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Welcome
Welcome to the Forensic Science Research Guide! Here you can find tips on how to find and use information pertaining to Forensic Science. Please explore the links and feel free to contact us for any additional information or help using our resources.
Cite your References!
Find information on popular reference styles through our "Citation Style Guide." Remember to use the style asked for by your professor, and to check your work.
Use the online reference tool Zotero to help import, manage and export bibliographic references in various styles.
Research Aids
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Forensic Science: An Illustrated Dictionary (through Ebook Central)
The Forensic Laboratory Handbook Procedures and Practice (through SpringerLink)
Encyclopedia of Forensic Science (through MyiLibrary)
Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science
Database
E-Journals
E-books
Subject Librarian
Getting Articles
Forensic Science Recommended Databases
Theses and Dissertations
For additional information on advanced research as well as theses and dissertations, please consult our Research Guide for Advanced Studies.
Forensic Science Related Databases
Searching for Books
Searching the Catalogue
The catalogue is your primary tool for finding books in the J.N. Desmarais Library. You can also use the catalogue to find other materials, including government publications and journals (including individual articles).
You can search the catalogue by:
- Title
- Author/Creator
- Subject
- Call Number
When you know the book you are searching for, pick Title or Author; when you are searching for a topic, start with Keyword unless you know the exact Subject heading describing your topic.
More on searching the Catalogue is available in Module 5 of the Research Skills Tutorial in D2L.
Additional Print Resources
- Forensic Science: An Illustrated Dictionary (2nd Floor: Ref. HV 8073 B677 2004)
- Color Atlas and Manual of Microscopy for Criminalists, Chemists, and Conservators (3rd Floor: QH 205.2 P486 2004)
Shelf Searching
Laurentian uses LC Classification. Some patrons may wish to browse for books in the stacks; Forensic Science is generally classified under HV - Social pathology, public welfare, and criminology.
Some related HV subclassifications are:
- HV6001-7220.5 Criminology
- HV6035-6197 Criminal anthropology
- HV6055-6079 Criminals--identification
- HV6071 Legal photography (criminology)
- HV6074 Fingerprints
- HV6675-6685 Forgery
- HV7936 Evidence preservation
- HV8073-8079 Criminal investigation
- HV8073 Chemistry, forensic (general)
- HV8073-8077.35 Identification (criminal investigation)
- HV8075 Typewriting--identification
- HV8077.5 Footprints--identification
- HV8074-8076 Writing--identification
- HV8077 Firearms--identification. Forensic ballistics
- HV8079 Arson investigation. Computer crimes--investigation
Further related classifications are GN which includes Forensic Anthropology and RA which includes Forensic Medicine.
WorldCat
Getting E-books
E-books
- Some may be located by using the library’s catalogue and selecting "Books & eBooks" as the "Material Type" and then further filtering your results by "Available online".
- E-books can also be located by searching in e-book collections. Searching in these collections is the same as searching in a database.
Recommended E-book Collections for the Sciences
Get Films
Need a Film Not in Laurentian's Online Film Collections?
Consult: Watmedia (Provincial Multi-media Catalogue). Material held by Laurentian may be signed out in the library. To order a film not available at Laurentian, please email LUFilmLibrary@laurentian.ca and specify the date(s) you require the item.
Questions: Please contact Ginette Gervais, coordinator of interlibrary loan.