What's In

Books and pamphlets

There are over 55,000 books, pamphlets, theses and conference proceedings on all aspects of policing, crime and criminal justice.  There is also a significant collection of material on management, law and some areas of social sciences.

Audio Visual Material

Over 400 videos, DVDs, CD-ROMs and cassettes are held.  Language courses are also available.

Journals

Approximately 250 journal titles are taken.  These are scanned daily for items of interest and selected items are added to the catalogue.  There are currently over 15,000 articles available to be searched.

Classification scheme for books and pamphlets
Code Description
 3A  Police - powers, accountability, sociology, ethics
 3B  Police forces - history and description 
 3C  Organization, planning and administration
 3D  Personnel;  staff management;  education
 3E  Basic procedures, orders and memoranda; general police manuals
 3F  Police departments; police work
 3G  Public relations
 3H  Other official and private police
 3J  Criminal law and procedure
 3K  Sentencing
 3L  Crimes/offences against the State; political and administrative crimes
 3M  Offences against public order
 3N  Offences against the person
 3Q  Offences against property
 3R  Drugs
 3S  Criminal investigation
 3T  Crime; criminology; crime prevention
 3U  Juvenile delinquency
 3V  Punishment
 3W  Probation; reformation 
 3X  Penal institutions
 300-339  Social Sciences 
 340-349  Law 
 600-659  Management, Human Resources and Training