Many of the Library's article, e-book, image and media databases allow you to link directly to the item you would like your students to read. Below you will find directions on how to link to these materials. When using library materials in your course, be sure to remind students that they will need a library card to access!
You can also contact the Online College Librarian directly for help: Denise Cote 630-942-2092 or cotede@cod.edu
Article Databases
How to link to articles
There are three main steps to linking to articles:
- Identify the persistent link for the article.
- Copy this link to your clipboard for pasting into BB.
- Decide how you want to present the link to the student. You can choose to do an "external link," create a link to the article in the text of the assignment or attach the article in pdf format (when available). Go to a printable step-by-step guide for adding Library materials to your course.
NOTES: If you cannot link to an item directly, give your students a link to the database. Tell them what to search for. Searching for the entire article title is usually your best bet.
Electronic Books
How to link to books
There are three main steps to linking to books:
- Identify the persistent link for the book, or book chapter.
- Copy this link to your clipboard for pasting into BB.
- Decide how you want to present the link to the student. You can choose to do an "external link," create a link to the book in the text of the assignment or attach the article in pdf format (when available). It is not recommended to attempt to download and attach an entire e-book! Link the student to the main page of the book and assign readings from the table of contents. Go to a printable step-by-step guide for adding Library materials to your course.
NOTES: Linking directly to e-books can be confusing at times. Remember to double-check to make sure your link goes to the main information page for the book or to the library catalog record for the book, not to a chapter or an individual page. These links are the most reliable.
Images
How to link to images
There are five steps to linking to or embedding images in your course pages:
- Identify the method defined by the database for presenting persistent links to single images or to collections of images that you define (faculty folders).
- Obtain the persistent link to the image or to the faculty folder, or download the image to your local machine (if allowed).
- Copy this link to your clipboard for pasting into BB, or upload the image to the BB server.
- Decide how you want to present the link to the student. You can choose to do an "external link," create a link to the image or folder in the text of an assignment or embed single images into your course pages. Go to a printable step-by-step guide for adding Library materials to your course.
NOTE: Depending on the resource, embedding single images into your course pages can carry copyright restrictions. Image repositories owned by the Library do, in most cases, allow you to "pull" the image from the Internet to embed. If in doubt, don't do it, and see the Online College librarian for help.
Streaming Media
How to link to streaming media
There are five steps to linking to or embedding media in your course pages:
- Identify the method defined by the database for presenting persistent links to single media files or to collections of files that you define (faculty folders).
- Obtain the persistent link to the media or to the faculty folder, or download the media to your local machine (if allowed).
- Copy this link to your clipboard for pasting into BB, or upload the media to the BB server.
- Decide how you want to present the link to the student. You can choose to do an "external link," create a link to the image or folder in the text of an assignment or embed single images into your course pages. Go to a printable step-by-step guide for adding Library materials to your course.
NOTE: Depending on the resource, downloading and embedding single media files into your course pages can carry copyright restrictions. The video, voice and music files owned by the library require you to link to the object or create a folder of objects.
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