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Welcome! This guide will serve as a starting point for Shippensburg University students wishing to conduct research on various aspects of the national debate over bullying and cyberbullying. You will find sources that introduce you to your topic and keep you up-to-date with links to news articles, research websites, journal articles, and research reports concerning bullying and cyberbullying.

You will also find selected key publications, books & E-books, research organizations and advocacy groups, data sources and links to general and specialized databases for further research.

Search Terms

Main Term(s): bullying, cyberbullying
Related Terms: anti-bullying movements, harassment, hate crimes, homophobia, online trolling, school violence, transphobia, victims of bullying
Broader Terms: aggression, computer crimes
Narrower Terms: school bullying, bullying in the workplace

Background

Background Sources

Additional Sources

Books & Reference Books

Reference Books & Ebooks

School Violence: A Reference Handbook by Laura L. Finley
Call Number: EBL E-book
Publication Date: 2014
A timely investigation of the history, legislation, and perpetrators of school violence, this guide debunks the myths and misconceptions about this terrible problem of national concern.
Media Violence and Children: A Complete Guide for Parents and Professionals by Douglas A. Gentile
Call Number: EBL E-book
Publication Date: 2014
Stripping away the hype, this book describes how, when, and why media violence can influence children of different ages, giving parents and teachers the power to maximize the media's benefits and minimize its harm.
Bullying Articles in GVRL Encyclopedias
Call Number: Gale Virtual Reference Library
Publication Date: 2012-2016
Read current articles in scholarly encyclopedias about bullying.
Psychologists' Desk Reference by Gerald P. Koocher (Editor); John C. Norcross (Editor); Beverly A. Greene (Editor)
Call Number: RC467.2 .P78 2013
Publication Date: 2013
Fully revised and expanded, this third edition of the Psychologists' Desk Reference includes several new chapters on emerging topics in psychology and incorporates updates from top clinicians and program directors in the field. Chapter 81 discusses treating bullying behaviors among youth.

Books & Ebooks

Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice by Frederick Rivara (Editor); Suzanne Le Menestrel (Editor)
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2016
Free download available by setting up free account. Published by the National Academies of Sciences Press.

Recognizing that bullying behavior is a major public health problem that demands the concerted and coordinated time and attention of parents, educators and school administrators, health care providers, policy makers, families, and others concerned with the care of children, this report evaluates the state of the science on biological and psychosocial consequences of peer victimization and the risk and protective factors that either increase or decrease peer victimization behavior and consequences.
The Bully Society: School Shootings and the Crisis of Bullying in America's Schools by Jessie Klein
Call Number: EBL E-book
Publication Date: 2012
In today's schools, kids bullying kids is not an occasional occurrence but rather an everyday reality where children learn early that being sensitive, respectful, and kind earns them no respect. Jessie Klein makes the provocative argument that the rise of school shootings across America, and childhood aggression more broadly, are the consequences of a society that actually promotes aggressive and competitive behavior.
Understanding School Bullying: Its Nature and Prevention Strategies by Peter K. Smith
Call Number: EBL E-book
Publication Date: 2014
Bullying involves the repeated abuse of power in relationships. Bullying in schools can blight the lives of victims and damage the climate of the school. Over the last 25 years a burgeoning research program on school bullying has led to new insights into effective ways of dealing with it, as well as new challenges such as the advent of cyberbullying.
Bullying in Different Contexts by Claire P. Monks (Editor); Iain Coyne (Editor)
Call Number: Ebrary E-book
Publication Date: 2011
Bullying has a tendency to be associated with aggression between children in the playground, but bullying and abuse can also be observed in other social settings. Bullying in Different Contexts brings together leading researchers to discuss these behaviours in a wide range of settings, including preschool, school, the home, residential care, prisons, the workplace and cyberspace.
"Don't Be So Gay!": Queers, Bullying, and Making Schools Safe by Donn Short
Call Number: LB3013.34.C2 S56 2013
Publication Date: 2013
Recent cases of teen suicide linked with homophobic bullying have thrust the issue of school safety into the national spotlight. Donn Short considers the effectiveness of safe-school legislation. Drawing on interviews with queer youth and their allies in the Toronto area, Short concludes that current legislation is more responsive than proactive. Moreover, cultural influences and peer pressure may be more powerful than legislation in shaping the school environment.
Minding Minors Wandering the Web by Simone van der Hof (Editor); Bibi van den Berg (Editor); Bart Schermer (Editor)
Call Number: EBL E-book
Publication Date: 2014
Ensuring online safety has become a topic on the regulatory agenda in many Western societies. However, when regulating online risks for children it is important to strike the right balance between protection against harms on the one hand and safeguarding their fundamental freedoms and rights on the other.
Impacts of Cyberbullying, Building Social and Emotional Resilience in Schools by Sharlene Chadwick
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: 2014
This volume explores cyberbullying and its impact on young people in schools in detail. It investigates social and emotional resilience and wellbeing in relation to developing protective factors against the impacts of cyberbullying and contains a range of perspectives to deal positively with cyberbullying as well as a summary of international research.
Bullying Prevention and Intervention: Realistic Strategies for Schools by Susan M. Swearer; Dorothy L. Espelage; Scott A. Napolitano
Call Number: EBL E-book
Publication Date: 2014
Grounded in research and extensive experience in schools, this text describes practical ways to combat bullying at the school, class, and individual levels. Step-by-step strategies are presented for developing school- and districtwide policies, coordinating team-based prevention efforts, and implementing targeted interventions with students at risk.
Handbook on Bullying: Prevalence, Psychological Impacts, and Intervention Strategies by Phoebe Triggs
Call Number: KLN E-book
Publication Date: 2014
Bullying is one of today's biggest problems. Bullying is the intentional repeated aggression directed at a target individual. There is substantial evidence of the negative psychological and health outcomes associated with bullying.
Bullying: The Social Destruction of Self by Laura Martocci
Publication Date: 2015
In her forceful social history, Bullying, Laura Martocci explores the "bully culture" that has claimed national attention since the late 1990s. Moving beyond the identification of aggressive behaviors to an analysis of how and why we have arrived at a culture that thrives on humiliation, she critiques the social forces that gave rise to, and help maintain, bullying. Martocci's analysis of gossip, laughter, stereotyping, and competition--dynamics that foment bullying and prompt responses of shame, violence, and depression--is positioned within a larger social narrative: the means by which we negotiate damaged social bonds and the role that bystanders play in the possibility of atonement, forgiveness, and redemption.
School Bullying: New Theories in Context by Robin May Schott (Editor); Dorte Marie Søndergaard (Editor)
Call Number: EBL E-book
Publication Date: 2014
Bullying is a socially and culturally complex phenomenon that until now has largely been understood in the context of the individual. This book challenges the dominance of this approach, examining the processes of extreme exclusion that are enacted in bullying - whether at school, through face-to-face meetings or virtual encounters - in the context of group dynamics.
Violence in Schools by Jonathan Page; Jeffrey A. Daniels; Steven J. Craig
Call Number: EBL E-book
Publication Date: 2015
This forward-looking monograph distills the current knowledge base on lethal school shootings. Divided between correlates, interventions, and prevention, it begins with the Virginia Tech massacre as exemplifying the kinds of personal, environmental and social dynamics that commonly result in lethal violence on campus. Bullying as a causal factor in school violence is a specific focus of the findings, including immediate and long-term negative effects, psychology of bullies and victims and issues related to cyber bullying.

