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Children & Young Adult

In the Children & Young Adult Collection, you will find:

• Award winning children's books
• Different genres of juvenile literature, from biographies and fantasies to picture books, plays and poetry
• Works in other languages, such as Spanish, French and Navajo

Items can be checked out for a period of 4 weeks
at the Rivera Circulation Desk, located on the 1st Floor.

Renewals can be done online.

Professional

The Professional Collection contains:

• Educational resources across all curriculum areas and skill levels for Grades K-12
• Helpful resources for creating lesson plans, classroom management and bulletin board display ideas

Items can be checked out for a period of 4 weeks
at the Rivera Circulation Desk, located on the 1st Floor.

Renewals can be done online.

Textbook

The Textbook Collection consists of:

• K-12 textbook and ancillary material that have been adopted by California schools in all subjects

Some supplementary material (videos, transparencies) are located in our Curriculum Materials Collection. When using SCOTTY, please note the exact location of the item you need.

Items can be checked out for a period of 2 weeks at the Rivera Circulation Desk, located on the 1st Floor.

Renewals can be done online.

Curriculum Materials

Here you will find a host of unique and interesting items, such as:

• Educational resources in non-book formats
  
  • Kits and manipulatives
  • Study prints and posters
• Textbook supplements, such as transparencies or CD-ROMS
• Big Books
  
  • Note: Please contact Education Services if you wish to check out one of the items from this list
• Ability/Skills Assessments Collection

In SCOTTY, curriculum materials are displayed as "EducServ Secured". These must be retrieved and checked out by Education Services staff only.

Textbook supplementary items in the Curriculum Materials Collection can be checked out for a period of 2 weeks.

Educational Tests can only be checked out through Education Services and only by GSE students for 1 week. Other patrons may make use of the Test Collection at Education Services only.

All other items can be checked out for a period of 4 weeks at the Education Services Office.

Renewals for all items must be done through the Education Services office only, via in person, phone or email.

Media

Here you will find:

• Videos, DVDs, cassettes and CD-ROMs for elementary and middle school students on a wide range of topics.

Most of our collection can be found by doing a search through SCOTTY. You can also find some by clicking here.

In SCOTTY, media materials are displayed as "EducServ Secured AV". These must be retrieved and checked out only by Education Services staff for a period of 4 weeks.

Renewals must be done through the Education Services office only, via in person, phone or email.

Reference

In our Reference Collection you will find:

• General children's dictionaries and encylopedias
• Reference sources to assist teachers in lesson planning
• Reference material on children's books and authors
• Curriculum frameworks and standards, both state and national

As these items are reference materials, they may only be used within the library.

Services

Links

del.icio.us Bookmarks by Education Services

• Rivera Library's Learning Resource Display Center, a repository of K - 8 instructional materials in every subject as adopted by the state of California
• The California Learning Resource Network -- a "one-stop" resource for critical information needed for the selection of supplemental electronic learning resources aligned to the State Board of Education academic content standards

• Lists of Award Winning Juvenile Literature from the American Library Association
• Award Winning Books in Education Services
• Children's Literature Web Guide -- Internet resources related to books for children and young adults

• Rubi Star -- A rubric creation website
• Resource Materials Sites Sponsored by the US Government:

• Other Resource Materials Sites

• Lesson Plan Sites

• General Google search -- Additional Lesson Plan Sites

K-12 Databases

• EBSCO Animals
  • Thousands of easy-to-read entries about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, dinosaurs and prehistoric animals, containing simple category breakdowns of the animal (e.g. Kingdom, Class, Order) as well as a detailed description. Many entries include colorful images.
• Primary Search
  • Article citations from over 70 popular, elementary school magazines, many with full text. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is available for thousands of biographies and historical essays as well. Also contains reference sources, primary source documents and an image collection of photos, maps and flags.
• Middle Search Plus
  • Article citations from over 140 popular, middle school magazines, many with full text. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is available for thousands of biographies and historical essays as well. Also contains reference sources, primary source documents and an image collection of photos, maps and flags.
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
  • Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

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