Teachers' Resource Collection
The Teachers' Resource Collection (TRC, formerly Learning Resource Collection) on the second floor of the Kennedy Library, provides access to contemporary educational resources that support the curriculum in the College of Education and associated colleges, contribute to research in education theory, curriculum design and assessment, and foster innovation and change in the field of education.
TRC Areas
- School Library Collection
- This "library within a library" consists of approximately 18,000 books for grades K-12, in areas including reading, language arts, music, science, health, mathematics, social studies, and multicultural education. It is arranged according to the Dewey Decimal Classification. This collection also includes hands-on materials, idea books, activity books, lesson plan books, and thematic units.
- Secondary School Textbooks
- A small number of donated high school texts is available for review.
- Picture Books and Big Books
- A small number of books intended for children K-3; mostly children's literature. "Big Books" are suitable for reading aloud to groups of children.
- State Adopted Textbooks, K-8
- Textbooks are collected in all curricular subjects for grades K-8. Emphasis in the textbook collection is on materials approved by the California State Department of Education. Texts adopted by local schools may be acquired comprehensively, while other exemplary texts are collected selectively. Also in this area are media materials that accompany State-adopted materials such as: cassettes, transparencies, study prints, games, realia, multimedia kits, videos and manipulatives; as well as educational software that accompanies State-adopted materials and books used in preschool through twelfth grade.
