Dictionaries provide brief entries that are quick and helpful sources for the definition or identification of a term, concept, or person in curriculum and instruction. Handbooks Handbooks generally provide brief facts or ready access to information, facts, and protocols. Handbooks can help you throughout your research by providing quick, factual information to support your research or for clinical skills. To locate articles that are pertinent to your research, you need to use indexes and abstracts to journal and newspaper literature. Current journals are available in the Current Journals section, organized by title.
Older volumes are in the bound journals section, organized by call number.
GPO on CD-ROM and using the Internet. These items are classified by the Superintendent of Documents Classification Scheme and must be retrieved using that call number. The library's Government Documents Department is located on the lower level of the library. On the first floor of the library is a workstation dedicated solely to accessing government documents using CD-ROMs or accessing governmental agencies through the Internet. Statistical Sources Statistics provide a factual basis for your ideas.