Types of Materials Monographs Individual titles as well as numbered monographic series are purchased. Textbooks are acquired minimally, especially at the lower division level. Serials Both domestic and international serials are purchased. The emphasis is on core journals to satisfy curricular interests. Reference Materials Major abstracts and indexes, dictionaries in subject fields, encyclopedic works, handbooks.
Reference materials have a high priority in acquisition.
Electronic versions of materials are also acquired. Due to the number of books published in the computer science field, and the limited size of the fund, we only receive slips notifying us of books available that meet the criteria developed by Davidson Library. Those slips can be used to select books. Many requests for older materials are satisfied through ILL, but if the demand is of a continuing nature the material is considered for acquisition. This is an official University of California, Santa Barbara Library web page.