There is consultation with the African Studies Selector in the purchase of some literature, particularly Afro-Caribbean writers, authors of African extraction living outside of Africa, and African authors of European extraction. Acquisitions of literature in Native American languages are discussed with the Anthropology Selector. The English and American Literature and Language Selector also acquires material dealing with the Celtic languages and Celtic literature, in addition to material dealing with the English language and English-language literature of the Americas. The History collection contains some writings that can be considered literature. Collaboration occurs with the Linguistics Selector, especially in the areas of dictionaries, translation studies, and discourse analysis.
Consultation occurs with the Music Selector regarding texts that have been set to music.
The Philosophy collection contains some writings that can be considered literature. Likewise, the Modern Foreign Languages collection supports Philosophy in the purchase of selected types of theory and theoretical writings by literary authors. The Religion collection contains some writings that can be considered literature. As part of the Boston Library Consortium , Boston University participates in a cooperative resource sharing agreement in women's studies. B.U. Home Page by Sarah G. Wenzel.