Research Guides: Identity Theft: Beginning Your Research

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Welcome to the research guide for Identity Theft. This guide describes databases and search tools you can use to find information on Identity Theft at the duPont-Ball Library and online, as well as search tips and information about library services.

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Overview

These are helpful subject headings you may use to search for books, articles, etc:

Identity Theft	Identity theft Prevention
Identity Fraud	Cyber fraud
Cybercrime	Privacy
Credit card fraud	Identity Management
corporations AND identity theft	Data Breach
consumer fraud	Credit monitoring

OneSearch

OneSearch is a "discovery tool" which searches multiple databases at the same time to help you find books, articles, music, and more. A default search in OneSearch searches content in Worldcat, Academic Search Complete, and ProQuest Research Library.

OneSearch
Filter to Stetson Library to search the collections of the duPont-Ball Library.

Full tutorial on OneSearch.

Why use reference works?

Consider using encyclopedias and other reference sources when you begin researching a topic. Some encyclopedias will provide more in-depth information than others, but any general encyclopedia is a good source to consult for background information of your chosen subject area. Most encyclopedias provide the following:

Main concepts, including names, dates, places
Keywords and subject terms related to topic
Lists of related articles or additional resources

Britannica online
Academic version of the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Credo Reference
A starting point for research and learning that offers unlimited access to hundreds of full text reference books on every subject. Includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations.
Gale eBooks
A searchable, full-text database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources.
Oxford Reference Online
Contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. Also includes the Oxford Companions Series.

Best Bet Databases for Your Research

ProQuest Complete
Searching most of the ProQuest databases at once, including ProQuest Research, ABI/Inform, GenderWatch, Hoovers Company Records, ProQuest Biology, Science, and Social Science Journals, and ProQuest Newspapers.
EBSCO Research Databases
A search interface to multiple databases on the EBSCO platform. (Academic Search Premier, MLA, PsycInfo, and more)
Statista
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on over 600 industries.
HeinOnline
Includes full-text Law Journal Library, the Federal Register Library, the Treaties and Agreements Library, and the U.S. Supreme Court Library, court and trial documents, and more. Provided by the Stetson University College of Law.
JSTOR
An archive of scholarly journals. Content spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. The most recent 3-5 years of journals are generally not available. JSTOR has a number of other collections to which we do not subscribe. Provided through a cooperative agreement with Stetson's College of Law Library.
NexisUni
News, business and legal sources from LexisNexis. newspapers, magazines, and some journals. Coverage includes general news topics; foreign language news; company, industry, and market news; legal news; general health topics; accounting/tax info; government topics.

New York Times

Stetson students, faculty, and staff can access The New York Times Digital Edition through an Academic Site License provided by duPont-Ball Library.

New York Times
Follow this link for instructions on how to access the NYT.

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