Abstract:

Based on the current situation of Chinese book acquisition, this paper analyses both the core bibliography and the bestselling books in the field of philosophy published betweeb 1995 and 2005, in comparison with the philosophy collection in Shanghai Normal University Library during the same decade.It aims to work out a rule for “literature discovery”, namely, to identify the valuable books from a much huger number of books, so as to improve the quality of university library’s collections.

Key words: Core bibliography, Core publishers, Literature discovery, Book acquisition