Collection Development Department

From our collection
Monarch butterflies are among the most popular insect species in the world and are an icon for conservation groups and environmental education programs.
Collection Earth Sciences

CDD Collections

Philosophy
The Philosophy Department remains Canada’s preeminent and is an international leader in history of philosophy – especially ancient and medieval philosophy – as well as ethics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind.
Libraries’ Slavic and East European collection is the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in Canada, and today numbers over 500,000 titles.
The present collections in Italian Studies at the University of Toronto Libraries support the research and teaching in all aspects of Italian language, literature and culture.
The present collections in Latin American Studies at the University of Toronto Libraries support the research and teaching in all aspects of the area’s languages, literatures, history and culture.
The South Asian Studies collection at the University of Toronto Libraries is the largest in Canada