Examples
Using the Defendant-Plaintiff Tables
    Thomason v. Schnorr, 587 P2d l205, 4l Colo App 546, and "Insurance l45 (3), l45 (4)".
    First, find Vol. 587, p. l205 of the Colorado Reporter.
    Second, find Vol. 4l, p. 546 of the Colorado Court of Appeals.
    Third, locate the "Insurance" volume of Colorado Digest for additional information.

Using the Table of Cases
    Pueblo Junior College District v. Donner.
Locate 387 P2d 727, then l54 Colo 26, Statute 64 (8), and finally Tax. 2, 37.5

Using the Descriptive Word Index
    Probable Cause--Searches and Seizures. Border Searches. Cust Dut l26.
Locate Customs Duties (Volume l2), and locate "Key #l26". This also refers to CJS (Corpus Juris Secundum) 254. Find CJS Volume 25 (Customs Duties), section 254.

Words/Phrases Index
Specific court cases which provided judicial definitions of the word or phrase.

Key Word Index
Covers the seven divisions of law: persons, property, contracts, torts, crimes, remedies, and government. Within these, there are 4l topics. This resource directs users to Colorado Digest volume number, CJS volume number, and WestLaw resources.

Colorado Law Finder: KFC 1859 .W5. Provides indexing/reference to

*Colorado Digest
*Colorado Practice Series
*Colorado Revised Statutes Annotated
*Corpus Juris Secundum
*Key Number Publications (WestLaw)
*Texts and Treatises
*U.S. Code Annotated

Colorado Methods of Practice: KFC 1880 .C6 K92. This is a "how to" book, with subject-specific chapters and sample forms. It summarizes legal procedures for attorneys and is useful to the lay person and student.

Volumes 1, 1A: Corporations, creditors, bankruptcy
Volumes 2, 2A: Real estate, commercial transactions
Volume 3: Domestic relations, wills
Volume 3A: Index

Colorado Reporter: KFC l845. The Reporter compiles over 970 volumes of Colorado court cases in the Pacific Reporter (2nd edition) from 1931 to the present. It also includes volumes 89 and 90 of Colorado Reports cases, which are cited by volume and page. The two best access methods are:

*If you know the volume and page, go directly to it; for example, "9 P2d 285" means Volume 9, page 285 in the Colorado Reporter, Pacific 2nd Edition. "90 Colo 330" means Volume 90 of Colorado Reports, page 330.

*If volume or page are unknown, use the Colorado Digest.

Colorado Revised Statutes: KFC l830 .A24. The CRS is codified Colorado state law, based on Colorado Session Laws. If you know the CRS citation, find it in the appropriate volume. If unknown, use the index to locate your topic and its citation.

Example
"Motor Vehicles. Drivers' Licenses. Lost Licenses and Permits. $42-2-ll7."
Locate Title 42, Article 2, Section ll7. (Volume numbers and title numbers are not the same!) "Sources" will indicate "L.73, p. 287". Find the Session Laws of l973, page 287, for the legislative background and sponsors.

Colorado Session Laws: KFC l825 .A226. Laws as modified/approved by the Colorado Legislature since 1879.

L.O.I.S. Law Office Information Service provides full-text access to U.S. Supreme Court cases, federal circuit courts, and Colorado case law since 1924. It is available online via the Library's web page under "Library Online Resources" and then "Reference Resources". Contact a Library staff member to log you into LOIS.

Other Library legal resources: 
*Ballentine's Law Dictionary. KF 156 .H236 B1
*Ballentine's Legal Dictionary and Thesaurus. KF 156 .L989
*Barron's Law Dictionary. KF 156 .G458 L4
*Black's Law Dictionary. KF l56 .B627 B6
*Encyclopedia of the American Judicial System. KF l54 .E56|
*Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. KF 9052 .A44 F2
*Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. KF88l6 .U58 F2
*Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. KF 9205.8 .U5 F293
*Federal Rules of Evidence. KF 893l .F292
*Legal Research. KF 240 .E42 L4
*Real-Life Dictionary of the Law. KF 156 .H646 R2
*Uniform Probate Code Practice Manual
*West’s Colorado Law Finder. KFC1859 .W5
*Access to U. of Colorado and U. of Denver Law Libraries
*Periodical databases (EBSCO Host, FirstSearch, et al)
*Online databases (EBSCO Host, GaleNet, ACLIN, et al)

"Shepardize" is an over-used term. An important research tool is Shepard's Citations for Statutes, which provides subsequent cases which refer to YOUR case.
    example: Thomason v. Schnorr, 587 P2d 1205
    This is referred to as the CITED case. Find the Shepard's volume for P2d and Colorado; then find 587. Within 587, locate 1205. There will be a list of cases, known as CITING cases, which refer to Thomason v. Schnorr in some aspect. This process is faster online, but results are the same.
    Other databases, such as LOIS (to which PCC subscribes), use some version of this retrieval method; theirs is called "Loisizing" or "Global Cite". Just as "Kleenex" has become the word for all tissues, "Shepardizing" has become the generic term for identifying subsequent cases and citations. Remember that Shepard's is primarily an updating tool.
    A quick example: you locate a statute or the case "Smith vs. Jones". "Shepardizing or "Loisizing" it provides ten subsequent cases which refer to or include references to Smith vs. Jones. In these subsequent cases, "Smith vs. Jones" and its citation would be highlighted in some manner within the text. The purpose is to give you updated information since YOUR case was decided.
    Some abbreviations you may see include: a (appealed), cc (connected case), d (dismissed), m (modified), r (reversed), s (same case), and v (vacated).

Tip Sheet #25 (June 2006)