Media ethics and the philosophical trends in literary criticism are collected at the graduate level. The collection will be developed to Level 3- Undergraduate, with the exceptions noted above. The philosophy collection is sufficient to support the undergraduate minor and to supplement studies in other departments. The collection leans towards Western philosophy, but Eastern philosophies are adequately represented. Representative works are available for the major philosophers of all periods.
Periodical holdings are fairly strong and reference sources are adequate.
About a half dozen basic journals, including some mainstream titles should be continued in-house. The library no longer subscribes to the Philosopher's Index, but it can be accessed online. Some collection development is needed to support a proposed graduate course in Media Ethics. For faculty requests and the less mainstream areas of philosophy such as the problem of personal identity instructional and research needs can be supported through external access. The major goal is to identify emerging areas of interest and keep up with current publications.