Guidelines for Chemistry and Chemical Physics

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 chemistry collection supports the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry. The program provides opportunities for concentrated study in analytical, inorganic, organic, or physical chemistry, or chemical physics. The collection also serves undergraduate and graduate courses and programs in biochemistry, biology, medicine, nursing, anatomy, physiology, pathology, dentistry, pharmacology, microbiology and immunology, biomedical engineering, and other programs in the College of Humanities and Sciences, the School of Basic Health Sciences, and the School of Allied Health Professions. The collection also supports extensive faculty and student research in virtually all of the sciences.

2. General Collection Guidelines.

A. Language.
English is the primary language for the monographic collection. Selected foreign language monographs and serials are also purchased.

B. Chronology.
Inapplicable.

C. Geography.
Inapplicable.

D. Publication Date.
Emphasis is on current imprints, particularly the latest edition of core texts 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, as well as conference proceedings and symposia, are also 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 Center.

3. Area Resources.

There are no comparable resources in the area.

4. Subjects and Collecting Levels.

Subject	Call Number Range	Present	Desired
Chemistry. Alchemy	QD23.3-26	D	D
Analytical Chemistry	QD71-142	B	B
Inorganic Chemistry	QD146-197	B	B
Organic Chemistry	QD241-441	B	B
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (including Quantum Chemistry, Stereochemistry, Chemical Reactions, Surface Chemistry, Thermochemistry, Solution Radiochemistry, Radiation Chemistry,Photochemistry)	QD450-731	B	B
Crystallography	QD901-999	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.