Instructors can enrich the reading lists of their courses, searching for relevant academic resources (print textbooks, electronic articles, e-books, and more) available in the Library collections.
From your course reading list homepage, click "Add" and select "Search the library" from the dropdown menu. A new window will open on the right with a search bar at the top:
You can perform basic searches, by entering a few words of the title or the author in the search box, or do advanced searches, combining two or more bibliographic details:
To add items to your reading list, drag them into the reading list sections or click on the "+" icon:
Instructors can enrich the reading lists of their courses importing citations from the bibliographic management tool Refworks.
For getting started, you will need to connect your Refworks account to the Library tool Course Reserves (Textbooks) by following these steps:
Now you can start importing citations right from your Refworks account.
From your course reading list homepage, click "Add" and select "Import references" from the dropdown menu, then choose "Refworks":
A new window will open on the right; to add items to your reading list, drag them into the reading list sections or click on the "+" icon:
Thanks to the Cite it! bookmarklet, instructors can enrich the reading lists of their courses, collecting not only bibliographic resources from external websites such as Amazon.com, DOAJ or Google Books, but also multimedia content from Youtube, Vimeo, etc. and posts from different news sites (i.e. The Washington Post).
For getting started, you will need to install the Cite it! bookmarkletm by clicking on the "Settings" icon and choosing "Cite it!" from the drop-down menu:
A new window will open; follow the instructions on the screen and find out where you can use the Cite it! bookmarklet, checking the list of supported websites.
Please note, before using the Cite it! bookmarklet, be sure to login in first to Course Reserves (Textbooks).