A basic information collection is not sufficiently intensive to support any advanced undergraduate or graduate courses or independent study in the subject area involved. It includes a wide range of basic monographs, complete collections of the works of more important writers, a selection of representative journals, access to appropriate non-bibliographic databases, and the reference tools and fundamental bibliographic apparatus pertaining to the subject. A collection that includes the major published source materials required for dissertations and independent research, including materials containing research reporting, new findings, scientific experimental results, and other information useful to researchers. It is intended to include all important reference works and a wide selection of specialized monographs, as well as a very extensive collection of journals and major indexing and abstracting services in the field. Pertinent foreign language materials are included.
Older material is retained for historical research.