About the Educational
Resource Center of Minnesota State University
The Educational
Resource Center, or ERC, houses a variety of the Memorial Library's special
collections supporting the curriculum at MSU. Collections include juvenile
books as well as audio-visual and non-print materials. Audio-visual equipment
and related services are also available in the ERC.
ERC Hours
ERC Staff ERC Front Desk Phone # 389-5944
- Recorded books on compact disc, audio cassette tape, or MP3 player
- Children's, young adult, and adult fiction and non-fiction
- Primarily unabridged versions
- Some audiobooks are recorded at a slower speaking pace (SteadyReaders)
- DVDs, Videotapes, and Films
- Educational titles and feature films supporting the MSU curriculum
- Videos can be checked out unless booked or on reserve
- Videorecordings can be booked for class use or reserved for in-Library viewing.
Online Video Booking Request Form
The following collections support
the curriculum for Education majors.
CCYAB
Center for Children's and Young Adult Books
- Non-circulating examination
collection of new books and noteworthy books for children
Computer Software
- PreK-12 curriculum software,
providing supplemental teaching materials
Supplemental Education Materials
- Puppets, Models, Board games, Posters, Kits and other realia
- Children's literature supporting
the Education program's curriculum
- Easy books, middle readers,
and young adult
- Fiction and non-fiction
- Big books
Textbook Collection(PreK-12 Level)
- Designed to serve teacher's
educational needs
- Contains subject matter material
from various popular textbook publishers
