Resource center - American Education

A vaguely defined facility at secondary schools and colleges to supplement traditional guidance facilities. Unrelated to RESOURCE ROOMS, the resource center is an area or room usually devoted to a broad range of nonacademic, nonbehavioral functions such as summer jobs, career counseling and, at the secondary school level, college selection. Resource centers are usually equipped with computers, computerized databases, Internet connections, videotapes and libraries of printed materials and catalogues that allow students to conduct independent research in a wide range of nonschool activities.