There is no retrospective buying except upon identification of major gaps. New editions of collected works of economic theorists and significant reprint or microfiche collections are selectively acquired. Codebooks corresponding to machine readable data files are collected. The data files are held in the Information Technology Services. Research institute working papers are not acquired although access is available through print and online sources.
Little emphasis is placed on material related to rural or agricultural economics.
Our collection provides objectively good support for the University's instructional programs. More than eighty percent of the journals indexed by the Journal of Economic Literature are available to NYU users. Most of those not received are in foreign languages or are country-specific. The physical deterioration of older volumes of some key journals and the lack of multiple copies of key monographs are problems that are being addressed. Statistical publications are a special strength of the collection.