The TASC Library

TASC maintains a library of books, journals, videotapes, and resource packets that address a variety of higher education topics. The library is located on the sixth floor of the College of Nursing building on Rose Street.

Books in the TASC library are catalogued in the UK Library system and may be searched using InfoKat. Books may be borrowed for up to four weeks by faculty or graduate students using a UK library card.

This is a list of some of our favorite teaching books (the hyperlinks will take you to Amazon.com descriptions. This is for information only and implies no endorsement of Amazon.com over other book providers):

Videotapes may be signed out for up to two weeks and must be returned to the TASC library. Videos cannot be returned at alternate library locations. These videos are not catalogued in the UK Library system and may not be searched using InfoKat. Click here for a list of video titles (pdf).

Journals at TASC are catalogued in the UK Library system and may be searched using InfoKat. A few of our journal titles are:

Change
College Teaching
Journal of Excellence in College Teaching
Journal of Higher Education
Syllabus
To Improve the Academy

The UK Library system also has many full-text online journals about college teaching and learning. Go to www.uky.edu/Libraries/ to search the E-journals for these titles and others:

ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report
Black Issues in Higher Education
Chronicle of Higher Education
College Student Journal
College Teaching
Journal of Higher Education
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education
New Directions for Community Colleges
New Directions for Higher Education
New Directions for Teaching and Learning
Research in Higher Education
Review of Higher Education
Teaching in Higher Education

Resource packets are collections of three to four articles that address various higher education topics. They may be picked up at TASC. Current packets include:

Collaborative Learning
Constructing Knowledge: Models of Learning
Critical Thinking
Effective Lecturing
First Day Activities
Generating Discussion
Oral Communication
Preparing a Course Syllabus
Preparing Future Faculty
Student Motivation
TA Development
Teaching to Include All Students