Curriculum Collection Resources
You can limit a search in PantherCat to search only the materials in the Curriculum Collection by creating an Advanced Search and selecting "Curriculum Library" as your location.
- Children’s and young adult fiction is shelved by the author's last name.
Picture books can be identified by the orange labels on their spines, and they can be searched by the subject heading “picture books for children.”
- Children’s and young adult non-fiction is shelved by Dewey decimal.
- K-12 Textbooks from many different subject areas are represented in the collection. These are classified as follows:
Call Number |
Sample |
| 1st line denotes the book is in the Curriculum Collection | (CCM) |
| 2nd line denotes the subject (Social Studies – History) |
SS-H |
| 3rd line denotes the publisher (Prentice Hall) |
P-H |
| 4th line denotes the year of publication | 2003 |
| 5th line denotes the grade | Gr. 6 |
- Reference materials are arranged by Dewey decimal and are available for use within the UWM Libraries only.
- Historical materials include over 3,000 books of award-winning children’s literature, early classics, and textbooks in many subjects. These are shelved separately and can be accessed by request. Materials generally do not circulate.