A direct successor to 1988's Books for College Libraries (3rd edition), the print edition of Resources for College Libraries is a 7-volume set offering a core collection of hand-selected titles in 58 curriculum-specific subject areas.

Volumes are organized into broad subject areas such as Humanities, Languages & Literature, History, Social Sciences & Professional Studies, Science & Technology, and Interdisciplinary & Area Studies ...

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Resources for College Libraries is now available electronically. RCLweb, which includes an online database, enables easy searching by a variety of criteria including author, subject, title, format, audience, and LC Classification Number.

Updated regularly, RCLweb offers the most current core title selections for your collection development, reference, and acquisition needs....

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Bowker's Book Analysis System helps you eliminate tedious manual comparison by electronically comparing your library's collection to the more than 50,000 core collection titles identified in Resources for College Libraries.

Let Bowker's Book Analysis System provide you with a customized collection of reports that you can use to fine tune your collection in 58 curriculum-specific subject areas, and instantly identify the gaps and overlaps in your collection, so that you can spend more time making important selection decisions.

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Data licensing opportunities of the RCL collection are available.

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Resources for College Libraries: Career Resources is the most recent offering in a more than forty year history of providing libraries the most relevant resource options for their patrons. The Career Resources edition explores subjects germane to a community, vocational, or technical college such as Allied Health, Building and Construction Trades, Engineering and Technology, and Graphic and Apparel Arts.

The core list of resources covers not only traditional monographs and textbooks, but also appropriate online resources. The list is presented in an online version and can be used with Bowker's Book Analysis System.

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