Bob Sabin

sabin@rice.edu

713-348-3892

[General policy]   [Collection levels by LC & SuDoc Classification]    

Current Collection Policy:

Will collection books and current journals primarily in print format.
Will collect indexes/abstracts in both print and electronic format.
Will collect early runs of journals primarily in microformat.
Will collect videos, usually at the request of a faculty member.
Will collect software usually at the request of a faculty member.
Will collect materials written or spoken primarily in English.
Will collect materials from all publishers and university presses.
Will collect primarily new or recently published books and journals.
Will collect materials dealing primarily with the geographic area of North America.

Collection Levels by LC Classification:

Medicine (R)	R2 See also Biochemistry
Chemical technology (TP)
General (TP1-151)
History	U
Biography	U
Chemical engineering (TP155-197)
General works	R2
Chemical plants	R2
Special processes and operations	R2
Apparatus and supplies	R2
Study and teaching	R2
Chemical engineering as a profession	R2
Government and industrial laboratories	R2
Chemicals, manufacture and use (TP200-248)
General works	R2
Inorganic chemicals	R2
Organic chemicals	R2
Industrial radiochemistry, electrochemistry (TP249-261)	R2
Explosives (TP267-310)	M
Fuel (TP315-360)
General works	R2
Analysis	R2
Wood	M
Coal	M
Liquid and gaseous fuel	R2
Food processing and manufacture (TP368482)	M
Low temperature engineering (TP480-498)	U
Permentation industries (TP500-659)	M
Petroleum refining (TP690-692) R2
Illuminating industry (TP700-746)	M
Gas industry (TP700-762)	R2
Acetylene industry (TP765-770)
Clay, ceramics, glass industries (TP785-888)	M
Textile Dyeing and Printing (TP890-932)	M
Paints, pigments, varnishes, etc. (TP934-944)	M
Ink manufacture (TP946-949)	M
Miscellaneous organic chemical industries (TP950-997)	M
Polymers, plastics and their manufacture (TP1101-1185)	R2