Report by the Task Force on Accreditation of the School of Human Resources and Family Studies, 1982. 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. In addition, there is special interest in historical works on textiles, apparel, interior design, and foods.
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. Food Science has many interdisciplinary aspects in the basic sciences, agriculture, and engineering, and relevant materials are selected by libraries serving these disciplines. The Home Economics Library primarily acquires works which treat the applied aspect of these fields in relationship to food. Home Economics is also an interdisciplinary study, especially in the areas of the social sciences, biology, medicine, and art, and relevant materials are acquired by the libraries serving these disciplines. Appropriate primary and secondary works, and bibliographic, and reference materials are acquired.