Take a closer look at RCL—where quality meets efficiency
Imagine a library solution that helps streamline collection development and maintenance, even when you’re faced with limited time and staffing. Meet Resources for College Libraries (RCL). With RCL, librarians can focus on delivering quality, relevant collections with confidence and ease. Built by librarians, for librarians, it’s designed to support the curriculum and empower users with qualitative tools for collection services, strategic planning, subject liaison support, and more. Resources for College Libraries (RCL) supports the undergraduate curriculum with a list of core titles essential for teaching and research. Backed by authority and credibility, the RCL database is developed by practicing subject librarians and co-published by ACRL’s Choice and ProQuest.
Essential Discovery
With 90,000+ records across 125 curriculum-driven subject disciplines — and 3,000 new additions each year — RCL connects users to core historical and contemporary titles
Simplifies Workflows
Supports multiple library services including collection management, liaison and outreach work, assessment, and strategic planning
Top -Tier Selectors
Developed and peer-reviewed by over 800 practicing subject librarians and academic faculty to directly support the evolving curriculum
Meet Our Subject Specialists
Every RCL and RCL Career Resources subject is regularly updated and peer-reviewed by experienced and practicing selectors. With over 600 contributors to date, consider them part of your core collections team, curating the best titles across the undergraduate curriculum.
Please note: The editorial development of RCL is managed independently by CHOICE, a publishing unit of ACRL, a division of the American Library Association
Build a more diverse and inclusive collection
Resources for College Libraries helps libraries build and assess library collections to meet changing student and curricular needs. With interdisciplinary subjects and attention to new and emerging scholarly voices, RCL provides qualitative data to support inclusive collection services.
Learn moreSubscription models to suit curriculum and collection development
The Resources for College Libraries database is available in three subscription options, allowing you to select the content that suits your institution’s curriculum and collection development needs. From allied health to world history, RCL’s subject disciplines cover the primary programs of study across two- and four-year colleges and universities, supporting both the traditional liberal arts and technical college degree tracks.
Subscription Options
RCL for College Libraries
Covers the 4-year liberal arts and sciences college curriculum
- 90,000+ works across 62 disciplinary subjects
- 1,300 online resources
- 35,000+ Choice-reviewed titles
- 7,000 Choice OATs
- 3% Annual Growth
RCL: Career Resources
Covers the 2-year community and technical college curriculum
- 4,000 works across 11 career clusters
- 250 online resources
- 640 Choice titles
- 120 Choice OATs
- 90% Titles in print
RCL Plus
Includes all RCL and RCL Career Resources content
and covers the entire 2 and 4-year curriculum
- 125 disciplinary and career-oriented subjects
- 4,500 adds each year
- 3,000+ publishers
- 11, 500+ award winners
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