Subject Guides: Hot Topics: Gun Control: Extending Your Research

Scholarly Articles

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Use our databases to find articles by scholars addressing gun control. Search the databases below to find journal articles on your topic.

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Search the databases below to find articles. These terms are split up by the topics covered within this guide, and could include variations or combinations of those listed.

Gun Legislation, Control & Rights:
- gun rights, gun control, national rifle association, firearm legislation, firearm regulation, gun regulation, gun violence prevention, gun laws, firearm possession restriction, and second amendment rights
School, Youth & Gang Violence:
- gangs, gang violence, school shootings, youth gun violence, and school violence
Mass Shootings
- mass shootings, mass murder, gun crime

Most databases will let you limit to scholarly or peer-reviewed journals and articles, so look for the checkbox (you may need to be in the advanced screen).

Criminal Justice Abstracts
HeinOnline
HeinOnline Academic includes more than 292,000 titles of legal, historical, and government documents. In addition to more than 2,800 law-related periodicals, the database contains the entire U.S. Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, and sections dedicated to treaties, constitutions, case law, world trials, classic treatises, international trade, foreign relations, U.S. Presidents, and more
Locations: UM, UMM, UMPI
Remote Access: Available
Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) This link opens in a new window
The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of Grants and Training and the Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security. The collection of homeland security policy and strategy related documents “supports local, state and federal analysis and decision-making needs and assists academics of all disciplines in homeland defense and security related research.” Access to the site for the University of Maine System is granted via proxy and IP authentication.

Note: It is recommended to use the Internet Explorer (IE) browser for this resource.
Locations: UM, UMA, UMF, UMFK, UMM, UMPI, USM, LAW
Remote Access: Available
PsycINFO
Sociology Collection
ProQuest's Sociology Collection indexes the literature of sociology and related disciplines, including anthropology, criminology, demography, education, gerontology, mental health, minority studies, political science, public health, social psychology, social work, urban studies, welfare programs, and women's studies. Content types covered include journals, books, conference papers, and doctoral dissertations. Sociology Collection incorporates the indexing from Sociological Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA), and Sociology Database into a single resource; each may also be searched separately. Sociology Collection includes full text articles from approximately 500 journals; it links to many more full text journals in other databases and journal collections, depending in part on each UMS library's subscriptions.
Coverage: From 1974
Locations: UM, UMA, UMF, UMFK, UMM, USM
Remote Access: Available

Books

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Hot Topics: Gun Control

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