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How to Include Library Resources in Blackboard

A guide for linking to and embedding library resources into Blackboard courses

Embedding Library Research Guides and Databases

Step 1

The library has created a variety of guides for students, faculty, and staff. Each guide addresses a topic, subject, or course. The library also offers a wide variety of databases that support student coursework.

To embed a guide or database in your course, start by selecting Springshare (manual) from the Build Content menu

Build Content, Springshare (manual)

Step 2

Provide a name for the guide or database, then click on Submit

Name the Guide and Submit

Step 3

Click on the name of the newly-created item in your module

Click on the guide name

Step 4

Choose Full LibGuide or Single Page or choose a set of databases or single database as the Content Type. Full LibGuide provides access to all pages of a library guide, while Single Page provides access to just one page, for example a "finding articles" page within a subject guide

Full LibGuide or Single Page

Step 5

Select the appropriate guide or database

Choose the Guide

Step 6

If you selected Full LibGuide in the step above, choose a landing page for the guide as the Guide Page. If you selected Single Page, choose the page that you would like your students to see

Choose the page

Step 7

Click on Embed Content

Blackboard Springshare Embed Content

To cite this LibGuide use the following templates:

APA: Northern Essex Community College Library. (Date updated). Title of page. Title of LibGuide. URL

MLA: Northern Essex Community College Library. "Title of Page." Title of LibGuide, Date updated, URL.