One of three projects reported by the Central Midwestern Regional Educational Laboratory included analysis of 178 existing consumer information products. Steps in the analytical scheme were preparation of an annotated bibliography and development of a plan for providing objective, comparative information on such products. These were found in the areas of reading, mathematics, social studies, exceptional children/learning disabilities, career education/vocational education, English, exemplary practice, bilingual education, and general curriculum. Social studies products were considered model products because they were comprehensive, had useful retrieval systems, and presented information in a lively and readable fashion. The second project consists of the development of a questionnaire survey which will be administered to analyse features of the NIE Catalog, one of the largest consumer information products in existence. The Laboratory suggested guidelines for revised entries into the Catalog based on informal reactions to it. Included in the report are: (1) analytical framework outline; (2) list of products studied; and (3) NIE Catalog questionnaire. The final report discusses current social studies curricula and suggests an approach to selecting among them. (KP)