SUBJECT AREA:  QB - ASTRONOMY

Purpose ( major target group and interdisciplinary relationships): Students studying astronomy and astrophysics.

Existing Collection Strength: Representative.

Current Collecting Intensity: Representative.

Geographic focus: North America.

Chronological focus: None.

Languages collected: English.

Formats collected: Paper, video and computer software.

Access to Journal Articles: Faculty and students have access to the table of contents service offered by Current Contents 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. General indexing provided through General Science Index and Applied Science and Technology Index. IDEAL Library*, IOPP* and Springer-Verlag Link* provides additional full text journal article access. Additional indexing is possible through WEB of Science* [Science Citation Index]. [*Access is through the CNSLP Agreement.]

Date: April 8, 1996          Revised: January 28, 1998; May 4, 1999; June 14, 2000; March 31, 2001

Selector Responsible: Brian McNally

Shelf list count:
357 (1996)         Increase        
422 (1998) 18.2%
491 (1999) 16.4%
575 (2000) 17.1%
606 (2001)   5.4%

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