The IML Reference Collection contains reference titles used for selecting print and audiovisual (AV) materials suitable for preschool through high school level, biographical materials on authors and illustrators of children's literature, and indexes to anthologies of children's poetry, plays and folklore.

Professional Collection

The IML Professional Collection contains materials addressing preschool through twelfth grade educational issues and a collection of how-to-do-it handbooks for bulletin boards, games, activities, projects, courses of study and curriculum guides, such as those published by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Books

Easy, Fiction, Nonfiction Collections

These IML collections offer picture books, easy readers, fiction, and non-fiction books for preschool through eighth grade. Emphasis is placed on award winning titles, honor and notable books. Some books appropriate for high school students may be located in the Karrmann Library's General Collection.

Textbook Collections

The IML Textbook Collections include elementary, middle level, and secondary textbook series, often accompanied by AV materials, teacher's guides, workbooks, etc.

Audiovisual Collections

The IML AV Collections include videos, games, records, cassette tapes, CD's, CD-ROM's, etc., appropriate for preschool through twelfth grade classroom teaching. Some AV materials appropriate for high school students may be located in the Karrmann Library's General Collection.

Test Collection

The IML Test Collection is a collection of educational assessment tools for preschool through adult level.

Children's Periodical Collection

This IML collection contains children's magazines which are indexed in Middle Search Plus and Primary Search. These two databases also provide full text magazine articles commonly used in middle and/or elementary libraries. They are available on the IML or Library Web home pages under Journal Indexes. Also available are seven magazines which provide teachers with classroom activities: Acorn, AIMS, Badger History Bulletin, Mailbox (Preschool edition, Kindergarten edition, Primary edition, and Intermediate edition).

Picture Collections

This IML collection offers pictures covering a variety of subjects.

Big Books

This is a collection of enlarged texts used with Pre K through primary grades.

Map Case Collection

The IML Map Case includes oversize flat graphics, posters, and maps.