Single copies are by far the rule. Successive editions are routinely acquired. Generally excluded are juvenile literature, most popular biographies, non-Tulane dissertations, and reprints when the original is held. Textbooks are also generally excluded, though exceptions are sometimes made in the areas of music history and literature, and music theory and analysis. Collected are monographs, monographic series, and reference works such as indexes and abstracts, encyclopedias, bibliographies, handbooks, discographies, research guides, catalogs, and directories.
Single copies are by far the rule.
Successive editions are routinely acquired. Generally excluded are juvenile literature, most popular biographies, non-Tulane dissertations, and reprints when the original is held. Textbooks are also generally excluded, though exceptions are sometimes made in the areas of music history and literature, and music theory and analysis. Titles are collected that deal with music history and literature, music theory and analysis, performance, popular music, sound recordings, and music libraries and librarianship. Historical sets, scholarly anthologies, and critical editions of composer complete works are collected as far as is possible.