Special Collections in SSHEL
The Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library (SSHEL) has a variety of special collections covering a wide range of topics.
- Children’s & Young Adult Literature (S-Collection)
Research guide on finding books, author info, reviews, and more…
- College and University Rankings
Multiple pages with information about rankings and links to rankings by discipline.
- Curriculum Collection
Textbooks, curriculum guides, audio-visual materials, computer software, catalogs from textbook publishers.
- Folklore
Includes transcripts of stories.
- Medicine, Biomedicine and Health Virtual Library
List of health resources, including article databases, journals, reference sources, books, and websites, about a multitude of health topics.
- Mandeville Collection
Materials in the occult sciences.
- School Reform
Information about school reform in Illinois.
- Speech & Hearing Assessment Instruments
Standardized diagnostic tests and assessment instruments for speech and hearing.
- Test Collection
Includes over 8,500 tests measuring achievement, intelligence, character and personality, vocational aptitude and many other subjects. - Human Relations Area Files (HRAF)
A richly indexed collection of primary source materials on over 400 cultures worldwide. For information on searching the online files, see the eHRAF Guide.