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NIC Library and Information Center

Welcome to the NIC Information Center

The NIC Information Center is proud to serve as the leader in corrections-related resources for staff at all levels of federal, state, local, and tribal corrections agencies. In our collection, you will find guides and best practices, surveys, and streaming videos of nearly any topic you will face in your agency. If you feel that our collection is missing a topic area or if you have questions about a publication or research you are doing, please reach out to our helpdesk through the form below.

NIC's eBook Collection

Starting in 2019, NIC recognized the need to lean into the freedom that eBooks have created for readers. An eBook doesn't need to be printed and it can be taken with you on devices you already have. To meet the needs of our users, we partnered with Overdrive.com and the Libby App to make our expanded collection available to you. We've even stocked it with many popular books that aren't our website. It's all free, so try it out.

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Which type of help do you need?
I need help resetting my Learn Center password or creating an account.
NIC STAR Technical assistance (TA) is guidance, support, advice, evaluations, or tailored training provided by NIC to federal, state, local, or tribal correctional agencies, as well as other organizations within the corrections field.
Corrections research questions, resetting my NIC website password, questions about NIC and its products or services

Have NIC STAR Technical Assistance Questions?

Technical Assistance (TA) is guidance, support, advice, evaluations, or tailored training provided by NIC to federal, state, local, or tribal correctional agencies, as well as other organizations within the corrections field.

All NIC Technical Assistance questions must be submitted through the agency's TA Portal.

 

Looking for help with the NIC Learn Center?

NIC is happy to help you with our NIC Learn Center needs, we have a dedicated Learn Center support team who can be reached using the following methods:

NIC's Website Helpdesk

This is NIC's Information Center Helpdesk. We are happy to provide free answers to your corrections-related questions, provide research assistance, and connect you with NIC staff, agency resources, and services.

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If you are trying to contact a specific person, please select their division here and include their name in the body of the request message.
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Please provide your address when requesting Physical Materials

Note

Almost all of our materials already exist in a digital format and can be downloaded for free at your convenience by going to that item's page and clicking the blue download button. There are only a few older materials that we are still in the process of converting from their paper or DVD formats.

You only need to check the box below and add your address if you are requesting physical materials be mailed to you.

If you are requesting physical materials be shipped to you as part of this request, please include address information here.
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