The College is working cooperatively with the Libraries to make electronic resources for K-12 level use available for students and faculty. Psychology is the field with the strongest link to education, but many other subjects, e.g. mathematics and art, produce a substantial literature on teaching. Selectors for specific disciplines that also serve secondary education students often purchase materials that discuss teaching techniques. Many organizations collected by Government Documents are significant publishers of educational materials. Kinesiology, a Department of the College of Education is a separate fund within the Libraries collection structure.
Emphasis is on education in the latter half of the twentieth century and beyond.
Other, mostly European languages, have been acquired as appropriate, largely in response to our interest in education in developing countries. Much of the material, particularly foreign language material, about education in the developing world is purchased by the area selectors. Education, preparation for work, and political analysis are intimately tied in much of this literature, thus it is not wholly or even primarily pedagogical in nature. The United States is the primary focus of the collection. Materials from Great Britain and Canada are also widely collected.