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Welcome to the Humboldt Educational Resource Center!
In partnership with local schools and districts, HERC manages a large collection of circulating resources and offers online subscriptions to high quality digital resources to support student learning. HERC staff assist patrons with selections and the HERC courier transports materials to and from most school sites on a weekly basis.
Whatever your classroom needs are, HERC has something for you. Check out our website or stop by after school to get assistance from one of our friendly staff members!
Contact Us
Phone: (707) 445-7074
Email: herc@hcoe.org
2024-2025 Hours
9am-5pm Weekdays
The Humboldt Educator Resource Center is open weekdays from 9am to 5pm, with the exceptions listed here. Item checkout and lamination services are available until 15 minutes before closeing.
Summer & Break Hours
9am-3:30pm Weekdays
- Summer (June 17-Aug. 2, 2024)
- Fall Break (Nov. 25-26, 2024)
- Winter Break (Dec. 30, 2024-Jan. 3, 2025)
- President’s Week (Feb. 19-21, 2025)
- Spring Break (April 7-11, 2025)
Closure Dates
- June 19, 2024 (Juneteenth)
- July 1-5, 2024 (Independence Day)
- Sept. 2, 2024 (Labor Day)
- Sept 16, 2024 (Staff Development Day)
- Nov. 11, 2024 (Veteran’s Day)
- Nov. 27-29, 2024 (Fall Break)
- Dec. 23-27, 2024 (Winter Break)
- Jan. 1, 2025 (New Year’s Day)
- Jan. 20, 2025 (Martin Luther King Day)
- Feb. 17-18, 2025 (President’s Day)
- May 26, 2025 (Memorial Day)
- June 19, 2025 (Juneteenth Observed)
Teacher Resources
For help accessing any of the resources below, fill out our Login Information Request Form.
HERC Exclusives
Destiny – HERC Library Catalog (books and hands-on materials for check-out)
Search print and hands-on collection available for checkout from the HERC.
California Streaming – Licensed Educational Video Database
Our educational video streaming service, California Streaming, is the only K-12 multimedia provider created by teachers for teachers featuring licensed educational video on-demand, as well as audio, images, print resources, primary sources, teaching guides, and more.
Cengage Gale – Student Research Databases
We offer two academic databases for student research featuring high quality informational content, citation support and seamless alignment with Google and NoodleTools; Elementary in Context (K-5) and Middle School in Context (6-12).
Noodle Tools
Our newest digital resource is a research management platform where students can build accurate bibliographies, organize notes, outline topics, and begin the writing process. Teachers can provide direct feedback and monitor group work. Recommended for grades 3 and up.
HERC Teacher Workroom
The Teacher Workroom features self-service, nominal cost access to equipment and supplies for all kinds of education-related projects. Helpful HERC Staff can help you learn how to make the most of these resources.
Courtesy of the California State Library
(For all K-12 schools – read more here)
TeachingBooks.net
Suite of instructional resources that enrich the fiction and nonfiction books read by children and young adults.
Encyclopedia Britannica School
Encyclopedia Britannica is the publisher known for the classic reference compendium of summary informational articles on a wide range of subjects. This online library database from Britannica is aimed at the digital classroom. The entries are in English and specially designed at different reading levels, allowing students to move easily to material of higher or lower comprehension levels as needed for K-6, middle school and high school: Levels 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
Britannica Escolar
Britannica Escolar provides similar content as Britannica School for K-6 and middle school in Spanish. Escolar articles are original works, not translations.
Gale Science Resources
Gale provides 3 science eLearning resources: Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids, Gale Interactive: Science, and Gale in Context: Environmental Studies.
ProQuest Suite
A collection of libraries and databases for students and teachers
CultureGrams
CultureGrams has concise cultural information on countries around the world.
ProQuest Central Student
This database of millions of articles from more than 10,000 full-text scholarly journals provides information in science, technology, education, social sciences, humanities and news. Multidisciplinary; K-12
eLibrary
eLibrary consists of general reference aggregation of periodical and digital media content with editorial guidance for novice researchers to help them choose research topics and find authoritative information to support research claims.
SIRS Discoverer
SIRS Discoverer consists of selected content for beginning researchers, especially elementary and middle school students and educators, and it’s helpful for elementary and middle school educators and students for reliable age-appropriate content for classwork, homework and research assignments.
SIRS Issues Researcher
Examining over 360 complex issues , SIRS Issues Researcher is a curriculum-aligned database of content geared to middle and high school students and educators, with a focus on current and relevant analysis of today’s most important controversial issues.
Research Companion
Information literacy modules. Research Companion tools and tutorials help guide students through the research process, helping develop critical thinking in information literacy skills.
School & Educators Complete
(aka eBooks by ProQuest)
The eBook subscription database of over 12,000 titles allows school libraries to grow by expanding their catalog of electronic books. Access to full-text electronic books supports learning in multiple subject areas – from science to social studies – as well as aligning with the Common Core standards.
HERC Librarian Services
HCOE employs a credentialed library media specialist (sometimes known as a “teacher librarian”) to serve schools and their libraries all around the county. Whether at the school, district or county level, teacher librarians serve in multiple roles: information specialists, school library program managers, and instructional partners.
Contact us today for support with educational technology, media and information literacy skills, the research process, college and career readiness, best practice in school library programs and nurturing a balanced reading program.