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Guidelines for Dentistry

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

1. Purpose.

The dentistry collection supports the Doctorate of Dental Surgery Degree, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Dental Hygiene and combined DDS/MS or Ph.D.. Degrees. The School of Dentistry provides advanced dental education programs in all of the recognized specialties to include Orthodontics, Periodontics, Oral Surgery, Endodontics, Pediatric Dentistry, Prosthodontics, Advanced Education in General Practice, and General Practice (hospital) Residency. The collection supports these advanced dental specialties as well as Dental Hygiene and continuing education and also supports post-graduate training in anesthesia for dentistry. The collection also functions as an important secondary source for dentists, dental health specialists and oral surgeons in Region II of the National Library of Medicine's Regional Medical Library System.

2. General Collection Guidelines.

A. Language.
English is the primary language of the monographic and serials collections. Foreign and multilingual monographs and serials are purchased selectively.

B. Chronology.
Titles in the history of dentistry are acquired selectively. The Special Collections Department remains the repository, however, for historically significant retrospective materials.

C. Geography.
In the field of dental health care practice and organization, primary emphasis is on the United States. Publications of dental research and materials on the dental health care services of other countries are acquired selectively, regardless of national origin, with primary emphasis on those studies relevant to dental health problems in the United States.

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

E. Treatment of Subject.
Both lower and upper division textbooks 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, anatomical atlases, 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, slides, and slide-audio tapes, are also collected and housed in the Learning Resource Centers. Anatomical models are also collected selectively.

3. Area Resources.

There are no comparable resources in the area.

4. Subjects and Collecting Levels.

Subject	Call Number Range	Present	Desired
Dentistry. Practice of Dentistry	RK1-59.3	B	B
Preventive Dentistry	RK60.7-60.8	B	B
Oral and Dental Anatomy and Physiology	RK280	B	B
Oral and Dental Medicine. Pathology. Diseases	RK301-493	B	B
Operative Dentistry. Restorative Dentistry	RK501-519	B	B
Orthodontics	RK520-528	B	B
Oral Surgery	RK529-535	B	B
Prosthetic Dentistry. Prosthodontics	RK641-667	B	B
*Nota bene: "B" represents a research level rating.*

5. Methodology.

Primary sources for assessment:

Books for College Libraries.

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