CURRICULUM MATERIALS COLLECTION
NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
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Welcome to Northeastern Illinois University's Curriculum Materials Collection (CMC) web site. The CMC is an outstanding collection of resources useful for teaching most subjects in the PreK-12 curriculum. CMC materials are housed on the third floor of the library with the exception of the CMC Reference collection, some of which is also on first floor. The CMC's various mini-collections include textbooks, software, children's literature, kits, videos, audio cassettes, ERIC Documents, a picture file, books with lesson plans, reference books, children's magazines, etc. To find out more about these CMC collections, click on the appropriate categories in the table below. |
Children's Book Jacket Collection
This is a collection of
artistically designed children's book jackets, useful for lessons or bulletin
boards.
Circulation of Children's Book Jackets
Children's Literature Collection
The Children's Literature
Collection consists of fiction and nonfiction children's books that are relevant
to all areas of the K-12 curriculum. Most of the Newbery, Caldecott, and
Coretta Scott King award winning books are included in the collection as are
the "best" 100 picture books, as determined by the New York Public Library.
Another strength is the collection of books on science experiments for children.
Circulation of Children's
Literature
To find juvenile books by subject area:
1) From
the catalog's Quick Search page, select "More Limits."
2) On the Search Limits screen, find the Location area and
select "Curriculum Materials Juvenile."
3) Back on the catalog's search page, type in the subject
you seek, ie "science experiments" (DO use the quotation marks in Any Word Anywhere
searching, to indicate that you are using the two words as a phrase).
or:
1) From
the catalog's search page, type "juvenile literature" and the subject word of
the subject area you're interested in.
To find Spanish/English children's books:
1)
From the catalog's search page, type "Spanish language materials - bilingual."
2) Click on the button "Browse Subject."
Links to Children's
Literature Web sites and Children's Book Award Sites
The
Children's Literature Web Guide
An excellent site, includes such resources as children's book awards, the Doucette
Index (an index to lesson plans about children's and young adult books), bibliographies,
children's literature organizations, resources for teachers, and book
reviews.
Carol
Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Includes a collection of reviews of books for children and ideas of ways to
use them in the classroom; subject bibliographies, and professional topics.
100 Picture Books
Everyone Should Know
The "best" picture books as selected by librarians at the New York Public Library.
Newbery
Medal
Presented annually since 1922 to an American author of the outstanding children's
book published within the previous year in the United States.
Caldecott
Awards
Presented annually since 1938 to an American illustrator of the outstanding
picture book published in the United States within the previous year.
The Coretta Scott King
Awards
Presented annually in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to an African
American author and an African American illustrator.
Database
of Award-Winning Children's Literature
Conduct a customized search for lists of award-winning children's literature,
limiting by such variables as reader's age, setting, historical period, nationality
of protagonist or tale, etc.
A Selected List of Children's Book Review Resources
Book Review Digest
Available online and in-print on the first
floor.
Children's Book Review Index
Available on the first floor.
Children's Literature Review
Available on the first floor.
Literature Resource Center
Available online.
See a reference librarian
for assistance with these resources.
College Catalogs on Microfiche
A historical collection
of college catalogs on microfiche from 1976 to 1997. Current college catalogs
can be viewed electronically from the library's home page.
This is a collection of over 410,000 microfiched documents pertaining to education. ERIC Documents include research/technical reports, conference papers/speeches, project/program descriptions, opinion papers/essays, and teaching guides. These can be viewed and reproduced using the reader/printers on the second floor of the library. Some of the more recent ERIC Documents (1995 forward) are available fulltext in the U.S. Department of Education-sponsored ERIC database. To search for fulltext ERIC documents, from the ERIC home page, select Advanced Search. On the Advanced Search page, select Full-Text Availability. Your keyword search will bring up only the more recent fulltext ERIC documents.
A kit consists of a combination
of materials, such as audio tapes, videos, workbooks, posters, or texts.
Circulation of Kits
Kraus Curriculum Development Library
This is a microfiched collection of curriculum guides from school districts throughout North America. The index to the Kraus Curriculum Development Library has been installed on the two reference and two public computer terminals on the first floor. Click on the Kraus icon on any of these computers to access the index.
Subject Categories
Covered by the KCDL
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This is a collection of
magazines written for children in grades K-12. The collection also includes
Children's Magazine Guide, which is a subject index to children's
magazines and web sites, and The Horn Book Magazine, which reviews
recently published children's books.
This is a collection of pamphlets on a wide variety of education related topics. Pamphlets are not cataloged.
Circulation of Pamphlets
This is a collection of approximately 20,000 laminated pictures on a wide range of subjects. These are particularly useful for students who need pictures for lessons or bulletin boards. However, please do not staple or otherwise puncture pictures.
Circulation
of Pictures
Links to Picture Resources on the Web
CMC Reference books are
located on both the first and third floors. General and subject specific
encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauri written for children are located on
the third floor. The CMC reference collection on the first floor consists
of indexes, bibliographies, directories, and review sources pertaining primarily
to children's literature. Reference materials do not circulate.
Please consult the first floor reference desk for help finding and using these
resources.
Link to Bibliography of NEIU-owned Reference Books on Young Adult Literature
Young
Adult Literature: Reference Books and Online Resources
This collection consists of highly rated software in various subject areas primarily for the K-12 classroom. Some college level software is included in the collection.
Circulation
of CMC Software
Searching NEIU's Catalog for Software
To search for juvenile software by subject:
1) On the library catalog's Quick Search screen, select More Limits. On the Limits screen, find the Primary Formats area and select "Software/Computer File." Then on the Quick Search screen, type in your subject area (e.g. "social studies").
