GENERAL OBJECTIVES

To develop a collection which supports the undergraduate and graduate curriculum in the field of criminal justice.

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 criminal justice.

The collection supports instruction and research for the B.A. and M.A. 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

Government Publications Department
Law Library
Reference Department
SPEA Library
Undergraduate Library

SUBJECT BOUNDARIES

Primary Subjects Theory and philosophy Law enforcement Police administration Correctional institutions Crime Prevention Victimology Administration of justice Forensic psychology Social Control

Secondary Subjects Public Law Legal Systems Public Policy

GEOGRAPHY

As a rule, materials dealing with other geographic 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 United States Canada Great Britain

Secondary Countries France Germany Italy Australia Spain New Zealand

SCOPE OF COVERAGE

The acquisitions policy for criminal justice is also 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. 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
History
Law
Political Science
Psychology
Reference
Sociology
SPEA