Guidelines for Selection Policy for Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

Table of Contents

1. Purpose
2. General Collection Guidelines
    A. Language
    B. Chronology
    C. Geography
    D. Publication Date
    E. Treatment of Subject
    F. Types of Materials and Formats
3. Area Resources
4. Subjects and Collecting Levels
5. Methodology

 

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1. Purpose.

The collection in biochemistry and molecular biophysics supports a B.S., an M.S., and a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biophysics. Courses in biochemistry and molecular biophysics also support programs in the Schools of Basic Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Dentistry. Emphasis for pharmacy and dentistry students is in structural biochemistry, intermediary metabolism, physiological chemistry, and nutrition as part of the fundamental background of modern pharmacy and dentistry. Emphasis for students in the School of Medicine is in structural biochemistry, intermediary metabolism, cell biology, and biochemical analysis. The collection also supports a high level of faculty research in biochemistry and molecular physics, pathology, chemistry, physiology, microbiology, immunology, pharmacology, toxicology, and biology.

2. General Collection Guidelines.

A. Language.
English is the primary language of the collection. Foreign language or multi-language monographic and serial titles are collected selectively, particularly research works of international importance or value.

B. Chronology.
Inapplicable.

C. Geography.
Inapplicable.

D. Publication Date.
Emphasis is on current imprints, particularly the latest editions of core texts, journals, and treatises.

E. Treatment of Subject.
Lower division textbooks are not generally acquired. Upper division texts are acquired selectively. Primary emphasis is on graduate and professional texts reporting current research.

F. Types of Materials and Formats.
Monographs and periodicals are the principal formats. Indexes, abstracts, encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, bibliographies, data tables and charts, atlases, as well as conference proceedings and symposia are collected. Acquisition of serials takes precedence over that of monographs. Dissertations are added only by special request. Audio-visual materials, principally videotapes and slide-audio-tapes, are also collected and housed in the Learning Resource Centers.

3. Area Resources.

There are no comparable resources in the area.

4. Subjects and Collecting Levels.

Subject	Call Number Range	Present	Desired
Organic Chemistry	QD241-441	B	B
General Biochemistry of Plants and Animals	QH345	B	B
Biophysics	QH505	B	B
Molecular Biology	QH506	B	B
Phytochemistry	QK861-866	B	B
Animal Biochemistry	QP501-801	B	B
Virus Function	QR467	B	B
Clinical Biochemistry	RB112.5	B	B
Biochemic System of Medicine	RZ412	B	B

5. Methodology.

Primary sources for assessment:
 

Books For College Libraries. 3d ed. Vol. 5. Chicago: American Library Association, 1988.

Haselbauer, Kathleen. A Research Guide to the Health Sciences. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987.

Science Citation Index 1988 Guide. Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information, 1989.