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. Older material is retained for historical research. Government documents are included in American and foreign law collections. The aim, if not achievement, is exhaustiveness.
Older material is retained for historical research.
In law collections, this includes manuscripts, dissertations, and material on non-legal aspects.