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[1998]
The total number of monographs in the division is 14,478, which represents 3.78% of the 383,000 monographs quoted for SRL and Special Collections in 1994/95 annual report.
Collection strength is in Australian material. A good range of products in electronic format is also held, for example, AUSTROM and Australian Family resources. Serials holdings for Australian materials are good. For the whole division, serials holdings are basic.
It is Collection Development policy not to acquire any juvenile literature, school or tertiary curriculum texts or advanced academic research material.
There is an overlap in the bibliographic lists for Sociology with the area of services to the sick and disabled (part of the Conspectus division of Medicine). SRL has good holdings in this area. The collection is enhanced by a selection of videos on a wide range of current health and welfare issues.
In the areas of social clubs and associations, child rearing and home care of the sick and infirm, coverage is limited.
Queensland Legal Deposit material housed in the John Oxley Library has not been included in this assessment. This collection contains a broad range of social sciences materials published in and relevant to Queensland. The collection also includes juvenile literature and a good representative collection of Queensland school texts.
Material held in the children's Literature Unit has not been included in the assessment. This collection has a small, very selective collection of high quality juvenile pictorial works related to social and family issues.
Relevant sections of the following major standard bibliographies have been checked against State library's monographic holdings:
| Title | Total checked | SRL holdings | % held |
| Australia: a reader's guide | 71 | 65 | 92 |
| Australian Sourcebooks: social sciences | 55 | 33 | 60 |
| Australian National Bibliography 1991-1995 | 1751 | 68 | 40 |
| Colliers Encyclopedia | 193 | 50 | 26 |
| Guide to Reference Books | 415 | 109 | 62 |
|
Guides to Library Collection Development |
75 | 10 | 13 |
|
Reader's Adviser (14th ed) |
529 | 341 | 64 |
| Walford's Guide to Reference Materials (6th ed) | 402 | 116 | 29 |
There are 111 open and 195 closed serials subscriptions. The collection is basic when compared to large publishing output for the subject area. A range of CD-ROM products augments this collection.
Relevant sections of the following bibliographies have been checked against State Library's holdings:
| Title | Total checked | SRL holdings | % held |
|
Australian Public Affairs Information Service (APAIS) |
30 | 19 | 63 |
|
Magazines for Libraries (8th ed) |
316 | 39 | 12 |
|
Social Sciences Index (Wilson) |
237 | 85 | 36 |
Last modified: August 18 2004.
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