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Collection Development Guide: Anthropology: Selection Criteria

This guide provides collection development information to Communication Studies faculty and faculty representatives.

Selection Criteria

General Selection Criteria

We will purchase material at the instructional level (2), for the library’s collection in support of the following degreed
programs:
1. BA and MA in Anthropology.
We will purchase material at the research level (3), for the library’s collection in support of the following degreed programs:
1. BA and MA in Anthropology.
The departmental allocation will also purchase material at the Research level (3) for the library, in support of the Anthropology department’s faculty research needs.

Specific Selection Criteria

Collection efforts will concentrate on, but are not limited to the following:
1. Archeology
i. Methods and Theory
ii. Texas
iii. Africa
iv. North and South America
2. Physical Anthropology
i. Methods and Theory
ii. Human Behavior
iii. Primates
iv. Forensic Anthropology
v. Paleoanthropology
vi. Paleopathology
vii. Bioarchaeology
3. Linguistic Anthropology
i. Methods and Theory
ii. North and South America
4. Cultural Anthropology
i. Methods and Theory
ii. Africa
iii. North and South America (Latin America)
iv. Mexican American and Latino Studies
v. Social Stratification
vi. Race and Ethnicity
vii. Gender and Sexuality
viii. Religion

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