The Curriculum Library maintains a collection of user guides designed to assist in the retreival of information from the library holdings as well as from the Internet. The following guides are available in PDF form (as indicated) and in the Curriculum Library (2nd Floor, East Wing).
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Caldecott Medal Winners - A list of the Caldecott winners from 1941 to present. (PDF)

Newbery Medal Winners - A list of the Newbery winners from 1925 to present. (PDF)

Alphabet Books - A selection of books that are told in the alphabet format. (PDF)

Fractured Fairy Tales - A list of tales that include humorous remakes of such stories as Cinderella, The Three Little Pigs, and Sleeping Beauty. (PDF)

Children's Authors and Illustrators - Biography and Review Sources - Resources and bibliographies for getting acqauinted with authors and illustrators. (PDF)

Eric Documents/Microfiche - A user guide for locating ERIC documents and journal articles. (PDF)

Kraus Curriculum Development Library - A user guide for an online database that indexes nearly 5,000 educational documents. (PDF)

TeachingBooks - A user guide for the website, teachingbooks.net, which includes the following features: author biographies, book guides, audio book readings, thematic book lists, book awards and related links. (PDF)

Tests in Microfiche - User guide for TIM, a major subset of the Educational Testing Service, includes descriptions of more than 25,000 test and evaluative tools from the early 1900's to present. (PDF)

Finding Curriculum Library Materials Using PantherCat - A simple tutorial to assist users in navigating the online catalog to find Curriculum Library materials. (PDF)

How to Locate Curriculum Guides - A userguide that explains how to find Curriculum Guides. (PDF)

How to Locate Textbooks - A userguide that explains how to find textbooks in the Curriculum Collection. (PDF)

Searching for Materials in Bibliotherapy - Bibliographic guide that offers helpful suggestions and tips for locating books with therapy-related topics.