LibGuides: BAS Degrees: Library Resources: Public Safety

Login Required

You must log in to use library databases and eBooks. When prompted to log in, enter your Passport credentials.

If you have trouble, try resetting your Passport pin, sending an email to HelpDeskRequests@polk.edu, or calling the Help Desk at 863.292.3652.

You can also get help from Ask a Librarian.

Public Administration Databases

The following links will take you directly to the library databases. Hover over the info icon for more information on a particular database.

Academic OneFile (Gale) This link opens in a new window The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles for academic libraries from the world's leading journals, this comprehensive resource covers the physical and social sciences, technology, medicine, engineering, the arts, technology, literature, and many other subjects.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
- This link opens in a new window
America's News (NewsBank) This link opens in a new window With unmatched U.S. news content from local, regional, and national sources, this resource is the largest of its kind. Its diverse source types include printed and online newspapers, blogs, journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts and videos. Explore a specific issue or event through the detailed coverage provided by local reporting or compare a wide variety of viewpoints from across the country on topics such as politics, business, health, sports, cultural activities and people.
Criminal Justice (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Covers a wide variety of criminal justice topics, including corrections administration, law enforcement, social work, industrial security, drug rehabilitation, and criminal and family law.
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window This comprehensive database includes full text and bibliographic records of leading journals in the criminal justice field. Covering a wide range of topics, it is an essential collection for students and scholars researching criminal justice and criminology.
Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale) This link opens in a new window Resources for research across academic disciplines, offering in-depth coverage of virtually any concentration from advertising, psychology and history to microbiology, the humanities and womens studies.
Florida News Sources (Newsbank) This link opens in a new window Explore Florida history through local news, events and people with the Florida News Sources. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.
Global Issues In Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window Offers global perspectives on issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues. Not a pro and con database, Global Issues in Context ties together a variety of sources to present a rich analysis of issues social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, cultural and headlines in world hot spots. It provides information seekers with a framework to better understand 21st-century issues and events while highlighting global connections and the interdependence of all nations.
Legal Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window An authoritative source for information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics including criminal justice, ethics, federal law, international law, labor and human resource law, medical law, organized crime, the environment and more.
Nexis Uni (LexisNexis) This link opens in a new window Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business, and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.
Military and Government Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Designed to offer current news and information to all branches of the military, with a thorough collection of military titles, trade publications and newsweeklies. Includes cover-to-cover full text for nearly 350 titles.
Sage Journals (Sage) This link opens in a new window SAGE is the worlds 5th largest journals publisher. Our portfolio includes more than 645 journals spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology, and Medicine, and more than 280 are published on behalf of 225 learned societies and institutions.

Law Enforcement Management Links

International Association of Chiefs of Police
The International Association of Chiefs of Police is the world's oldest and largest nonprofit membership organization of police executives, with over 20,000 members in over 100 different countries. IACP's leadership consists of the operating chief executives of international, federal, state and local agencies of all sizes.
INTERPOL
"Connecting Police for a Safer World"
Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Established in 1972, the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
U.S. Department of Justice
Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)
Polk County Sheriff's Office
Lakeland Police Department
Bartow Police Department
Winter Haven Police Department
MyFlorida.com - The official Portal of the State of Florida
UNPOL - United Nations Police

Ask a Librarian

Public Safety Journals

The links below will take you directly to back issues of the journals:

Homeland Security Affairs
Peer-reviewed articles on new strategies, policies, concepts and data relating to every aspect of Homeland Security.
Journal of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
Promotes homeland security by providing an accessible, responsible medium for the publication of research, exchange of ideas, & discussion of current issues & events by knowledgeable researchers & practitioners.
Crime Prevention and Community Safety
Crime Prevention & Community Safety publishes research papers, reviews and critiques of the latest developments in aspects of crime prevention and community safety. Topics include:
- crime trends
- policing measures and initiatives
- multi agency partnerships
- victimization
- crime investigation technologies
- evaluating crime prevention techniques
- criminal justice process
- anti-social behavior
- parenting and crime
- domestic violence
- civil law
- crowd behavior
- civil disorder
- zero tolerance policing
- strategic planning
- international perspectives on crime control
- racial harassment
- alcohol and drug related crime and disorder issues
- tourism, security and disorder