John Hunter

hunter@rice.edu

713-348-3892

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

Current Collection Policy:

As indicated in the library's mission statement, Fondren Library's collection is designed to support the research and instructional objectives of the academic units of Rice University. Within this framework, the collections are built to provide curricular support within the Computer Science and Computational and Applied Mathematicas disciplines. As indicated in earlier descriptions, the materials selected are designed to enable the researcher, student or faculty, to obtain the necessary information that will allow successful pursuit of any given topic within reason. As part of these initiatives, all formats including electronic are considered and many are purchased, depending upon fund availabilitiy; all languages are considered but primary emphasis is given to materials written in English; major works or treatises of publishers, societies, or organizations as well as insituttions are obtained; emphasis is placed on current materials with occasional purchases done retrospectively; geographic areas include major North America with the majority being in the United States. The designated collecting levels serve to commensurate with the appropriate academic programs that are currently in place.

Collection Levels by LC Classification:

Computer program languages--social science-related (HF5548.5)	Occ
Artificial intelligence, including cybernetics and information theory (Q300-385)	R2
Calculating machines, electronic computers, computers science (QA75)
Periodicals, societies, congresses, serials, yearbooks	R2
Computer science (QA76)
Dictionaries and encyclopedias	R2
Biography	R2
Directories	R2
Analog computers	R2
Digital computers	R2
Microcomputer workstations	Occ
Interactive computing systems	R2
Online data processing	R2
Multimedia systems	R2
Parallel processing. Parallel computers	R2
Programming	R2
Object-oriented programming	R2
Parallel programming	R2
Programming languages	R2
Individual languages, A-Z	R2
Computer software	R2
Specific computers by name	R2
Neural computers. Neural networks	R2
Supercomputers	R2
Access control. computer security	R2
Algorithms	R2
Computer architecture	R2
Automatic theorem proving	R2
Computer arithmetic	R2
Computer literacy	Occ
Computer mathematics	R2
Computer simulation	R2
Computers and children	Occ
Computers and civilization	Occ
Database design	R2
Dababase management	R2
Database security	R2
Databases	R2
Data structures and data compression	R2
Distributed processing and documentation	R2
Expert systems	R2
Fault-tolerant computing	R2
File organization	R2
Graphical user interfaces	Occ
Human-computer interaction	R2 See also Psychology
Natural language processing	R2
System design	R2
Machine theory. Absract machines. Abstract automata (QA267-268)	R2
Game theory (QA269-272)	R2
Probabilities, includes engineering mathematics (QA273)	R2 See also  Statistics
Stochastic processes, includes Markov processes, Markov chains, Gaussian processes, Queuing theory (QA274)	R2
Mathematical statistics (QA276)	R2
Multivariate analysis (QA278)	R2
Analysis of variance and covariance. Experimental design (QA279)	R2
Time series analysis (QA280)	R2
Interpolation. Extrapolation (QA281)	R2
Sequences, series (QA292-295)	R2
Numerical analysis (QA297)	See Mathematics
Numerical simulation, includes Monte Carlo methods (QA298)	R2
Numerical differentiation (includes numerical integration, analysis) (QA299-302)	R2
Analytical methods used in the solution of physical problems, includes mathematical physics, engineering mathematics, engineering analysis (QA401-425)	R2
Systmes analysis, industrial or systems engineering (QA402)	R2
Mathematical optimization. Programming (QA402.5)	R2
Harmonic analysis. Fourier analysis (QA403)	R2
Analytic mechanics (QA801-939)	R2
Operations research (T57)	R2
Computer engineering, computer hardware (TK7885.4)	R2
Popular works	Occ
Maintenance and repair (TK7887)
Input-output equipment	R2
Analog-to-digital converters, digital-to-analog converters	R2
Computers (TK7888)
Circuits	R2 See also Electrical engineering
Specific computers and components (including memory systems, microprocessors, optical equipment) (TD7895)	R2 See also Electrical engineering