The Instructional Materials Laboratory Collections

Reference Collection

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, curriculum guides and lesson plans.

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 also 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, and workbooks.

Audiovisual Collections

The IML AV Collections include DVDs, 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 on a variety of subjects. Please note that some items may be restricted to those processing certification or with permission of instructor.

Children's Periodical Collection

This small IML collection contains children's magazines. 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).

Big Books

This IML collection contains enlarged texts used with Pre K through primary grades.

Map Case Collection

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