The collection also serves information needs of local health professionals. Materials collected in this area also support programs at the branch campuses. Foreign language materials are not purchased. Significant older materials may be acquired selectively.
Emphasis is on North America and Europe.
Advanced level textbooks may be selectively acquired. Excluded are works dealing with historical, social, political, economic and business aspects of medicine. Older materials may be selectively acquired. No preference is given to original over successive print or editions, and microform reproductions are purchased when paper copies are unavailable or prohibitively expensive. The major part of the nursing literature will be collected and housed by the Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education in Spokane.