Occasionally materials in German, French, or Russian are purchased if they are of special importance. F. Treatment Emphasis is on serial publications, upper level undergraduate and graduate texts, handbooks, and research monographs. Reference works, conference proceedings and historical treatment of the subject are purchased selectively. Lower level undergraduate texts are not purchased unless specifically requested by a faculty member for class use. G. Formats Primarily print for monographs and most journals, though electronic full-text is also of growing importance for journals.
Bibliographic databases are available through the Internet.
The libraries support access to key bibliographic databases in biology, medicine, and chemistry. The majority of materials are selected by the biochemistry bibliographer with priority given to faculty and student requests. The libraries maintain an approval plan for books from many university press and significant trade publishers and standing orders for many important serials. Gifts are not an important means of acquisition. There is no systematic retrospective purchasing.