Linking to Course Reserves on WebCampus

Direct your students to scholarly resources by creating links to Course Reserves in your Web Campus account.

Capture the Link for an item on Electronic Reserves

Go to the Electronic Reserves [5]
In the "Course pages by instructor" tab search for the name the class is listed under
Click on the course number
Read and accept the copy right notice, if it appears
Switch to the "Course info" tab
Copy the persistent URL that is listed

Capture the Link for an item on Physical Reserves

Physical reserves are housed in the Libraries. However, you can link to the record for any items you have on reserve so your students will know where to access the material once they are in the library.

Go to Course Reserves [6]
Search by instructor [7] or course [8] name
Click onto the title of the item
Copy the URL from the address bar of your browser

Linking to Reserves

Add the Link to WebCampus

Open your library resources folder, or the page where you would like to place your link
Click on "Add Content Link" (from the pull down menu)
Click on "Web Link"
Click on "Create Web Link" (Notice that each web link, once created, is reusable through the "Select from inventory" option)
Provide a name for your link
Provide a description for your link, if desired
In the "Web Address" box delete the http://
Paste in your URL by either right clicking in the box and choosing "Paste" or by pressing the Control Key and the letter V at the same time
"Click on Save" or "Save and Create Another"
Use the "Student View" tab to preview how the link will look to students

Watch a demonstration. [4]

Information is subject to change, as vendors update their products. If you encounter problems using the methods outlined above or if you have additional questions or problems, please contact your liaison librarian [9] for assistance.