Background/Reference Sources
Use these sources to help you pick a topic and to provide context to your research based argument. Note the Library Location of these materials. Many are in the Information Center collection on the 1st floor of Green East.
Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press, c2000.
Green » InfoCenter (Non-circulating) » HV6446 .K43 2000
1st American ed. London ; New York : DK Pub., 2007.
Green » InfoCenter (Non-circulating) » BL312 .W55 2007
2nd ed. Detroit : Macmillan Reference USA, 2005.
Green » InfoCenter (Non-circulating) » BL31 .E57 2005 V.1
Also a searchable e-reference book.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2000.
Green » InfoCenter (Non-circulating) » GT3150 .T25 2000
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2009.
Green » InfoCenter (Non-circulating) » BL545 .A24 2009
Also available as a searchable e-resource
New York : Harcourt Brace, c2000.
Green » InfoCenter (Non-circulating) » GR650 .M36 2000
Selected Searchworks Subject Terms
These are examples of searchworks catalog searches
This list is sorted by newest to oldest, and limited to English Language. You can change the limits and the sort order
Some Interesting Titles - take a look!
Here are some books that touch on the topics you are considering.
1st ed. New York : Knopf Books, 2008.
Business » Check Business Library catalog for status » HV6441 .G54 2008
We have 3 copies of this book - in Green, Law and Business Library
Suggested Databases
Besides the selected general and subject-specific databases listed here , try these databases for Articles about the Underworld, Criminality, and "otherness".
Bethesda, Md. : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, [200-?]-
[New York] : Elsevier, 2004-
[Bethesda, Md.] : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
[Evanston, Ill.] : American Theological Association, [Ipswich, Mass.] : EBSCO Information Services
[New York] : H.W. Wilson, 1987-
A detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations covering literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing.
[Stamford, Conn.] : Softline Information, [2001]-
Full text database of selected newspapers, magazines, and journals of the alternative and independent press.
[Ipswich, Mass.] : EBSCO
Selected Searchable E-Journals
When you search a particular journal, you don't need to use as many keywords in your search. You already know the focused perspective of the journal by its description.
Electronic resource: Search keyword: underground for over 100 articles on cities' underground planning, space, development, challenges, and more
[Dordrecht] : Kluwer Academic Publishers
Websites of Interest
Here are some links you might not find googling.
This 2001 site explores the Los Angeles Police Department Rampart [CRASH unit] scandal and investigation, "a tangled web linking officers with street gangs, drug dealing, and the gangsta rap underworld." Includes a chronology; interviews; rap lyrics about the police; and information on the legacy of the Rodney King beating, Suge Knight, and Death Row Records. From the PBS series Frontline (includes transcript).
