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Guidelines for Foreign Languages

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.

To support teaching and research through the undergraduate level. The primary goal of the program is to prepare the student for graduate study in a language, for careers where the language would be an asset, or for the teaching of the language. The department offers the Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages, with tracks in French, Spanish, German, and Comparative Literature.

The Department of Foreign Languages offers courses in Foreign Literature in English Translation and European Culture, as well as classes in Chinese, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Swahili, Hindi, and Russian. In addition, the Department of Foreign Languages offers courses in the Latin American Studies minor and the Russian American Studies minor.

2. General Collection Guidelines.

A. Language.
Language, literature, and critical works are acquired in most of the major European languages (Spanish, English, French, and German). English-language translations of literary works are acquired on a regular basis to support the courses on literature in translation and comparative literature.

B. Chronology.
For the areas of major concentration (Spanish, French, and German), from the beginning of the respective literatures to the present.

C. Geography.
Primarily Spain, France, South America, Germany, the U.S., and England.

D. Publication Date.
Both current and retrospective material is purchased, with the intention of creating a representative collection of major literary and critical works. Multiple editions of seminal works are acquired when new explanatory or critical material is introduced, as are editions of those titles held only in "Complete Works."

E. Treatment of Subject.
Literary biography, criticism, and history are purchased, as are studies of literary technique. In rare cases, juvenile literature is acquired if the author is a major literary figure. Selected textbooks, such as anthologies or advanced grammatical studies, are selectively acquired. Popularized versions of literary texts are not purchased.

F. Types of Materials and Formats.
Most materials are in the form of books and periodicals. In addition to monographs and serial publications, this includes dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works, as well as reports or proceedings of literary associations, conferences, or congresses. The latter may be acquired on a highly selective basis.

Audio and videotapes, filmstrips, and sound recordings are acquired on a selective basis.

Excluded are introductory texts; manuscripts; popularized or juvenile versions.

Electronic information resources (CD-ROMs, online resources, etc.) may also be acquired on a selective basis.

3. Area Resources.

There are no local resources in this subject area that impinge upon our collecting decisions.

4. Subjects and Collecting Levels.

Subject	Call Number Range	Present	Desired
Literature in English Translation	PQ6265-6269; PQ144; PQ1170; PQ1240.E5-8; PQ1278; PL3277.E1-3277.E9; PT127; PT1113; PT1160.E5-8; PT1258; PT1308; PG2591; PG3130; PG3213; PG3236.E5; PG3245; PG3266; PA3606-3637; P241; PJ5059-5060; PJ5129	C2	C2
*French*
Literature	PQ1-3999	D	C2
Language	PC2001-3761	D	C2
Civilization	DC21-34.5	D	C2
*Spanish*
Literature Spain	PQ6001-7011	D	C2
Literature Spanish America	PQ7100-8560	D	C2
Language	PC4001-4977	D	C2
Description: Travel	DP28-43	E	D
Civilization including Third World	CB226;	D	C2
Latin/South America	E141-143; F1409-1409.2; CB271
*German*
Literature	PT881-2653	D	C2
Language	PF3001-5999	D	C2
Civilization	DD21.5-78	D	C2
Literary History, criticism	PT1-877	D	C2
*Classical Greek*
Language	PA227-1179	E	E
Description; Travel	DF721-727	D	D
Literature	PA3051-4500; PA5000-5660	C2	C2
*Hebrew*
Language/Literature	PJ4501-5192	E	D
Customs	DS112-113	C2	C2
Description; Travel	DS45-49; DS103-107	D	D
*Italian*
Literature	PQ4001-5991	E	D
Language	PC1001-1977	E	D
Civilization	DG27-190	C2	C2
*Latin*
Language/Literature	PA2001-2915; PA6001-6971; PA8001-8595	C2	C2
*Chinese*
Language	PL1001-1495	E	E
Literature	PL2501-2799	E	E
*Russian*
Language	PG2073-2693	E	E
Literature	PG3041-3470	E	E

5. Methodology.

Collection centered: list-checking, using samplings from:

Books for College Libraries

Garland, Mary. The Oxford Companion to German Literature, 2d ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986).

The Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978).