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Criminology

Key sources of information about criminology available to KPU Library users

Search Tools for Canadian Government Information

Canadian Government Information Search tool

Created by Carleton University’s MacOdrum Library. Used with permission.

This customized Google search engine searches over 600 government websites in Canada at the federal, provincial, regional and municipal levels.

Other search tools

TIP: Some federal departments have their own search tools to locate their publications. Check the tabs above.

Correctional Service Canada (CSC) publishes several different series of research reports and summaries.

To search all of these research collections at once, use the Publications Canada Advanced Search tool, and enter your search as shown in the screenshot below.

Publications Canada Advanced Search URL link

Publications Canada Advanced Search screen. Put your search keyword(s) in the Title box and then enter the word RESEARCH in the Series Title box, and put CORRECTIONAL SERVICE in the Department/Agency box

BC Government

Other sites

Evaluating web sources

Try out this handy step-by-step tool to evaluate a website:

VIDEO: Evaluating Sources (3:37)

A brief discussion of evaluating sources for bias and objectivity. Accompanies Module 4 in the KPU Library's Doing Research Tutorial.

  • Video (YouTube)
  • Video (Kaltura)
  • Video transcript (text file)
  • APA citation for this video:
    North Carolina State University Libraries. (2015). Evaluating sources for credibility [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/PLTOVoHbH5c