Learn more about RCL: Collecting To The Core Articles
Resources for College Libraries subject editors regularly contribute bibliographic essays to Against the Grain. The “Collecting to the Core” column highlights monographic works that are essential to the academic library within a particular discipline, inspired by the Resources for College Libraries bibliography. In each essay, subject specialists introduce and explain the classic titles and topics that continue to remain relevant to the undergraduate curriculum and library collection. Disciplinary trends may shift, but some classics never go out of style. Click on the titles below to view the essays, originally published in Against the Grain. Collecting to the Core—Manuscripts in Medieval Studies
by Susan Steuer (RCL subject editor, Medieval Studies) Download PDF

Collecting to the Core—Psychology Handbooks
by Donald Polzella(RCL subject editor, Psychology) Download PDF

Collecting to the Core—Youth Sports
by Mila Su (RCL subject editor, Sports and Recreation) Download PDF

Collecting to the Core—Late Twentieth Century Education Reform
by Nancy O’Brien (RCL subject co-editor, Education) Download PDF

Collecting to the Core—Dance
by Susan Wiesner (RCL subject editor, Dance) Download PDF

Collecting to the Core—Physics
by Michael Fosmire (RCL subject editor, Physics) and Debra Kolah Download PDF

Collecting to the Core—Financial Crises
by Peter McKay (RCL subject editor, Economics) Download PDF

Collecting to the Core—The Greco-Persian Wars
by Fred Jenkins (RCL subject editor, Ancient History and Classical Languages and Literatures) Download PDF

Collecting to the Core—Visual Arts
by Edward Teague (RCL subject editor, Visual Arts) Download PDF

Collecting to the Core—Nature Field Guides
by Flora Shrode (RCL subject editor, Biology)
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Collecting to the Core—Urban Studies)
by Janice Mathews (RCL subject editor, Urban StudiesDownload PDF

Collecting to the Core—Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism
by Marcus Elmore (RCL subject editor, General Language and Literature) Download PDF