology