Collection Policies

To support teaching and research through master's level in biological oceanography; physical oceanography, including the chemistry of the oceans, the physics of the oceans and coasts (measurement of movement, temperature and pressure of the waters, interaction of the ocean surface with the atmosphere), and the geology of the ocean bottoms and coasts. A general oceanography tract as well as more specialized tracts in biological oceanography, chemical oceanography, and geological oceanography may be pursued through the doctoral level. Faculty in the Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, the Applied Marine Research Laboratory, and the International Maritime, Ports, and Logistics Management Institute as well as faculty and students in other fields (e.g., biological sciences, chemistry, physics, geology, mathematics, and engineering) also have interest in one or more of these areas.

 Languages: English is the primary language of the collection, but other languages may be acquired by faculty request. Translations into English are preferred over the original if they are available.

Chronological Guidelines: Emphasis is on current scholarship except with respect to purely descriptive works of flora and fauna, concerning which the chronological guidelines are not applicable. Other older works may be selectively added.

Geographical Guidelines: No region is excluded, but there is some emphasis on the north Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf Stream, and the estuaries of eastern North America, especially the Chesapeake Bay.

Treatment of Subject: Professional books are acquired on a broad basis. Graduate textbooks are acquired selectively. The following are not purchased: basic undergraduate textbooks, popular biographies of oceanographers, books concerned with the oceans (often with ample photographs) written for the non-scientist. Books on meteorology may be acquired selectively.

Types of Material: Included are monographs, treatises, encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, directories, abstracts, handbooks, proceedings, thesauri, handbooks, technical reports, government documents, and serials. Dissertations from other institutions are acquired selectively. Material may be acquired in electronic format, such as CD-ROM or Internet access, if appropriate.

Date of Publication: The emphasis is on current publications, but older material is acquired as needed.

Other General Considerations:

• Related Policy Statements

Biology
Biochemistry is included in the Chemistry statement
Paleontology is included in the Geology statement.

1997
Bibliographer:  Anne Rees [an error occurred while processing this directive]