Are you working with GIS data in your Criminology research? If so, you might be interested to learn that SFU researchers can now download the ArcGIS Pro Crime Analysis Plugin. This is for use with the ArcGIS platform.

Check out Ryerson Democratic Engagement Exchange’s guide to voting in the 2019 election: The Power is Yours: Your Federal Election Handbook.

The handbook "is a non-partisan guide that equips first-time and infrequent voters with the knowledge to make a confident, informed vote in the 2019 federal election. The workbook-style handbook is engaging, and easy to read and most importantly: fun!"

As you may have heard, the Cannabis Act is in effect from October 17, 2018 onwards. This will undoubtedly raise lots of interesting questions and novel scenarios. Here are some library resources that can help.

Check out our legal databases for analysis from a legal perspective:

1. Westlaw Next Canada contains all sorts of legal materials, such as:

I am pleased to announce that the SFU Library is currently running trials of three Sage Research Methods resources.

Are you conducting a content analysis of news media (newspapers, broadcast news, news websites, etc.)? If so, check out our new guide on conducting a media literature review:

Media literature reviews: How to conduct a literature review using news sources

Use this guide if you are conducting a literature review of news sources on a certain topic, and need help locating a sample of news sources for your analysis.  For example:

Good news: a number of print legal titles (by Carswell) are now available online. Until now, these titles have only been in print. Their new online format allow for significantly greater access, as well as legal content that is updated more quickly!

Titles now online include:

Check out UBC Librarians' excellent new guide to FOI requests! It covers BC, Canada, US, and International FOIs.

Enjoy the latest edition of the online Elsevier Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences!

This encyclopedia's in-depth, multi-page entries cover the latest in forensic sciences. This is a good place to start when researching a forensics topic, before you explore deeper with more specific journal articles.

Encyclopedia entries cover a broad range of topics from forensics administration to DNA to urine analysis. Example entries:

I'm pleased to note SFU Library now has access to the American Law Institute Collection, via the HeinOnline database.

Highlights of the collection include:

--The US Model Penal Code

--Restatement of the law: codifications of common law judge-made doctrines that develop gradually over time because of the principle of stare decisis