F. Treatment Emphasis is on journals, research monographs, and graduate and upper division undergraduate texts. Reference works, conference proceedings, technical reports, advanced or highly specialized research monographs, and dissertations are purchased selectively. Works on specific applications software usually are not purchased. G. Formats Primarily print for monographs and most journals, an increasing number of which are accompanied by diskettes and CD-ROMs. Electronic full-text is also of growing importance for journals.
Bibliographic databases are available through the Internet.
H. Multiple Copies Multiple copies usually are not purchased. It also receives a substantial fraction of the computer science journals indexed in the major abstracting and indexing services. Retrospective purchases are usually not made except to replace missing volumes, which are frequent. Materials on the application of computers to other disciplines normally are purchased by bibliographers responsible for those disciplines. Faculty and students in computer science draw heavily on resources in other disciplines, including engineering, mathematics, and statistics.