GENERAL OBJECTIVES

• To develop a collection which supports the undergraduate and graduate curriculum in the field of economics.
• Strong emphasis is given to the acquisition of materials necessary for research by all members of the academic community whose focus is in the area of economics.
• The collection supports instruction and research for the B.A. and Ph.D. degrees.

This fund also receives monographs on two approval plans.

• The library has an approval plan for books published by US, Canadian and British university presses. For more details regarding specific presses and subject areas covered by the plan, go to the University Press Approval Plan.
• The other approval plan covers non-university scholarly presses in the social sciences and humanities. For more details regarding specific presses and subject areas covered by the plan, go to the Social Sciences and Humanities Approval Plan.

If you need a book rush cataloged or want to be notified for a book on order, go to the MPS homepage.

For general information about acquisitions and collection development, check out Acqweb.

OTHER LIBRARIES

• Business/School of Public and Environmental Affairs Library
• Geography and Map Library
• Government Publications Department
• Law Library
• Reference Department
• Swain Hall Library
• Undergraduate Library

Subject Boundaries

GEOGRAPHY

As a rule, materials dealing with other geographical areas are not considered if they focus on individual countries, especially countries covered by the area librarians. Materials are considered if they deal with a particular subject on a continental basis, or large geographical areas. This is to insure that important works of such a nature are acquired if they have not been by the area librarians.

Primary Countries	Secondary Countries
United States	China
Canada	Japan
Great Britain	Korea
Ireland	India
Italy	Pakistan
Germany	Afghanistan
Spain	Turkey
Portugal	Egypt
France	Israel
Norway	Syria
Denmark	Lebanon
Sweden	Jordan
Belgium	Iraq
Netherlands	Iran
Austria	Saudi Arabia
Switzerland
Luxembourg
Iceland
Greece
New Zealand

SCOPE OF COVERAGE

The acquisitions policy for Economics is determined by several other considerations.

• Materials are NOT considered if their contents are contained in other sources, e.g. government publications, periodicals, etc.
• Materials which are a compilation of articles such as edited works and readers are not collected, unless the work is a collection of original essays.
• The acquisitions policy is also determined by language consideration. Comprehensive coverage of English language materials, and very selective coverage of materials in French and German, Spanish and Italian.
• The emphasis of collection development is to acquire materials supporting current research. Historical studies covering the last twenty-five years are also collected.

FORMATS COLLECTED

Acquisition of introductory texts is made on a very selective basis. Retrospective acquisitions are done very selectively, focusing on the purchase of important works, the addition of which serve to correct deficiencies or weaknesses in the collection as it has evolved over time. Retrospective selections include reviewing reprint publications, microfilm collections, and out-of-print catalogs. The emphasis of collection development is to acquire materials supporting current research.

RELATED FUNDS

• Government Documents
• Business
• Law
• Political Science
• Media
• History
• Mathematics
• Reference and all Area Studies