Horticulture and Landscape Architecture: Collection Development Policy
Purpose
The collection supports instruction, research, and outreach (Cooperative Extension) through the Ph.D level for degrees offered through the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture including:
- Bachelor of Science degrees in Horticulture with a concentration in one of four areas: Floriculture; Horticultural Business Management; Horticultural Food Crops; Horticultural Science.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Landscape Architecture.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Landscape Horticulture with a concentration in one of three areas: Landscape Design and Contracting; Nursery and Landscape Management; Turf Management.
- Master of Science and Ph.D degrees in Horticulture. Areas of specialization include cold and drought hardiness, greenhouse environmental control, irrigation scheduling, postharvest physiology/senescence, molecular biology, tissue culture, and new specialty crops-evaluation, introduction, and production techniques.
- The collection overlaps with other subject areas including botany, crop science, plant science, molecular biology, seed science, plant biotechnology, plant physiology, tissue culture, architecture, entomology, plant pathology, and weed science.
Scope of Coverage
Language: Primarily English language publications with selected English translations of works in other languages.Chronological limits: Twentieth century.
Geographic areas: Primarily United States.
Date of Publication:Emphasis is on collection of materials published within the last ten years with a limited selection of retrospective material.
Types of publishers: Academic and trade publishers.
Types of Materials
Horticulture and landscape architecture resources are concentrated in serial and periodical titles, government publications, conference proceedings, research level monographs, and advanced level textbooks. Only a few introductory textbooks are purchased.
Conference proceedings are acquired on a selective basis.
Bibliographies are acquired on a selective basis.
Technical reports are selectively collected.
Government documents are received through the Federal Library Depository Program.
Theses and dissertations from other institutions are acquired on a very selective basis as dictated by graduate student and faculty needs.
Microforms are not purchased except in extraordinary circumstances.
Electronic resources are a priority--particularly journal article online full-text access via vendors or databases.
Videos and other non-print media are not purchased except in extraordinary circumstances.
Other Resources
Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Research Guide: http://lib.colostate.edu/research/hortlandarch/
Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department: http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/HLA/
Contact Information
Subject specialist:
Cathy Cranston
491-1906
Email: Cathy Cranston
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