SUBJECT AREA: QA - MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCE
Purpose (major target group and interdisciplinary relationships): Students enrolled in the minor, major and honours programme in mathematics and the minor and major programme in computer studies. Mathematics as the language of science is used in all scientific disciplines especially physics. Statistics and statistical methods are used in commerce, economics, geography, sociology, etc.
Existing Collection Strength: Representative.
Current Collecting Intensity: Representative for all the major branches of mathematics and computer science.
Geographic focus: North America.
Chronological focus: None. Computer Science current materials only.
Languages collected: English.
Formats collected: Paper, microfilm and computer software.
Access to Journal Articles: Faculty and students have access to the table of contents service offered by Current Content, MathSciNet* and CarlUncover. The Library is currently responsible for the annual subscription fees and faculty are responsible for the cost of the delivery of articles. Students can consult CarlUncover as an indexing service only. MathSciNet* which covers Mathematical Reviews 1940-, Current Mathematical Publications, ACM Guide to Computing Literature, Computing Review, Technical Reports in Computer Science, Current Index to Statistics and Index to Statistics and Probability. IDEAL Library* provides additional full text journal article access. CNSLP provides for full text articles from Springer-Verlag Link*. WEB of Science* provides additional access via Science Citation Index. [Access is through CNSLP Agreement.]
Date: April 8, 1996 Revised: January 28, 1998; May 4, 1999; June 14, 2000; March 31, 2001
Selector Responsible: Brian McNally
| 1996 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |
| QA 75-80: | 249 | 291 (16.9%) | 326 (12.0%) | 377 (15.6%) | 417 (10.6%) |
| Other QA: | 884 | 999 (13.0%) | 1222 (22.3%) | 1404 (14.9%) | 1492 (6.3%) |
| Total: | 1133 | 1290 (13.9%) | 1548 (20.0%) | 1781 (15.1%) | 1909 (7.2%) |