The geography collection covers the entire history of the discipline from its beginnings as a separate discipline in the 1890 s. Levels and treatments . Most purchases are directed toward upper undergraduate, graduate and research levels. Materials are selected for their relevance to the current research interests and teaching requirements of the Geography Department. Upper level texts are purchased as needed. General introductory texts are purchased to maintain a basic collection for meteorology and weather.
Most monograph purchases are English language titles.
Specific requests by faculty members for foreign language titles are honored. Nearly all journal titles purchased are in the English language. However, many titles in modern European languages and a few titles in non-European languages are received via the AAG Depository. Monograph titles in Spanish or Portuguese are considered to develop the OhioLINK research collection for Latin America and the Caribbean area. Geographical areas .