Clicking on any one of these elements within the display record conducts a search for additional related items. Links to task lists developed by the Virginia Department of Education for eight curriculum areas are also valuable resources. Now it has national scope, and member states receive discounts on the purchase of materials. Its catalog is available online in Adobe Acrobat format, but each section is quite large and takes several minutes to download. Materials are listed by subject area and by title only.
Full descriptions appear only in the printed catalog.
The IML was established in 1969 to support instruction in Missouri. But today it produces and sells materials on a cost-recovery basis nationwide. Item descriptions are browsable by topic area. The Web site lists titles and prices of materials for Agricultural and Trade and Industrial instruction. Some items have brief descriptions.