Online Resource:

This extensive online resource includes the world's only searchable comprehensive bibliography on law, science and technology. It contains court decisions and commentary, scholarly publications, commercial applications, professional associations and institutions, and other resources about traditional and new forensic topics, including important topics such as, Identity Theft, Intra and Interstate Tracking of Sexual Predators, Canine Sniff Detection, and Less Than Lethal Technologies.

The database contains 18 resource categories for each of 33 topics in science and technology. At present, it contains more than 93,000 records, and more than 1,300 entries a month are added.

Total number of website visitors since NCSTL opened in 2003 is more than 170,200 from 133 different countries. In addition, comprehensive Cold Case and Identifying the Missing resources have recently been added to the site. No other such national resource exists. The online resource also includes It's Evident, a quarterly newsletter which focuses on the latest topics such as Methamphetamine, Shaken Baby Syndrome, Cyber Forensics, Post-Conviction DNA Testing, Bioterror and the Physician, and Virtual Autopsies. The newsletter is frequently cited in publications across the country.

NCSTL MEDIA COVERAGE introduced the NCSTL to the public:
♦    Director of Technology & Distance Education, Susan Zucker, and Director of Research, Diana Botluk, were interviewed       by the Maddox Business Report on the NCSTL, July 29, 2009. Publication date: October, 2009
♦    IACPtv at the IACP Annual Conference, NCSTL Director Carol Henderson, Educational Outreach for FTCoE and       NCSTL on IACPtv, Denver, CO, October 3-9, 2009

NCSTL PRESENTATIONS were made in diverse professional fora:
♦    American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), Director of Outreach, Anjali Swienton, presented Fashion Faux       Pas to the forensic students at AAFS Young Forensic Scientists Forum, Seattle, WA, February 23, 2010
♦    American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), Director of Outreach, Anjali Swienton, presented CSI Effect to the       forensic students at AAFS Young Forensic Scientists Forum, Seattle, WA, February 25, 2010
♦    Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting (ACJS), Director of Technology & Distance Education,       Susan Zucker, represented NCSTL, San Diego, CA, February 26, 2010

NCSTL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES participated which directly relate to NCSTL research areas:
♦    NCSTL Director, Carol Henderson, did a websedge interview at the 116th International Association of Chiefs of Police       (IACP) Annual Conference and Exposition. The interview was recorded by IACP TV and was broadcast throughout the       Denver Convention Center and five main convention hotel systems, Denver, CO, October 3-7, 2009
♦    IACP ANNUAL CONFERENCE, NCSTL Director Carol Henderson, Educational Outreach for FTCoE and NCSTL on       IACPtv, Denver, CO, October 3-9, 2009
♦    BOOTH AT THE NORTHEASTERN FORENSIC SCIENTISTS (NEAFS) CONFERENCE, Director of Outreach, Anjali       Swienton, and Director of Research, Diana Botluk, Long Branch, NJ, November 4-5, 2009