The PCC Library provides a variety of resources to facilitate your research project.
JOURNALS (digital)
EBSCO Academic Search Elite has 20 full text journals that support criminal justice:
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American Journal of Criminal Law |
Information Systems Security |
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Annual Review of Sociology |
Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling |
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Armed Forces & Society |
Journal of Computer Security |
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Brigham Young University Law Review |
Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology |
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms Quarterly Bulletin |
Journal of Drug Issues |
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Contemporary Drug Problems |
Journal of Family Violence |
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Corrections Today |
Policy Review |
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Criminal Justice Ethics |
Progressive |
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FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin |
Social Forces |
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Federal Probation |
Youth Studies |
BOOKS (print)
The catalog, provides access by author, title, keyword, and subject. There are four classification areas of particular interest: BJ-Ethics; HV-Criminology; K-Law; & KF-Law of the United States. CJ books are available in print and eBook formats.
BOOKS (ebooks)
The netLibrary collection includes criminal justice and law ebooks that may be accessed from a campus computer or your personal computer when you have registered with netLibrary from a campus computer.
REFERENCE COLLECTION
American Correctional Association Directory. HV 9463 .J97
Ballentine's Legal Dictionary and Thesaurus. KF 156 .L989
Black's Law Dictionary. KF 156 .B627 B6
Colorado Jury Instructions. KF8984 .C6 C719
Colorado Reporter. KFC 1845 .C542
Colorado Revised Statutes. KFC 1830 .A24
Colorado Session Laws. KFC 1825 .A226
Encyclopedia of the American Judicial System. KF 154 .E56
Legal Research. KF240 .E42 L4
ONLINE DATABASE
LOIS (Law Office Information Service) Full text to case law--federal and state. There is a separate research guide that provides searching tips for L.O.I.S. If you cannot access the database off campus, please contact the library staff at 549-3308.
AUDIO VISUAL RESOURCES
The library collection contains video, DVD, and Video on Demand titles to support the curriculum. These items may be identified by searching the catalog.
INTERNET RESOURCES (national)
American Bar Association - Public resources
eCode of Federal Regulations – Operating procedures for government agencies.
Federal Register – Announces changes in government agencies, laws, or procedures.
U.S. Code – Federal Law
Criminal Justice Resources -- Association, source links with annotations, web sites, publications and more.
Corrections -- leading organizations of the industry, national and state corrections associations, publications and full text articles.
Federal Sentencing Statistics by State -- Quarterly updates with annual cumulations.
irstGov – provides information on government agencies
Find Law - cases and codes
Global Legal Information Network -- a public database of official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations.
JUSTINFO -- Electronic Newsletter published by the National Criminal Justice Reference Service. Provides accurate, current criminal and juvenile justice-related information.
JUVJUST -- a listserv providing direct access to announcements from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Laws.com Legal news, blogs, organizations, etc.
NCJRS Abstracts Database --- provides full-text documents on criminal justice, juvenile justice, and substance abuse.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service -- a federally sponsored information clearinghouse for research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice and drug control.
National Institute of Corrections, U. S. Department of Justice. -- publications available under the Library tab.
US Department of Justice -- This site offers news, a blog, and resources such as locating a prison, inmate, or sex offender; report and identify missing persons; identify most wanted fugitives; the guide to the Freedom of Information Act (2009).
INTERNET RESOURCES (state)
Colorado Division of Criminal Justice.
Colorado Department of Public Safety.
Colorado Legal Forms
Colorado Revised Statutes – current state laws.
Colorado Senior Law Handbook
Colorado State Home page -- Colorado.gov
Colorado Legal Services - assistance for low-income Coloradoans