Children's
Software Revue
Searchable database of children's and educational software. Search by
subject and grade level. Software is reviewed and rated. Use NOR606
for the password.
Special Education Masters Projects
In-depth research papers written by graduate students in the Department of Special Education. The library keeps these for the most recent 10 years.
This collection supports the K-12 curriculum by providing valuable resources for the practice of teaching. Here you will find lesson plans, thematic units, and other teaching guides covering all subject areas at all grade levels. These books are located in the ranges marked "Teacher Resources."
Circulation of Teacher Resources
Searching NEIU's Catalog for Teacher Resource Materials
To locate Teacher
Resource Materials, select More Limits from the Quick Search page of
the online catalog. On the Limits page, select Curriculum Material Teacher
Resource. Return to the Quick Search page and type in your search terms
(i.e. mathematics).
Links to Some Lesson Plan Web Sites
(to see more lesson plan sites, go to Lesson Plans K-12 on the Web Resources page in the Education Subject Guide.)
Gateway to Educational Materials
Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers
Special
Education Intervention Techniques
Finding Tests and Test Reviews
The Test Collection consists of intelligence, achievement, and psychological tests available at the MLRC service desk. A Northeastern Illinois University ID is required to use this test collection. Tests must be used in the MLRC and may not be photocopied in order to remain in compliance with test publishers' restrictions. The CMC also includes Tests in Microfiche, which are unpublished tests often cited in professional literature. Tests in Microfiche may be photocopied.
Circulation of Tests
Request CMC tests at the
third floor service desk. Tests are kept in a restricted area and are
only available to NEIU students, faculty, and staff. Tests do not circulate;
they must be used in-house.
Searching NEIU's Catalog for Tests
To search for tests in a particular subject area:
From the catalog Quick Search page, select More Limits. On the Limits page, scroll to Location and select CMC Standardized Tests. Click on the Set Limits button. Back on the Quick Search page, type in the subject area (i.e. "achievement").
To locate a test for which you have the title:
From the Quick Search
page, type in the title of the test and select Start of Title.
How to Find Citations to Reviews of Tests in Mental Measurements Yearbook, Test Critiques, and Tests in Print
1) From the library home
page, click on “Databases.”
2) Click on “Education.”
3) Click on “Specialized Education Databases.”
4) Scroll down and click on "Mental Measurements Yearbook" and select the database
from the list that appears.
5) Type test name in search box. Fulltext test reviews are available for tests
reviewed in the more recent volumes of the Mental Measurements Yearbook: volumes
9-16. To search for reviews in Volumes 1-8, use Test
Reviews Online.
Location of Mental Measurements Yearbook, Test Critiques, and Tests in Print
Complete sets of Mental
Measurements Yearbook, Test Critiques, and Tests in Print
are located at the first floor reference desk. Ask a librarian to retrieve
the appropriate volumes for you. You will also find a set of the Mental
Measurements Yearbook on the third floor behind the MLRC service desk.
Textbooks: Elementary and Secondary
The CMC’s Textbook Collection consists of K-12 textbooks representing most curricular areas. We have striven to include in this collection exemplary textbooks and those which reflect usage in the Chicago Public Schools.
Circulation of Textbooks
Textbooks do not circulate.
Because of high demand, textbooks are intended for in-library use only.
Call numbers for CMC textbooks begin with “CMC.TEXT.”
Searching NEIU's Catalog for Textbooks
To search for CMC textbooks by subject:
From the catalog Quick
Search page, select More Limits. On the Limits page, scroll to Location
and select CMC Textbooks. Click on the Set Limits button. Back
on the Quick Search page, type in the subject area (i.e. "language arts").
This is a collection of CMC video and audio tapes which have relevance to classroom teaching. They are housed in the MLRC.
Circulation of Videos
Searching NEIU's Catalog for Videos
Finding videos by subject:
From the catalog Quick
Search page, select More Limits. On the Limits page, scroll to Primary
Format and select Films/Videos. Click on the Set Limits button.
Back on the Quick Search page, type in the subject area (i.e. "American
History").
Library of Congress Classification Outline
Listed below are the letters and titles of the main classes of the
Library of Congress Classification.
Click on any class to view a breakdown of its subclasses.
A -- GENERAL WORKS
B -- PHILOSOPHY. PSYCHOLOGY.
RELIGION
C -- AUXILIARY SCIENCES
OF HISTORY
D -- HISTORY: GENERAL AND
OLD WORLD
E -- HISTORY: AMERICA
F -- HISTORY: AMERICA
G -- GEOGRAPHY. ANTHROPOLOGY.
RECREATION
H -- SOCIAL SCIENCES
J -- POLITICAL SCIENCE
K -- LAW
L -- EDUCATION
M -- MUSIC AND BOOKS ON
MUSIC
N -- FINE ARTS
P -- LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Q -- SCIENCE
R -- MEDICINE
S -- AGRICULTURE
T -- TECHNOLOGY
U -- MILITARY SCIENCE
V -- NAVAL SCIENCE
Z -- LIBRARY SCIENCE
Curriculum Materials Purchase Recommendations
Faculty members, students and staff are encouraged to recommend materials for inclusion in the CMC.
Please include as much of
the following as possible:
1. Author
2. Title
3. Publisher
4. Date of Publication
Compiled by Stephen Katz
Northeastern Illinois University
Updated by Bonnie Chauncey, April 2005
Link updated
11/01/2007 LW