Library and ERC Hours
Please note that due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the ERC Service Desk will be open M - Th, 8 am - 4 pm. ERC staff can be reached by email at the addresses listed in the contact section of this page. Library hours can be found on the library homepage.
Fall and Spring Semesters
Mon - Thurs 7:45 am - 11:45 pm
ERC Service Desk closes at 9:00 pm
Friday 7:45 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday 12 pm - 11:45 pm
ERC Service Desk closes at 9:00 pm
Summer Sessions
Mon - Thurs 7:45 am - 11:00 pm
ERC Service Desk closes at 9:00 pm
Friday 7:45 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday closed
Please call for hours for recesses, intercessions, and holidays.
ERC Hours 508-531-1304
Library Hours 508-531-1749
About the Educational Resource Center (ERC)
The Educational Resource Center is a K-12 curriculum library that serves the faculty and students in Bridgewater State University's College of Education. The center is located on the second floor of Maxwell Library.
Area educators and others are also welcome to come in and use the ERC collections. Please see our Circulation and other policies.
About the ERC Collections
The majority of the ERC's collection is practical and classroom-oriented and includes:
- Professional Books in Education
- Reference Books in Education
- Frameworks and Curriculum Guides
- K-12 Textbooks
- Instructional Aids (kits/games/manipulatives)
- Media Materials (non-print)
- Tests (standardized and other) (restricted access)
- Test Preparation Guides and Workbooks
- Children's & Young Adult (C&YA) Books and Magazines
- Test scoring software
- Many online databases
Works pertaining to the theory, history, or philosophy of education, as well as those on higher education and school administration and finance, can be found in the library's General Collection (also on the second floor of Maxwell Library).
Floor Plan
Maxwell Library, Second Floor
https://library.bridgew.edu/about/lib-floors
Other Education-related Maxguides (Subject Guides)
Children's and Young Adult Literature
Subject Guide: Counselor Education
MTEL (MA Tests for Educator Licensure)
Special Education and Communication Disorders
Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)
Subject Guide: Tests and Measures
(re: the ERC Test Collection and how to find instruments and instrument reviews)
Education Librarian
Maxwell Library, 2nd Fl.
Bridgewater State University
10 Shaw Rd.
Bridgewater, MA 02325
508-531-1304
508-531-2023
ERC Staff
ERC Library Assistants
Nikole Kelleher
Maxwell Library, Rm. 221
508-531-2466
508-531-1304
nkelleher@bridgew.edu
Lizzy Mullen
Maxwell Library, Rm. 221
508-531-2276
508-531-1304
e1mullen@bridgew.edu