Because of its interdisciplinary nature and the support that women s studies receives from other areas of the collection, the Romance and Germanic languages are well represented in the overall women s studies collection. Works in Greek are to be found in the Classics Library. The women s studies collection contains material representing many geographical areas including, but not limited to, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Western and Eastern Europe, India, China, and Japan. The women s studies collection includes monographs, series, society publications, journals, atlases, indexes, abstracts, bibliographies, handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries, government publications, and web sites. The women s studies collection includes print, microform, video, and digital formats.
Print continues to be the predominant format.
However, Friends of Women s Studies maintains an active gift book program that has contributed thousand of dollars worth of books to the collection over the years. Friends is also seeking to raise a library endowment for the women s studies collection. The women s studies collection participates in the approval plan supplied by Yankee Book Peddler. Firm orders for women s studies are selected from a variety of sources including vender notification slips, direct mail brochures, publisher catalogs, and book reviewing publications. The women s studies collection maintains standing orders for journal publications.