National Library of Australia


Moore Theological College

Moore Theological College Library


Summary subject collecting information (definitions of the ALG collecting levels are available for reference):


Agriculture

Anthropology

Art and architecture

Biological sciences

Chemistry

Computer science

Economics and business

Education

Technology

Geography and earth sciences

History and biography

    Comments: The Victorian & local history collection was started in 1981 and is a continuously growing resource.

Language and literature

Law

Library science and interdisciplinary works

Mathematics

Medicine

    Comments: The collection focuses on public health, health services administration and management, community health, and environmental health. Material relating to the history and development of public health and medicine in Western Australia is comprehensively collected and retained in the Special Collection. This material, which includes all Departmental publications, is preserved to serve the needs of historical research (access by appointment only).

Music

Performing arts

Philosophy and religion
- Philosophy (general) [Basic]
- Philosophy (specific schools and viewpoints) [Basic]
- Western philosophy [Study - Basic]
- Logic [Advanced basic]
- Ethics [Study - Intermediate]
- Religion (general) [Study - Basic]
-- Missiology [Study - Intermediate]
- Bible [Study - Advanced]
- Christian theology [Study - Advanced]
- Christian church [Study - Advanced]
- Buddhism [Basic]
- Hinduism [Basic]
- Judaism [Study - Intermediate]
- Islam [Study - Basic]
- Other religions [Study - Basic]

Physical education, recreation and sport

Physics and astronomy

Political and military studies

Psychology

Sociology

Highlights of the collection: The library houses one of the largest theological collections in Australia with over 230,000 monographs. It receives over 820 serial titles and approximately 7,000 monographs each year. Special collections include rare book material printed prior to 1850 (including 2 incunabula and some of the earliest books for public use in Australia, the Bray Collection given to the Port Jackson Lending Library in 1809), Australiana and archival material.

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