Downs, p. 356. Major, numerous descriptions. English is the dominant language of the collection. Materials in Western Europe languages are also collected in varying degrees of intensity. Materials in Slavic and Eastern European languages and materials in Asian and Middle Eastern languages are collected only in cooperation with the Slavic and Eastern European Library and the Asian Library, respectively.
Emphasis is on scholarly treatment rather than popularization, textbooks, and children's literature.
The Undergraduate Library normally collects more popular treatments and the Education and Social Sciences Library collects children's literature for its School Collection. Ancient history is the primary responsibility of the Classics Library, works published in Latin American countries are the primary responsibility of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies unit, Slavic and East European materials, Asian and African materials are the primary responsibilities of the pertinent units, and Afro-American, Women's, and Jewish Studies are the primary responsibilities of other bibliographers. Nevertheless, the History Librarian selects and acquires some selected works in all of these fields in Western languages. Appropriate primary and secondary works, and bibliographic, and reference materials are acquired. Ordinarily, dissertations, theses and translations are selectively collected.