About

 

The Education Materials Center (EMC) is an education curriculum library located on the first floor of Polk Library.  In addition to the multiple collections listed below, the EMC has many open areas for students to study or work in groups.  There is also a service desk where students are available to assist with educational research, finding materials, or other library related questions. For directions to Polk Library or information about hours, please click on the links below.

 

EMC Collections:

 

Children's and Young Adult Literature

This collection supports the curriculum of the UW Oshkosh College of Education and Human Services as well as other colleges on the campus. It includes picture books, easy readers, graphic novels, fiction and non-fiction titles for preschool through high school students. Emphasis is placed on award winning titles, honor and notable books in many subject areas, and exemplary titles which support a cross-curricula approach to teaching. The EMC collection values resources of all kinds that represent all cultural groups. The EMC Staff regularly create bibliographies which reflect the "best" titles in the EMC collection. You can view these online by clicking on our Bibliographies link.

This collection is continually being evaluated in order to ensure that it represents the highest quality of literature, both classic and contemporary, for this audience. New titles are continually being added.

 

K-12 Textbook Collection

This collection consists of textbooks used in most areas of the PreK-12 curriculum. The collection is being continuously upgraded, and ongoing efforts are made to obtain current textbooks. The collection includes some textbooks which are currently used in Fox Valley schools. Emphasis in the textbook collection is on materials published within the last 10 years. Textbooks are organized by the Library of Congress classification system, and all are searchable using the online catalog.

 

EMC Reference Collection

The Reference Collection is home to many valuable and current reference books including indexes to children's, adolescent and young adult literature. Additionally, the national education standards in most subject areas, the Phi Delta Kappa Fastback Collection, general encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries, and bibliographies are also available here. There are also several books designed to help Praxis testing preparation. This collection is continually updated.

 

Teaching Ideas Collection

The EMC's Teaching Ideas Collection consists of professional development materials that are, in particular, useful to students taking methods classes, doing a practicum or student teaching. These books provide information that can be readily applied to classroom teaching. This is a very useful collection for students needing to find lesson plans, unit plans, behavior management strategies, book suggestions for in-class use, etc.

 

Audiovisual Collection

The UW Oshkosh Audiovisual Collection is located in the EMC. This collection includes videos, DVDs, educational software, kits, games, posters, cassette tapes, puppets and other resource materials for future teachers. Many new videos continue to be added to the collection. Reviews of some of our AV materials can be found in the EMC Reference Collection. The AV Collection has as its scope all colleges and departments on campus and services the media needs of faculty and students, including the College of Education.