French will be the primary language of the collection. Translations into English may be collected to augment the collection but should not replace seminal texts in original French. French works translated into a language other than English should not be collected. Works of criticism should be in French or English. Current French language is emphasized.
Literature has no chronological limitations.
Emphasis will also be placed on building areas of the collection which support the research needs of faculty. Self-teaching books, textbooks and readers will be selectively acquired. New editions of French language grammars and dictionaries should be collected. A representative collection of desk-sized or concise dictionaries should be available in the general collection as well as a few to accompany the major unabridged dictionaries in the reference collection. Periodical indexes and abstracts are necessary.