Many journals offer free access to article abstracts. A selection is presented here.
- American Society of Criminology (ASC) Journal "Criminology"(abstracts)
- American Society of Criminology (ASC) Journal "Criminology and Public Policy" (abstracts)
- Behavioral Sciences and the Law (abstracts)
- Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice (abstracts) 1997-current
- Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation
- Center for Sex Offender Management (USO) documents database
- CINCH - the Australian Criminology Database
- DrugData
- EDC's National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention virtual library
- Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database
- Harvard Family Research Project database of "afterschool program" evaluations
- Human Services Research Institute (HRSI) publications catalog
- Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority reports
- International Centre for Crime Prevention publications (Montreal)
- Journal of Experimental Criminology (abstracts)
- Journal of Forensic Sciences (abstracts) 1972-2005
- JRSA Journal, Justice Research & Policy, 1999-current
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) database
- National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practice (NREPP)
- National Youth Development Information Center Library database
- PAVNET database on US federally funded violence-related research
- Prison Health Research Network
- PsiTri database of randomized and controlled trials in mental health
- PubMed, from the National Library of Medicine
- Rutgers University Don M. Gottfredson Library of Criminal Justice Gray Literature Database
- SafetyLit: the online source for injury prevention literature
- Social Care Online
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) full text documents
- US Housing and Urban Development (HUD) database on housing and community development
- US National Institute of Health Prevention communication research database
- VioLit - Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
- World Bank Group documents and reports