Collection Development Tools

Gale offers library professionals a starting point to build a collection of reference materials. This collection is a work in progress and will grow over 2007-2008.

If you have any comments or suggestions regarding the content on this page, feel free to send your feedback to Gale.ContentQA@cengage.com and we will address your concerns.

Jodi Henry-Rogers
Gale
Information Specialist

Core Reference Collection Title Lists

These titles have been selected by Gale's resident librarians based on the material's scope, content and value to a core collection. These titles are intended for the Public library audience, in the future we will have market specific collections available. Though the intent is for the Public library audience, we feel that K-12, Academic and Special libraries will also benefit from these lists.

Read Gale's Collection Development Policy

Available Now:

• School (K-12) Libraries
  • Arts and Humanities [Excel, 40 KB]
  • Biography [Excel, 47 KB]
  • Business [Excel, 21 KB]
  • General Reference [Excel, 70 KB]
  • History [Excel, 93 KB]
  • Literature [Excel, 42 KB]
  • Multicultural [Excel, 51 KB]
  • Religion & Philosophy [Excel, 25 KB]
  • Science & Technology [Excel, 57 KB]
  • Social Science [Excel, 51 KB]
  • Sports & Recreation [Excel, 18 KB]
  • K-12 Core Collection List by Subject [Excel, 441 KB]
     
• Academic
  • Arts and Humanities [Excel, 21.5 KB]
  • Biography [Excel, 20 KB]
  • Business [Excel, 22 KB]
  • General Reference [Excel, 20 KB]
  • History [Excel, 22 KB]
  • Law [Excel, 21 KB]
  • Literature [Excel, 19 KB]
  • Multicultural [Excel, 22 KB]
  • Religion & Philosophy [Excel, 22 KB]
  • Science & Technology [Excel, 20 KB]
  • Social Science [Excel, 22 KB]
  • Women's Studies [Excel, 19 KB]
  • Academic Core Collection List by Subject [Excel, 93 KB]
    
• Public
  • Arts and Humanities [Excel, 23 KB]
  • Biography [Excel, 21 KB]
  • Business [Excel, 26 KB]
  • General Reference [Excel, 43 KB]
  • History [Excel, 30 KB]
  • Informational Sciences [Excel, 19 KB]
  • Literature [Excel, 23 KB]
  • Multicultural [Excel, 24 KB]
  • Religion & Philosophy [Excel, 21 KB]
  • Science & Technology [Excel, 30 KB]
  • Social Science [Excel, 23 KB]
  • Sports & Recreation [Excel, 22 KB]
  • Public Core Collection List by Subject [Excel, 164 KB]
    
• Special
  • Due to the varying nature of a special library's scope, please contact Gale.ContentQA@cengage.com to request a customized core collection title list to meet your library's specific needs.
• Canadian Focused Collection [Excel, 24 KB]