The following links describe the collection development (how librarians choose materials for the library) and gifts policies of the Thompson Library.
The following resources are provided to help with selection of materials for the library collection.
Provides bibliographic and publisher information on more than 300,000 periodicals of all types: academic and scholarly journals, Open Access publications, refereed (i.e. peer-reviewed) titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more, from around the world.
Want to know what other scholars think of a book? Search the library's subscriptions for book reviews before asking the library to buy a copy.
The library is constantly finding new online databases and collections to try out and possibly buy. The following link is to the current trial and new resources found on the complete A - Z database list.
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