Guides: Teaching Materials Center: Teaching Materials Center

Teaching Materials Center

The Teaching Materials Center (TMC), located on Floor 6 of Milner Library, is a unique collection of pre-K through Grade 12 materials that supports the teacher education programs at Illinois State University.

The TMC provides education students with resources to enhance their collegiate experience and to help them prepare for their careers as teachers. The TMC collection includes picture books (Easy), fiction and non-fiction books, elementary, middle-level and high school textbooks and supporting materials in all subject areas. The TMC acts as a model school library collection for future educators to frequent and use. It is classed and arranged by the Dewey Decimal System, much like a school library.

Explore two frequently-used resources for the Teaching Materials Center:

TMC Virtual Tour
An interactive introduction to the different sections of the Teaching Materials Center.
TMC Cheat Sheet
A handout that gives a concise introduction to filtering online searches to the TMC and using NoveList Plus to discover Lexile levels and more.

TMC Collection Development Policy

TMC Collection Development Policy
This provides context for the collection and outlines the policies that guide selection, deselection, maintenance, and evaluation of the Teaching Materials Center and its resources.

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