The Library's digital resource collections allow users to share and save links to their resources. Faculty can use these features to recommend resources to their students, and to keep up to date on the resources for their field.
Library Best Practices recommend harvesting a durable/permalink to the resource you wish to use in Brightspace from the source database not Page 1+
Many of the Library’s digital resource collections permit a user to place content links from the resource directly into Brightspace, Word documents, or presentations. In this way, Faculty can build reading lists for their courses.
Library Best Practices recommend harvesting a durable/permalink to the resource you wish to use in Brightspace from the source database not Page 1+
To share links to digital resource collections:
Below, you will find instruction to help you find a shareable permalink in digital resource collections from EBSCO .
For additional help with EBSCO, visit the EBSCO Videos and Tutorials.
Below, you will find instruction to help you find a shareable permalink in Films on Demand.
For additional help with Films on Demand, visit the Films on Demand Video Tutorials.
Below, you will find instruction to help you find a shareable permalink in digital resource collections from Gale.
Click Get Link in the top right of the page.
Capturing Journal/Magazine/Newspaper Links from Gale
Click Get Link in the top right of the page.
Note: The links for cases and other documents in Lexis Advance Quicklaw are currently not working. The provider is aware of the problem and is working on a solution. Until the problem is resolved, to share a case with your students, you will need to provide them with the name of the case and other identifying information that will allow them to search for the case in Lexis Advance Quicklaw.
We will update this page when the issue has been fixed. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Tip: The link for Campus under your login name contains video tutorials to help you with the additional features that are offered.
You can add links from Safari by O'Reilly to Brightspace:
There are two methods for creating links and sharing resources from Safari. However you share resources, make sure to check your links once you have added them into Brightspace to ensure that they work. If you have difficulty with links, you can contact us for help: library@algonquincollege.com
There are three methods by which you can share a link to a course in LinkedIn Learning:
To get the link:
To access the course from the link:
Note: This method is not recommended because it may be confusing for students.
To get the link:
To access the course from the link:
To get the link:
To access the course from the link:
Specialized Digital Resource Collections
A Search Alert or RSS Feed will notify of new results for a search that you performed. Email Alerts will send you updates by email, while RSS Feeds allows you to add these updates to your RSS reader.