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The PCC Library provides a variety of resources and services to facilitate your research project. The most current information on a topic is found in journals or periodicals. Online indexes include First Search and Ingenta. Two print indexes that will aid in your search of the journal literature are:
q Criminal Justice Periodical Index (CJP). Indexes 100+ "CJ" journals; 1981-98.
q Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature (RG). Index to 240+ periodicals; 1961-present.
Periodicals
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American Criminal Law Review CJP 1983-2000
Colorado Courts No 1982-1993
Colorado Lawyer Self Feb. 98-Dec. 2002
Congressional Digest RG 1984-
Corrections Today CJP 1979-
Criminal Justice Ethics CJP 1982-2001
Justice Quarterly CJP 1984-
On the Line No 1986-93
1995-2003
Police Chief CJP 1984-
U. S. News & World Report RG 1980-
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Cases, histories, (etc) relating to criminal justice may be found in books. The online catalog provides access to the Library book collection by author, title, and subject. There are four classification areas of particular interest:
BJ-Ethics
HV-Criminology
K-Law
KF-Law of the United States
Reference Collection
American Correctional Assn. Directory R HV 9463 .J97
Ballentine's Law Dictionary R KF 156 .H236 B1
Ballentine's Legal Dictionary and Thesaurus R KF 156 .L989
Barron's Law Dictionary R KF 156 .G458 L4
Black's Law Dictionary R KF 156 .B627 B6
Cases and Materials on Criminal Procedure R KF 9619 .J68 C9
Colorado Jury Instructions R KF8984 .C6 C719
Colorado Law Finder R KFC 1859 .W5
Colorado Methods of Practice R KFC 1880 .C6 K92
Colorado Reporter R KFC 1845 .C542
Colorado Revised Statutes R KFC 1830 .A24
Colorado Session Laws R KFC 1825 .A226
Corrections Yearbook R HV 6006 .C824
Crime in Colorado R HV 6793 .C6 C929
Crime in the U.S. (UCR) R HV 625l .U58 U5
Directory of Colorado Corrections R HV 9305 .C6 C7
Encyclopedia of American Crime R HV 6789 .S573 F56
Encyclopedia of the American Judicial System R KF 154 .E56
Law Enforcement Handbook R HV 8031 .R883 L4
Legal Research R KF240 .E42 L4
Plain Language Law Dictionary R HF 156 .P698
Real Life Dictionary of the Law R KF 156 .H646 R2
World Ency. of Police Forces and Penal Systems R HV 7901 .K96 W9
Online Resources
EBSCO Host Web. Thousands of full-text periodicals, newspapers, and business sources.
LOIS (Law Office Information Service) Full text to case law--federal and state.
Ingenta. Index to 20,000 periodicals and 11 million citations.
q Criminal Justice Resources at http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/crimjust/crimjust.htm Association, source links with annotations, web sites, publications and more.
q Corrections at http://www.corrections.com/ home to the industry's leading organizations. Links to the national and state corrections associations. Publications and full text articles.
q National Criminal Justice Reference Service at http://virlib.ncjrs.org/MoreIssues.asp NCJRS is a federally sponsored information clearinghouse for people around the country and the world involved with research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice and drug control.
q National Institute of Corrections, U. S. Department of Justice. http://www.nicic.org/ NIC publications. Providing leadership and assistance to the field of corrections.
q US Department of Justice. http://www.usdoj.gov/
Tip Sheet #3 (June 2006)
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