Library Policy Statements
Biochemistry and Biophysics
I. PROGRAM INFORMATION
The Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics offers undergraduate service courses in biochemistry to support the nursing program and several paramedical disciplines; plays a formal role in graduate instruction for students in the MD program; and provides graduate programs leading to the MS or PhD degrees in both biochemistry and biophysics.
Areas of active faculty and graduate student research include molecular carcinogenesis; sperm motility; genetic mechanisms of growth and development; cellular and tissue regulation; enzyme structure and function; membrane energy conservation; membrane structure and function; energy metabolism; DNA technology and genetic engineering; neurotransmitter receptor distribution, protein and hormone biosynthesis, virus and nucleic acid synthesis and structure.
Because of the diverse interests of the faculty, many play a prominent role in a number of academic programs outside the department, including the Cellular, Molecular, and Neurosciences Program; the Pacific Biomedical Research Center; and the Cancer Center. Connections also exist with the Departments of Chemistry, Anatomy and Reproductive Biology, and Physiology, among others.
The program does not offer the baccalaureate degree.
II. COORDINATION OF COLLECTING RESPONSIBILITIES
Publications of the National Institutes of Health and other appropriately related government publications are available in the Government Documents Collection.
The collections at several of the hospital libraries act as supplementary resources for faculty and students in the fields of biochemistry and biophysics. Many of the more clinically oriented journals, which are not held by Hamilton Library, are distributed among these libraries.
III. GUIDELINES TO MATERIALS COLLECTED OR EXCLUDED
Language:
English language materials predominate. The collection contains some material in Western European languages.Chronological:
No limitations, but the emphasis is on current theories and research.Geographic:
Not relevant.Types/Formats of Materials Collected:
Monographs on current research in the field; conference proceedings; handbooks and dictionaries; indexes, abstracts, and bibliographies (paper/electronic); periodicals, in microform if required, and electronic access, if available; government documents; and textbooks. Excluded are manuscripts, reprints of articles from serials, house organs and newsletters, and non-UH dissertations.Treatment:
Bibliographical, applications, practice and methods; computer-related; equipment used in research; reference; statistical and mathematical; medical aspects; professional and applied training; and reports of scientific experimental results.Date compiled: 7/01 Compiler: Paul Wermager