Biology

Collection Development Policy: Biological Sciences

Subject Librarian: Julie Feighery

The collection development policy for Biological Sciences guides the development and management of the Biological Sciences collection.

The Department of Biological Sciences provides undergraduate education critical to understanding living organisms, and is fundamental to understanding life itself A major in biology centers on a core that includes cell biology, genetics, physiology, plant science, anatomy and physiology, microbiology, and immunology. Additional courses in general chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, and mathematics round out the basic program.

• Comparative, environmental and organismal physiology
• Ecology of species interactions
• Biology of plants, evolution of plants
• Cell biology, cell motility mechanisms
• Genomics of cancer
• Molecular biology of vision and neural growth
• Developmental biology
• Microbiology of gut flora

• Many if not most of the students have a strong preference for internet based resources.

• Health impact of Cannabis use and medical use of marijuana

• BA in Biological Sciences
• BS in Biological Sciences

The primary clientele are the undergraduate students, faculty, and staff of the Biology Department. Members of the Michiana community may also use the collection.

Scope and Collection Guidelines

The Biological sciences collection consists of works written for the basic through advanced undergraduate level and for basic faculty research. Graduate- and research-level publications are collected selectively.

• Scholarly monographs
• Serials
• Collections of essays
• Conference proceedings
• Videos
• Electronic resources

• Pamphlets
• Newsletters
• Article reprints
• Required textbooks
• Popular and/or journalistic monographs about social issues are selectively collected.

The collection is primarily in English.

All geographic areas are covered. For titles with a geographic focus, preference is given to materials relating to the region (Michiana, northern Indiana, and Midwest).

Priority is given to current publications. Older imprints are collected selectively, usually as replacements for classic works, or upon request.

The Biological sciences collection focuses on the topics of general biology, genetics, botany, anatomy and physiology, cell biology,

Emphasis is on scholarly periodicals in electronic format.

Health impact of marijuana

Reference material for Biological sciences are selected by the Biology subject librarian

Biological sciences materials are housed in the Schurz Library. Works specifically about the discipline of biology are classified in the Q schedule of Library of Congress system;

• QH 1-278.5 Natural history
• QH 30-705.5 Biology
• QK 1-989 Botany
• QL 1-991 Zoology
• QM 1-695 Human Anatomy
• QP 1-981 Physiology
• QR 1-502 Microbiology