Scope

This Research Guide focuses on cybercrime, a relatively new term used to describe electronic or computer crimes. This broad term covers issues such as hacking, cracking, spam, computer security, privacy invasion, viruses, and piracy.

Overview

Cybercrime: A Reference Handbook
College Library Reference Collection: HV 6773 S3547 2004

Dictionary of Computer and Internet Words : An A to Z Guide to Hardware, Software, and Cyberspace
College Library Reference Collection: QA 76.15 D5255 2001

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online 1992 (updated daily)
Britannica Online is a searchable collection of authoritative references, including Britannica's latest encyclopedia articles. Basic instructions for Encyclopædia Britannica Online

Finding Journal and News Articles

Below are links to databases that cover this subject area. The truncation symbol for all of them is an asterisk (*) unless otherwise noted.

Sample searches for databases:

computer software piracy
computer crime
computer viruses
Internet crimes
cracker* and computer*
internet terroris*
phreaker*
computer hacker*
cybercriminal*
cybercrime*

Recommended Databases:

Academic Search 1984 - to date (updated daily)
This library database indexes approximately 3,100 popular magazines and academic journals and provides the full-text articles from approximately 1,000 journals. Basic instructions for Academic Search

Applied Science and Technology Abstracts 1983 - to date (updated quarterly)
The Applied Science and Technology Abstracts covers more than 400 English language scholarly and trade journals in the general fields of engineering, computers, chemistry, applied mathematics, energy, and a wide variety of applied sciences. Basic instructions for Applied Science and Technology Abstracts

CQ Researcher November 1991 - to date (updated weekly)
Contains weekly reports from Congressional Quarterly that cover the most current and controversial issues. Basic instructions for CQ Researcher

Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe Dates Vary (updated daily)
Contains the full-text articles from U.S. and international newspapers (including the New York Times, June 1980 - to date), as well as some news and business magazines and trade journals. The truncation symbol is an exclamation point (!). Basic instructions for Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe

ProQuest Research Library 1988 - to date (updated daily)
Indexes over 2,000 general-interest and academic journals. Nearly 1,000 periodicals are full-text. Dates vary, but many full-text journals go back to 1988. Basic instructions for ProQuest Research Library

Finding Books

MadCat
Books on cybercrime can be found in MadCat, the UW-Madison library catalog.

Sample keyword searches:

computer? and security
computer? and crime?
"computer hackers"
computer? and ethic?
computer and virus?

Internet Sites

AntiOnline
http://www.antionline.com/index.php
"AO is a worldwide community of security, network and computer professionals, students and keen amateurs who come here to learn the principles and details of computer/network security." The site contains discussion forums, security news, and links to security products.

Center for Democracy and Technology
http://www.cdt.org/security
”The Center for Democracy and Technology works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age.” This page has links to information on cybersecurity.

CERT Coordination Center
http://www.cert.org
"CERT is a center of Internet security expertise, located at the Software Engineering Institute, a federally funded research and development center operated by Carnegie Mellon University." Read about recent press releases, CERT publications, and other sources of security information.

Computer Security Resource Center
http://csrc.nist.gov/index.html
Hosted by the Computer Security Division within The International Institute of Standards and Technology.

Cybercrime.gov
http://www.cybercrime.gov
This is the homepage of the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. The page offers the following types of information: computer crime policies and programs, actual cases filed in the U.S., laws and recent legislation, and other cybercrime documents.

John T. Draper homepage
http://www.webcrunchers.com/crunch
This is the Web site of John T. Draper, a telephone hacker (phreaker) best known for taking internal control of Ma Bell's long distance switching equipment back in the early 1970's. He co-founded and is now working with a security solutions provider developing intrusion prevention software. The site includes links to information on other hackers as well as Draper's personal history.

Newsfactor - Cybercrime
http://www.enterprise-security-today.com/
Hosted by Newsfactor.com (an e-business and technology news network), this section of newsfactor.com’s Web site focuses exclusively on cybercrime security issues.

Privacy International
http://www.privacyinternational.org/cybercrime
Privacy International (PI) is a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance by governments and corporations. This link will take you to a cybercrime “issues” page which includes summaries of recent world news events on the topic.

Organizations

Computer Crime Research Center
http://www.crime-research.org
"Founded in 2001, the Computer Crime Research Center (CCRC) is an independent institute dedicated to the research of cyber crime, cyber terrorism and other issues of computer crimes and internet fraud phenomena. The CCRC is a non-profit organization composed of professionals dedicated to education in the field of computer crimes and cyber terrorism prevention and investigation."

Computer Security Institute
http://gocsi.com
"Computer Security Institute (CSI) is the world's leading membership organization specifically dedicated to serving and training the information, computer and network security professional. Since 1974, CSI has been providing education and aggressively advocating the critical importance of protecting information assets."

The International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists
http://www.iacis.info/iacisv2/pages/home.php
IACIS is an international volunteer non-profit corporation composed of law enforcement professionals dedicated to education in the field of forensic computer science. IACIS members represent Federal, State, Local and International Law Enforcement professionals.

National Fraud Information Center
http://www.fraud.org
"The NFIC was originally established in 1992 by the National Consumers League, the oldest nonprofit consumer organization in the United States, to fight the growing menace of telemarketing fraud by improving prevention and enforcement. In 1996, the Internet Fraud Watch was created, enabling the NFIC to offer consumers advice about promotions in cyberspace and route reports of suspected online and Internet fraud to the appropriate government agencies."