Children's Literature

The ERC, located in Willard Hall, provides preschool-12 curriculum resources and related services for the preparation and professional development of educators in support of national and Delaware content and performance standards.

Special Collections offers a wealth of sources from the 18th to the 21st centuries, including early texts of moral and social instruction, primers and chapbooks, fairy tales, nursery rhymes, classics from the golden age of Victorian children's books and historic as well as contemporary pop-ups and movable books created for children. Special Collections materials are available for research use by adults and do not circulate.

The UDLib/SEARCH program provides a virtual library of online resources for all K-12 public schools in Delaware. Since 1997, the UDLib/SEARCH program has provided access via the Internet to online periodical and encyclopedia databases and related training for teachers, administrators and librarians.