InfoGuides: Digital Forensics (DFOR): Find Articles

Core Databases for DFOR

Google Scholar
Crawls "more scholarly" websites then Google, but not everything is scholarly. More work to determine if something is scholarly sometimes. Note: Be sure to setup to display library links for George Mason University Libraries to get full text articles.

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Citations and full-text articles in the area of computing and information technologies from journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published by the ACM.
IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to all journals, transactions and conference proceedings published by IEEE and IET. Accesses more than 1,000 books in the IEEE-Wiley eBook Library and IEEE-MIT eBook Library-Computing and Engineering Collection.

Criminal Justice Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides comprehensive coverage of the major journals in criminology and related disciplines, extensive coverage of books, and unparalleled access to reports from government and nongovernmental agencies.
Criminal Justice Database This link opens in a new window
Supports research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. Covers U.S. and international scholarly journals, correctional and law enforcement trade publications, crime reports, crime blogs and other material relevant for researchers or those preparing for careers in criminal justice, law enforcement and related fields.

InterLibrary Loan Requests (ILLiad)
If a journal article or conference paper is not available electronically or a book isn't available through the WRLC, use ILLiad to request the item.

IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
Collects Industry Market Research and Industry Risk Ratings in 6 categories: US Industry Reports (NAICS), US Specialized Industry Reports, Global Industry Reports, US Risk Ratings Reports, US Risk iExpert Summaries and US Business Environment Profiles.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
NOTE: Mergent Online will replaced by Mergent Market Atlas. Both platforms will be available until June 30, 2025.
Delivers comprehensive suite of authoritative financial information. Up to 4 years of key financial information on over 400,000 global private companies; integrated screening and searching for public and private companies; full company reports in pdf format; ability to view competitors on both private and public companies.

More databases can be found on the Business Library Subject Guide.

NOTE: Many more journals in Digital Forensics can be found using the library databases, the library Journal Finder and the catalog.

Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation
"covers a broad array of subjects related to crime and security throughout the computerized world. The primary pillar of this publication is digital evidence and multimedia, with the core qualities of provenance, integrity and authenticity." from publisher
Journal of Forensic Sciences
Publication of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Hyperlink sends you to the catalog. Select the journal years you need from the webpage.
International Journal of Information Privacy and Security
Contains "research in the theory and practice of information security and privacy." from publisher

NOTE: Many more journals in Cybersecurity Engineering can be found using the library databases, the library Journal Finder and the catalog.

International Journal of Information and Network Security (IJINS)
(Open Access) This peer-reviewed journals publishes research related to cybersecurity, privacy, trust, digital forensics, hacking and cyber warfare.
Journal of Cybersecurity
(Open Access). Cybersecurity research is interdisciplinary and this journal reflects that. It publishes research in areas including cultural studies, computer science and security, security economics, human factors, cryptography, legal aspects and more.
National Cybersecurity Institute Journal
(Open Access) This peer-reviewed journal "covers topics appealing to a broad readership within the cyber security discipline, with a particular focus on education, training, and workforce development."