NCJRS Microfiche Program Collection

Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: Microfiche HV6016.U55

Ceased in 1996 with roll number 572. As of August 12, 1996 the last microfiche received by the UMCP Libraries was number 158893.

Automated Access:

NETWORK WWW

The NCJRS database on the Web contains citations from journal literature, books, government reports, congressional hearings, audiovisuals, and more. The database currently contains over 140,000 document citations, including the latest findings from each state in the U.S. and good coverage of international documents. The Web database gives quick access to documents acquired and listed by the NCJRS Clearinghouse in Rockville.

There are four ways to search (1) Global Search: keywords anywhere in record, (2) Author, (3) Subject: the thesaurus is not online but there is a copy in the ARS area, (4) NCJ number: enter it without any prefix.

Items identified in the NCJRS database can be found several ways. The Periodicals department has a collection of NCJRS microfiche that covers selected documents from 1972 to 1996 (NCJRS stopped distributing microfiche in 1996).

The microfiche is arranged by NCJ number, so take down the number when searching the database. Take the NCJ number, then go directly to the microfiche collection (MCK PER M-FICHE HV6016.U55). For those items not part of the NCJRS collection on micfrofiche, consult VICTOR, Government Documents (McKeldin - 2d Floor) or a reference librarian.

Description

This collection is composed of about 30 percent of the holdings of the U.S. National Criminal Justice Reference Service in microfiche format between 1972 and 1996. It includes published and unpublished research reports, program descriptions and evaluations, books, dissertations, theoretical and empirical studies, handbooks and standards, journal articles, audio cassettes, films and filmstrips. The microfiche collection was discontinued by NCJRS in 1996. Many NCJRS publications (those done by government agencies and contractors) are available fulltext on the NCJRS website.

Microfiche are arranged by NCJ number (or accession number).

Index/Guide

The following source provides more detailed information about the contents of each microfilm reel in the collection:

REF HV6016.U552

Cumulative Index to the NCJRS Microfiche Collection. Annual. 1985-
Provides title, subject, corporate author, personal author, and citation numbers indexes to the NCJRS microfiche collection.

REF HV6016.U551

DRI: Document Retrieval Index, 1972-1984. The NCJRS provides access to its entire collection through this index. It is not just an index to the microfiche collection. Subject, title, and personal name indexes lead to citations arranged by NCJ number. If there is an NCJ number, then the full text document can be accessed in the NCJRS microfiche. Other documents not in the microfiche collection may be found in the general collections or the Government Documents Unit.