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Collections (print and electronic)
The Lloyd Sealy Library book collection supports faculty research, graduate study and undergraduate study in the John Jay mission fields of criminal justice, fire science, forensic psychology, forensic science, forensic computing, public administration and security. You will find both scholarly and more popular level publications in these subject fields. Textbooks, however are not generally purchased. See the Collection Development Policy Additional materials for faculty research in the humanities are available through our extensive electronic resources and faculty privileges to borrow books from the other CUNY libraries. Resources are also available through Interlibrary Loan Services.
For author, title, keyword or subject access to the books in our collection, you may search CUNY+. This is the online library catalog for all nineteen libraries of the City University of New York. You may borrow books from eighteen of these libraries.
To see a list of new books added to the Lloyd Sealy Library collection within the past six months, you can use the command search option in CUNY +. Select "Command Search" from the yellow taskbar at the top of the screen. Type: WNB=nbl To limit the list of new books to a specific subject, you can refine the command search. Here are a few examples. The full list of codes for command searching is available on the command search screen. WNB=nbl and WRD=reentry
The Lloyd Sealy Library subscribes to paper copies of key journals in the fields of criminal justice, forensic psychology, forensic sciences, history, law, law enforcement, psychology, public administration, security, etc. Information about the specific volumes and years owned is available via a search of the journal title in CUNY+. For electronic copies of journals use the List of Full Text Electronic Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers..
You may make recommendations for library purchases by the use of this suggestion form. Purchases will be made in accordance with our Collection Development Policy; but please submit your ideas or talk with the Collection Development Librarian, Prof. Maria Kiriakova.
The library provides access to more than 150 electronic databases through our library web site. These databases provide access to journal articles, reports and statistics. All subject fields - art, criminal justice, forensic topics, history, literature, sciences, etc. are greatly enhanced through our numerous databases. The most frequently used databases are accessible on the home page via the Shortcuts to Popular Databases. For a full alphabetic list or subject listing of our databases see the Electronic Information Databases on the home page. You have access to these same resources from off campus by using your John Jay email name and password. Electronic Journals Over 25,000 journals are available electronically with full text through the List of Full Text Electronic Journals on the library home page. When you know the exact citation, (journal name, date, volume # and pages, etc.) start with this web page. Current Awareness Service Many of our databases of journal articles offer you the option for automatic alerts based on your subject profile. When new articles within your subject profile are added to the database, you will receive an email concerning the articles. The alert has to be established with each of the databases through specific steps. You may follow the directions on the home page of the database or ask a Reference Librarian for assistance.
Electronic copies for hundreds of books and reports are available through the online catalog CUNY+. Look for the URL link in the lower section of the book description. Or you may choose to search the individual collections of electronic books: InfoSECURITY netBASE, NetLibrary electronic books, FORENSICnetBASE, Oxford Reference Online and PsycBOOKS. Check these web sites for directories of books that are available with electronic copy of the full text. Books in the public domain are listed on several of these web sites.
The John Jay College Library Special Collections hold unique material related to the mission of the Sealy Library and John Jay College. Materials are in published and unpublished form, consisting of monographs, serials and archival materials. See descriptions of the collections. |
