Primary emphasis is on materials relating to the United States, although materials dealing with other countries are also acquired. E. Languages English language materials are of primary interest. Works in European languages are acquired occasionally, with translations into English being purchased whenever possible. F. Treatment Emphasis is on scholarly serials, monographs, reference materials, and conference proceedings. 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.
Some microform materials are acquired, particularly statistical series in the microfiche sets accompanying the American Statistics Index and the Statistical Reference Index . Magnetic tapes and on-line services, especially of a business and economics orientation are of interest also. H. Multiple Copies Multiple copies are purchased for heavily used titles. Some high use titles are duplicated on microform. The agricultural economics bibliographer selects materials for purchase, with priority being given to faculty requests.