El-Hi Textbooks and Serials in Print, 2006

Book excerpt: Essential for every school librarian, El-Hi Textbooks & Serials In Print 2006 provides bibliographic information for more than 189,000 textbooks (elementary, junior high, and high school) and pedagogical entries. While the main emphasis is on classroom textbooks, also included is information on appropriate reference books, periodicals, maps, pedagogical books, tests, teaching aids, audiovisual, and learning materials from over 13,000 publishers. A must-have for curriculum development, this resource offers information on materials that will complement and enhance a teacher's lesson plans. El-Hi Textbooks & Serials In Print features seven indexes: subject, author, title, series, publisher and distributor, serials subjects, and serials titles. The main subject index is topically arranged by 21 broad subject areas and 308 more specific subdivisions, with cross-references where necessary.