Guidelines for Genetics, Human

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 human genetics collection supports the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Human Genetics, as well as graduate and undergraduate courses and programs in biochemistry, microbiology and immunology, biology, medicine, nursing, anatomy, sociology, psychiatry, psychology, biostatistics, and dentistry. Required courses in human genetics are offered to students in dentistry and medicine. The collection also supports a high level of faculty and student research in microbiology, biology, physiology, pathology, dentistry, medicine, sociology, psychiatry, psychology, biochemistry, and biostatistics. The discipline of human genetics is a basic constituent of human reproductive research, as well as research in toxicology, pharmacology, bioengineering, and public health.

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 editions 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, 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 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
Biological Chemistry	QD415-431.7	B	B
General Biochemistry of Plants/Animals	QH345	B	B
Human Genetics, Recombination	QH431-531	B	B
Mechanisms. Mutations. Molecular Biology. Metabolism Cytology	QH573-671	B	B
Physiology. Blood	QP88-100	B	B
Metabolism	QP171	B	B
Animal Biochemistry	QP501-801	B	B
Clinical Biochemistry	RB112.5	B	B
Heredity. Medical Genetics	RB155-214	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.