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, biographical data on statisticians. Textbooks are acquired minimally, especially at the lower division level.
Reference materials have a high priority in acquisition.
Electronic versions of materials are also acquired. 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. If you would like to be notified about new resources on InfoSurf, join our mailing list. Please read the Mission Statement and Policies and Procedures regarding this server.