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Coverage in this division is very uneven.
A total of 17,814 monographs are held in the division. This represents 4.49% of the 397,000 monographs quoted for SRL and Special Collections in the 1995/96 annual report.
25.1% of the monograph holdings in this division were published in the period 1985-1995. 13.1% were published in the period from 1990 to 1995. Highest level of acquisitions for this division was in the period from 1980 to 1984.
Collection strength is in indexes, encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks; Jane's range of military books and directories; motor vehicle repair and service manuals; and aviation. For motor vehicle manuals and aircraft, collection level is at 3a; for remainder of category (Dewey 629), collection level is at 2a.
There is some emphasis on technology in the Australian context and on social issues related to technology.
A complete, up-to-date set of Australian standards is held in microfiche.
Relevant sections of the following bibliographies have been checked against State Library's monographic holdings:
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Title |
Total |
SRL Holdings |
% Held |
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Australian National Bibliography 1992-1996 Guide to reference books. 11th ed. Information sources in science and technology. ABPR (American book publishing record). Dewey numbers 620 - 629 included many congress/conference papers on topics not usually collected - very U.S. specific material. Dewey nos. 640 - 641 included much public library type material. Collier's encyclopedia
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1691
229 608 1039
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432
82 152 84
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35.8 25 8
22.5 |
Periodicals (serials) coverage in the engineering and technology division
There are 358 open and 886 closed serials subscriptions in this division.
All titles in the relevant sections of the following publications were checked against State Library's holdings:
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Title |
Total |
SRL Holding |
% Held |
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Applied Science & Technology Index Vol 84, no 10, November 1996 (Wilson) Magazines for Libraries 8th ed |
401
339 |
44
27 |
11
8 |
General Periodicals on Disc and World Magazine Bank CD-ROMs provide access to a limited number of periodicals in full text and indexes to other journals which are relevant to this division.
Last modified: August 18 2004.
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