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Ms. Rentschler/Ms. Despines/Ms. Erwin

Spring 2012 Forensics

Unsolved Crimes Pathfinder

The following bookshave been pulled for you and are on a cart:

Guide to American LawREF 364

Great American TrialsREF 343.1K

The Gamblers907.8T

The Wild West917.8O

The Politics of Assassination364.15H

Assassinations364.152A

Anatomy of an Assassination364.15C

The Century of the Detective364.12T

Famous TrialsREF 347.9M

Encyclopedia of Crime and JusticeREF 364.03E

The Forensic Science of C.S.I.363.25 Ram

Forensic Anthropology363.25Tho

Police Lab363.25Owe

Forensic Science363.25Pen

Crime Science363.25Nic

Solving Crimes363.25Fri

Forensic Science363.25Cam

The Forensic Casebook363.25Gen

Fingerprints363.25Bea

Threads of Evidence363.2Sil

Hidden Evidence363.25Owe

Crime Scene363.25Pla

The following databases will be helpful to you:

Points of View

From home and from school:

From USCHS website, click on “Academics” and scroll down to “Student Links

Click on “Points of View”

Username:uschs

Password:panther

Keyword search: [last name, first name of criminal]

Discovering Collection

From home and from school:

From USCHS website, clickon“Academics” and scroll down to “Student Links

Click on “Gale’s Discovering Collection”

Username:uschs [at home]

Password:panther [in school]

Keyword search: “trials” or “criminals” or last name of your criminal

EBSCOhost History Resource Center

From home and from school:

From USCHS website, click on “Academics” and scroll down to “Student Links

Click on “History Reference Center”

Username:uschs

Password:panther

Keyword search: Criminals, or specific name of your criminal

POWERLibrary OmniFile Mega or Select

From school:

From USCHS website, click on “Academics” and scroll down to “Student Links

Click on “POWERLibrary” then “OmniFile Mega” and “Full Text”

Keyword search: specific name of your criminal

From home:

YOU NEED AN ALLEGHENY COUNTY LIBRARY CARD

Go to the USC Township library website:

Click “Online Databases then POWERLibrary

World Book Online Reference Center

From home and from school:

From USCHS website, click on “Academics” and scroll down to “Student Links

Click on “World Book Online Reference Center”

Username: uschs

Password: panther

Keyword search: “crime,” “cults” or specific name of your criminal

The following web sites will also be helpful to you and are available on

CNN Crime

Keyword search

CrimeLibrary: crime stories on serial killers, the mafia ...


Excellent site –search your criminal for articles

Serial Killers

A good site for serial killer information

Notorious Crimes and Criminals in History

crime.about.com/.../history/Notorious_Crimes_and_Criminals_in_History.htm

Crimes, Criminals, and Disasters - Trivia-Library.com

Encyclopaedia of USA History: Crime and Criminals 1860-1970

- 25k

Good site for criminal information

FBI’s Famous Cases

history/famous-cases

FamousCriminals

crime.about.com/cs/famouscriminals/ - 16k

Crimes and Criminals, from ancient times to the most recently ...

crime.about.com/od/pastcrimesandcriminals/ - 20k –
[ More results from crime.about.com ]

Jon Benet Ramsey

Jon Benet Ramsey

jonbenetramsey.pbworks.com/

JonBenet Ramsey Murder, an investigative analysis — Exposure ...

› NOTORIOUS MURDERS › MOST FAMOUS

JFK Assassination

November 22, 1963: Death of the President - John F. Kennedy ...

› JFK › JFK in History

J

JFK AssassinationMedia

Kurt Cobain

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More questions in Kurt Cobain death? - Dateline NBC - Newsmakers ...

Dr. Sam Sheppard

The Dr. Sam Sheppard Trials (1954 trial and 1966 retrial)

law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/.../sheppard/samsheppardtrial.html

Sam Sheppard Biography from Who2.comSam Sheppard was a young, successful

Black Dahlia

blackdahliasolution.org/

The Black Dahlia

The Black Dahlia Web Site: The Life and Death of Elizabeth ShortSep 15, 2006 ...

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Zodiac Killer

The Zodiac Killer - The Unsolved Case of the Zodiac Killer

crime.about.com/od/history/a/zodiackiller.htm

Woman Claims Her Father Was Zodiac Killer - News Story - KTVU San ...Apr 29, 2009

Jimmy Hoffa

The Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa

› ... › MOST FAMOUS –

Theory: The Mafia

Tupac Shakur

The Murders of gangsta rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. ...

› ... › CELEBRITY CRIMES

Tupac's Murder

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Martin Luther King

Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr

Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr - 20th Century History - About ...

history1900s.about.com/cs/martinlutherking/a/mlkassass.htm

Natalie Holloway

Natalee Holloway Snorted Coke, Fell to Death, Suspect Says

Natalie Holloway

New Search for Natalee Holloway's Body as Joran van der Sloot Questioned in Peru Murder?

NOTORIOUS B.I.G.

Notorious B.I.G.Died: 9-Mar-1997.

Notorious B.I.G. Informant Recants

Jack the Ripper

Casebook: Jack the Ripper

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HowStuffWorks "How Jack the Ripper Worked"

history.howstuffworks.com › ...

Marilyn Monroe

Death of Marilyn Monroe Was it Murder or Suicide

modern-us-history.suite101.com/.../the_death_of_marilyn_monroe –

HowStuffWorks "Marilyn Monroe\'s Death"

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe Mystery

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The Murder of Edgar Allan Poe — Natural Causes — Crime Library on ...

› ... › CELEBRITY CRIMES

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