Collection Development Policies:
Animal Sciences
Purpose:
The Animal Sciences collection supports research and teaching through the
doctoral level. The departments or programs most closely
associated with this area are: Animal Sciences, Entomology, Wildlife
Biology, and Zoology. Other programs or departments which might find
certain aspects of this area of great interest are: Basic Medical Sciences;
Pharmacy and Pharmacology/Toxicology; Microbiology; General Biology;
Biochemistry and Biophysics; Institute of Biological Chemistry; Genetics
and Cell Biology; Veterinary Clinical Medicine and Surgery; Veterinary and
Comparative Anatomy; Pharmacology and Physiology; and Veterinary
Microbiology and Pathology.
General Collection Guidelines:
- Languages:
English is the primary language of collection, but
materials written in French, German, Italian and Russian may also be
acquired. English translations are preferred over the original, if they
are available.
- Chronological Guidelines:
Emphasis is on the present with the
exception of descriptive works of fauna, in which case the
chronological guidelines do not apply. Works of a specific historical
nature may be acquired selectively.
- Geographical Guidelines:
No region is excluded, but there is
some emphasis on the Western hemisphere, including the adjacent oceans.
- Treatment of the Subject:
Lower division textbooks and laboratory
manuals are not generally purchased. Upper division texts are purchased
selectively. Material of a biographical nature and popular or introductory
works may be purchased selectively.
- Types of Material:
Material collected consist primarily of monographic
and serial publications, and includes dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories,
abstracts and indexes, handbooks, federal and state government documents, and
proceedings or transactions of symposia or conferences in any suitable format.
- Date of Publication:
Emphasis is on collecting materials published within
the last 10 years. Retrospective acquisition is done very selectively to replace missing
or damaged items still of great relevance to the collection or to strengthen a
developing research area. However, no preference is given to original printings
over reprints.
- Other General Considerations:
Related areas not covered in this statement are:
Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science,
Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutical sciences,
Food Science and Human Nutrition,
Medicine, and
Biological Sciences.
Observations and Qualifications by Subject with
Collection Level:
Animal sciences (large animal):
C(1) / B
Cattle (dairy and beef), sheep, goats, swine, horses, physiology,
nutrition, breeding, genetics of major farm species.
Animal nutrition:
See: Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science
Fish Culture:
D / C(2)
See also:
Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science
Horsemanship:
C(2)
See also:
Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science
Entomology:
C(1) / B
Behavior, biological and integrated control, economic entomology, ecology, forest
entomology, insect-plant relationships, morphology, physiology, taxonomy
Wildlife Biology:
C(1) / B
Wildlife conservation/management, natural areas and refuges,
endangered and threatened species, population dynamics, wildlife
nutrition, wildlife ecology.
Zoology:
C(1) / B
Invertebrates, vertebrates, animal behavior, morphology, anatomy, ecology,
embryology, evolution, endocrinology, physiology, neurobiology, reproduction,
animal population, taxonomy, biodiversity, comparative zoology.
Parasitology:
See: Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science
Lara Cummings
April 2009