Library Collections
The Colorado Joint Legislative Library is classified as a special library since the collections primarily consist of legislative and public policy resources. There are over 5,600 print and electronic resources in the legislative, periodicals and newspapers, reference and non-reference collections. Print items may only be used in the library since the collections are non-circulating.
Titles below are select resources that are electronically accessible. Please keep in mind this is not a complete list of the Joint Legislative Library's holdings.
| Colorado Legislative Resources | Federal Public Policy Resources |
| Federal Legislative Resources | General Reference |
| Colorado Legislative Council Resources | Newspapers |
| Colorado Public Policy Resources |
If you need more information about the library collection, please contact the library at 303-866-4011 or molly.otto@state.co.us
Colorado Legislative Resources
Colorado Revised Statutes & Compiled Laws
(Print: 1877 - current)
Colorado Territorial & Session Laws
(Print: 1861- current)
Colorado House & Senate Journals
(Print: 1861 - current)
House & Senate Bills
(Microfiche & CD-Rom's: House bills 1963 - 2003)
(Microfiche & CD-Rom's: Senate bills 1964 - 2003)
Fiscal notes for House & Senate bills
(Microfiche & CD-Rom's: 1975 - 2006)
Digest of Bills
(Print: 1963 - current)
Election Information
(Print: 1892 - current)
Ballot analyses/ "Blue Books"
(Print: 1954 - current)
Ballot Issue History (1880 - current)
Colorado Legislative Directories ("Pink Books")
(Directory for current session only with members' websites)
(Print: 1949 - current)
Federal Legislative Resources
(Federal & congressional information)
Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR)
(Assists users in locating congressional & state legislators)
Colorado Legislative Council Resources
Colorado Legislative Council Research Publications & Interim Studies
(Print: 1954 - current)
Colorado Public Policy Resources
Audit & State Budget
Colorado Office of the State Auditor
Colorado Joint Budget Committee
Governor's Office of State Planning & Budgeting
Executive Departments' Budget Requests
Business/Economic Development/Taxation
Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade (OEDIT)
(Overview of state's economy)
Courts & Criminal Justice
Colorado Supreme Court Law Library
Colorado Department of Public Safety, Office of Research & Statistics (ORS)
Employment
Environment/ Natural Resources
Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station
Colorado Water: Newsletter of the Water Institute of Colorado State University
State & Local Government Resources
Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG)
State & Local Legislative Resources
Federal Public Policy Resources
Criminal Justice
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Education
National Commission on Teaching & America's Future
National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)
Energy & the Environment
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Government & Legislative Resources
Council of State Governments (CSG)
CSG WEST, Serving Western Legislatures
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
NCSL Legisbriefs: Briefing Papers on the Important Issues of the Day
Health & Human Services
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
General Reference
ALMANACS
DICTIONARIES
Dictionary of Mining & Mineral Resources
DIRECTORIES
Colorado
Directory of Colorado Airports
Colorado Mining Association Directory
Colorado Transit Resource Directory
Colorado Water Congress Directory
STATISITICS
Colorado
Colorado Demographic Information
Colorado Department of Corrections Statistics
Federal
National Center for Education Statistics
Statistical Abstract of the United States
FOR ADDITIONAL REFERENCE RESOURCES, PLEASE VISIT refdesk
Newspapers
Wall Street Journal
