SUBJECT AREA: E-F - THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE AMERICAS
Purpose: Material in this subject area supports work in most humanities subjects and many of the social science subjects, as well as the history of science and technology. History, politics, general culture and all of the material on aboriginal peoples of the Americas are the subjects upon which this part of the classification concentrates.
Existing Collection Strength:
North America: Canada - (4) Advanced level (This area is supported
by the W.P. Bell Collection of Acadiana, the Dorothy and Edgar Davidson
Collection of Canadiana, the Canadian Government Documents Collection.)
United States - (3) Selective level
Central America - (1) Basic level
South America - (1) Basic level
North American Native Peoples: Representative level (2), but approaching the Advanced (4) level for Canadian Native Peoples.
Current Collecting Intensity: Increasing emphasis on women's history, American cultural and material history.
Chronological Focus: All periods are collected.
Geographical Focus: While all areas are collected there is heaviest focus on Canada.
Languages Collected: Titles are purchased in English, French and Spanish.
Formats Collected: All formats are collected, with emphasis on books, serials and video (in that order). It is important as well to keep abreast of the immense amount of material available on the Internet for subjects of United States and Canadian interest. A substantial collection supporting Canadian topics is the material provided by the Canadian Institute of Historical Microreproduction, approximately 50,000 titles about Canada or printed in Canada before 1900, available on microfiche, accessed through the OPAC.
Access to Journal Articles:
Titles purchased 2000-2001: 561 (materials)
Serial subscriptions 2000-2001: 62 (serials)
Date: May 2001
Selector Responsible: Margaret Fancy