General Purpose

To support instruction, study and research at the B.S., M.B.A., and Ph.D. levels in Business Administration.

Subject Description

The department emphasizes the following subject areas: corporate financial management, security analysis and investments, banking and financial institutions, and real estate investments.

Overlap with Other Subjects

Finance overlaps with mathematics, computer science and all of the subjects taught in the College of Business Administration.

Languages Collected and Excluded

Primarily English language materials are collected.

Geographic Parameters

Publications from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Western Europe are collected.

Chronological Scope

Emphasis is on current research. Historical data are added selectively.

Dates of Publication

Current publications are primarily collected.

Retrospective Acquisitions

Retrospective collecting is performed only under special circumstances.

Types of Materials Collected and Excluded

Emphasis is on advanced texts, scholarly monographs, and research publications and journals.

Formats of Materials Collected and Excluded

Corporate financial data, economic and financial statistics, research data and reports in print, microformat, computer tape, and other electronic media are primarily collected. Loose-leaf services for current financial data are added secondarily.

Cooperation with Other Libraries

No formal cooperative collection development agreements are in place.

Alternative Access to Resources

Interlibrary loan is a source of materials not in the UT collection.

Position Responsible for Collection

Business Reference Librarian, Karmen Crowther

Corresponding Fund

Business Administration, Ward

Other Factors

None

May 3, 2002