An informal handbook for both the undergraduate and graduate student in education, this guide begins by briefly describing and explaining the card catalog, Library of Congress Subject Headings, Library of Congress Classification System, and the Dewey Decimal System. It then lists some of the more useful materials and reference works basic to general research and gives their location in Fogler Library at the University of Maine. The 14 categories of information described in the guide include: (1) abstracts and indexes; (2) audiovisual sources; (3) computerized searching; (4) directories; (5) dissertations; (6) encyclopedias and dictionaries; (7) free materials; (8) guides; (9) handbooks; (10) journals; (11) statistical sources; (12) style manuals; (13) tests; and (14) yearbooks. Brief annotations accompany the majority of examples cited, and the various collections of print and nonprint materials available in the learning materials center are briefly described. (CGD)