Collection Development Department

From our collection
Tells the story behind the idea of number from the early days of the Pythagoreans, up until the turn of the twentieth century.
Selection Area Mathematics

CDD Collections

Chinese character
The Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library holds one of the largest Chinese studies collections in North America.
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.
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.
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.