About the Graduate Services Collection
Collection Description | New Acquisitions | Course Reserves
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Collection Description
Graduate Services houses approximately 25,000 volumes. Except for course reserves, materials are non-circulating.
The Core Collection is a research collection supporting graduate programs in the humanities and history. This collection, largely duplicative of Main stack material, comprises standard editions of core texts, works of major theorists, titles on Masters exams reading lists, and other materials heavily used by graduate students.
The Modern Authors Collection (XMAC) includes the works of major twentieth century English, American, and Anglophone literary authors. See the list of authors selected by the English Dept for this collection. The XMAC collection is shelved separately using its own call number scheme.
Graduate Services also houses a small collection of English and foreign language dictionaries.
Recommendations for additions to the collection by users of Graduate Services are welcome. Please use the Book Purchase Recommendation Form or fill out a card at the desk.
New Acquisitions
Monthly lists of new acquisitions in a given subject area.
- July, 2008
- June, 2008
- May, 2008
- April, 2008
- March, 2008
- February, 2008
- January, 2008
- December, 2007
- November, 2007
- October, 2007
- September, 2007
- August, 2007
Course Reserves
Reserve materials for many graduate humanities and social sciences courses are located in Graduate Services. Two-hour reserves are kept behind the desk; one- and seven-day reserves are on the shelves opposite the desk. To find out which materials are on reserve for a particular course, follow the instructions after typing "help reserves" in the GLADIS catalog for print materials.
Reserve materials may be checked out for the designated circulation period and should be returned to Graduate Services by the due date. Reserve materials may be renewed in person, on GLADIS (follow the instructions after typing "help renew") or by calling 642-4481. For more information, see Course Reserves.
Faculty wishing to place print materials on reserve should follow the procedures outlined in Placing Materials on Reserve in Graduate Services. Questions about reserves can be directed to grds@library.berkeley.edu.
Shelving space is also provided for informal reserves for graduate classes and study groups. Informal reserves refers to non-Library materials that faculty may wish to make easily and quickly available for their classes without going through the formal reserve process. The Library does not provide records or any maintenance of materials on these shelves.
Purchase Recommendation Form
If you'd like to recommend an item to be added to the collection, please use the Purchase Recommendation Form. Add a note in the Comments section, "For Graduate Services."