Key Publications

Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice by Frederick Rivara (Editor); Suzanne Le Menestrel (Editor)
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2016
Free download available by setting up free account. Published by the National Academies of Sciences Press.

Recognizing that bullying behavior is a major public health problem that demands the concerted and coordinated time and attention of parents, educators and school administrators, health care providers, policy makers, families, and others concerned with the care of children, this report evaluates the state of the science on biological and psychosocial consequences of peer victimization and the risk and protective factors that either increase or decrease peer victimization behavior and consequences.

Research Organizations

Cyberbullying Research Center

U.S. Government Agencies

Preventing Bullying (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
StopBullying.gov
U.S. Government sponsored website to provide current information, training, and other assistance concerning bullying.

Advocacy Organizations

Data Sources

Bullying (National Center for Education Statistics)
This page contains links to an array of statistical reports related to bullying.
Indicators of School Crime and Safety (National Center for Education Statistics & Bureau of Justice Statistics)
This annual report includes Indicator 10 - Bullying at School and Cyberbullying.

Databases

General

Ship Discovery Search This link opens in a new window
This library database serves as a search engine to search most library databases at the same time, including magazine and journal databases, e-book collections, and the library catalog. News databases are not included in a comprehensive way. Supplement this with direct searching of ProQuest Newstand and Lexis Nexis Academic. Search results default to items that the library owns, either in online or print format. Remove the "Available in Library Collection" limiter to retrieve items available through interlibrary loan.
Access on-campus or off-campus with your ShipID
Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete is our most important general database. covering all subject areas. It is useful for research in all classes, as it includes 26+ million newspaper, magazine, and journal articles, with 50% of these immediately available in full-text.
Access from on campus or off campus with Ship ID.
Contents indexed in Ship Library Discovery Search.
ProQuest Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
One of the most comprehensive news databases in the world, ProQuest Global Newstream includes access to over 3000 news sources, including 2,200 newspapers, as well as blogs, podcasts, websites and news wire feeds worldwide.
Development note - alt link use stats: (91 total hits, 33 since 7/2012 -- 10 /2012)

Library Guide to Current News Sources
This mobile-friendly guide provide excellent access to the best high-quality new sources.

Westlaw This link opens in a new window
This library database is one of the world's largest full-text databases, including very extensive news, legal, and business information. Along with ProQuest Newstand, it is our primary source of news information.
Access from on campus or off campus with Ship ID.

