Washington University in St. Louis

Collection Development Policy

Library: Olin

Subject: Political Science

Collection: General

Date Revised: April 10, 2014

Subject Librarian: Jessica Kleekamp

 

1. General purpose:

• Support for research and teaching in the Political Science Department.
• Overview
  • Faculty:
    • 11 Professors
    • 9 Associate Professors
    • 7 Assistant Professors
    • 5 Affiliated Faculty
    • 6 Visiting Lecturers
    • 4 Emeritus Professors
  • Graduate Students:
    • 48 Graduate Students
  • Areas of Research:
    • American
    • Comparative
    • Formal Theory
    • International Conflict
    • International Political Economy
    • Methodology
    • Political Theory
       

 

2. Subjects excluded:

None

 

3. Overlap with other collections or subjects:

• African Studies
• American Cultural Studies
• Art History and Archaeology
• Economics
• Government Documents
• History
• Jewish, Islamic Studies, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies
• International Area Studies
• Latin American Studies
• Law
• Mathematics
• Public Health
• Religious Studies
• Social Work
• South Asian Studies
• Urban Studies
• Women, Gender and Sexuality
   

 

4. Languages included and excluded:

None

 

5. Geographical limitations:
None
 

 

6. Chronological limits:

None
 

 

7. Retrospective acquisition:

None

 

8. Types of material collected and excluded:

N/A
 

 

9. Other factors to consider:

• Monographs:
  • We buy on request from WUSTL community
• e-Book format purchased over paper, if available; DRM-free prefered
  • In general, eBooks are not duplicated in paper
• Journals and standing orders: New subscriptions occur when online-only when available with post-cancellation access guarantees and preservation mechanisms. Selection is based on faculty research needs.

 

 

10. Subjects and Collecting Levels:

(Nothing on approval ships automatically, only if users select it through the Purchase On Request program (POR)).

• JA 1-98 Political Science (General)
• JC 1-605 Political Theory
• JF 1-2112 Political Institutions and Public Administration
• JJ 1-1020 Political Institutions and Public Administration, North America
• JK 1-9993 United States
• JL 1-2899 Political Institutions and Public Administration, Canada, Latin America, etc.
• JN 1-9799 Political Institutions and Public Administration. Europe
• JQ 1-6651 Political Institutions and Public Administration: Asia, Africa. Australia
• JS 1-8500 Local Government, Municipal Government
• JV 1-9480 Colonies and Colonization