Collection Development Policy
Physics & Astronomy

PROGRAMS AND CLIENTELE SUPPORTED :

Teaching and research through the doctoral level are supported in the following areas: atomic physics, elementary particle physics, nuclear physics, solid state physics, low temperature physics, and theoretical physics. Teaching and research in astronomy are also supported. While interest in these areas is centered in the Department of Physics, faculty and students in Chemistry, Engineering, Mathematics, and the Radiation Laboratory also have special interest in one or more of the areas.

SUBJECT LIBRARIAN :

Thurston Miller
231 Nieuwland Science
Chemistry/Physics Library
(574) 631-4549
Miller.115@nd.edu
FAX:  (574) 631-6772

FAX:  (574) 631-6772

GENERAL COLLECTING GUIDELINES :

Languages :  The primary language of collection is English, but materials in other languages are acquired selectively. Translations into English are preferred whenever available.

Chronological :  Emphasis is on current developments, as well as the history and philosophy of modern physics. For other materials on the history of physics, see the History of Science policy.

Geographical :  Not applicable.

Treatment of Subject :  Emphasis is on research materials. Textbooks are acquired only by faculty request; popular treatments are selectively purchased for Hesburgh Library.

Types of Materials :  Encyclopedias, treatises, compendia, directories, proceedings of conferences, technical reports.

COORDINATION INFORMATION :

Works on semiconductors, superconductivity, and thermodynamics are also collected in the Engineering Library. Biophysics is treated in the Life Science policy; geophysics in the Earth Sciences policy; physical chemistry in the Chemistry policy and Radiation Chemistry policy; radiation physics in the Radiation Chemistry policy; materials science in the Engineering policy.

Subject	LC Class	Collecting Level
General Astronomy
History. Biography	QB 15-36	3
Astronomical Instruments	QB 85-115	3
Practical & Spherical Astronomy
Geodetic Astronomy	QB 201-205	2
Time	QB 209-224	2
Geodesy
Geodetic Surveying	QB 301-328	2
Gravity Determinations	QB 330-339	2
Theoretical Astronomy & Celestial Mechanics
Perturbations. Planets	QB 361-389	2
Lunar Theory	QB 391-399	2
Satellites	QB 401-407	2
Tides	QB 410-419	2
Astrophysics	QB 460-466	3
Non-Optical Methods of Astronomy	QB 468-480	2

Descriptive Astronomy
Universe	QB 495-500	2
Solar System	QB 501-785	2
Sun	QB 520-544	2
Moon	QB 580-595	2
Planets	QB 600-701	2
Comets	QB 717-732	3
Meteors	QB 740-785	2
Interstellar Matter	QB 790-791	2
Stars	QB 792-901	2
Clusters	QB 851-855	2
Galaxies	QB 856-858	3
Cosmogony. Cosmology	QB 903-991	2
General Physics
History. Biographies	QC 6-16	3
Mathematical Physics	QC 19-20	3
Study & Teaching	QC 30-48	2
Force & Energy	QC 71-75	2
Weights & Measures	QC 71-75	2
Descriptive & Experimental Mechanics
Dynamics	QC 133-136	2
Fluids	QC 138-168	2