Specialized

Education Source This link opens in a new window
This extensive index of education literature indexes some 3 million articles in academic journals, and includes extensive entries for magazine and news articles as well.
Access from on campus or off campus with Ship ID.
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Covers scholarly publications in sociology, social work, criminal justice, and related fields. Contains >2.5 million articles and other materials (70% in full text) with deep coverage from 1960 and some back to 1882.
Access from on campus or off campus with Ship ID.

Find Your Own Sources

Library Background Databases

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Library database that covers the most important and controversial issues of the day. Contains the full text of CQ Researcher, a weekly publication. Each issue provides a comprehensive overview and background essay, data tables and graphs, chronology, pro-con starter, and list of major research and advocacy groups. Includes extensive lists of sources and hot-linked footnotes throughout.
Access from on campus or off campus with Ship ID.

Quality Web Sources

In-Depth Journalism

ProPublica
ProPublica is a freely available website produced by a major online non-profit news organization dedicated to in-depth investigative reporting about current issues in the public interest. ProPublica features two kinds of reporting: Investigations, which include a series of in-depth articles about a topic (often between 15 and 30 articles - major topics range from dozens to 100+ articles). MuckReads are shorter reports featuring investigative journalism from other news agencies. Major areas of interest include, among others: healthcare and the health industry, fracking, censorship, money and politics, and financial and economic issues.
Reveal: The Center for Investigative Reporting
Reveal is a freely available website and the online media platform for the Center for Investigative Journalism, a major online non-profit news organization, founded in 1977, and dedicated to in-depth investigative reporting about current issues in the public interest. They publish series of investigative reports on a topic (typically between 10 and 20). Major areas of coverage include: criminal justice, the environment, guns, health care, labor and employment, national security, religion, surveillance and privacy, and veterans.
Center for Public Integrity
The Center for Public Integrity is a freely available website produced by a major online non-profit news organization dedicated to in-depth investigative reporting about current issues in the public interest, with a special focus on accountability and fairness, especially in terms of the role and influence of money. Topics featured include politics and elections, national security business, the environment, juvenile justice and health.
National Public Radio (NPR)
NPR is one of the most important freely-available sources of investigative journalism. It includes excellent topical pages but these are not easily browseable on the website. Use the High Quality Web Source Finder search box to locate the topical pages for your issue.
Journalist's Resource
This very high quality web site, located at Harvard's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and sponsored by leading academic journalism programs, guides journalists and other researchers to find scholarly sources related to many of the most important topics in the news. Whenever the source is not available in full-text, use the discovery layer or library A-Z journal list to get library access to the article or to order it on interlibrary loan.

Newspaper Topic Guides

A number of important national newspapers have topic or issue sections of their website that bring together all the paper's articles on particular topics. The leading example of this is "Times Topics" from the New York Times. Each topic guide/section has a search tool that lets you refine your search.

Unfortunately, these sections are often not easy to browse or locate on the newspaper websites. Use the "High Quality Web Source Finder" search box above to search for your topic. Then choose the Newspaper Topic Guides tab to look for these in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune. If you should hit a pay wall when browsing these newspapers, simply search for articles from any of these three papers using the ProQuest Newstand library database.

Science News

Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS Reports)

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is the public policy research division of Congress. It issues detailed research reports on a very wide range of issues. CRS doesn't maintain its own website, but its reports are available through several organizations and libraries.

EveryCRSReport.com
Website that attempts to make all CRS reports easily available to the public. The result of a bi-partisan movement to get Congress to pass a bill requiring open access.
Congressional Research Service Reports (University of North Texas)
The University of North Texas maintains a freely available digital library collection of Congressional Research Service reports, with the goal "to provide integrated, searchable access to many of the full-text CRS reports that have been available at a variety of different web sites since 1990" -- website. Best search tool for finding CRS reports. Update holdings of specific reports through the Federation of American Scientists or through a web search on the name of a report.
Congressional Research Service Reports Archive (Federation of American Scientists)
As a public service, the Federation of American Scientists maintains this free archive of CRS reports.

Web Directories

Public Policy Issues and Groups (Vanderbilt Univ.)
This freely available website produced by the Vanderbilt University Libraries provides an alphabetical topical directory to important websites on some 50 current issues. These guide pages typically include sections for these kinds of web resources: Basic Sites, Government, International, News, Statistics, Interest Groups and Research Centers and Other Educational Sites.

Bullying and Cyberbullying

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Search Terms

Background

Background Sources

Additional Sources

Books & Reference Books

Reference Books & Ebooks

Books & Ebooks

Key Publications

Key Publications

Research Organizations

Research Organizations

U.S. Government Agencies

Advocacy Organizations

Data Sources

Data Sources

Databases

General

Specialized

Find Your Own Sources

Library Background Databases

Quality Web Sources

High Quality Web Source Finder

In-Depth Journalism

Newspaper Topic Guides

Science News

Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS Reports)

Web Directories

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