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Library Resources within Canvas

There are two main types of Library resources you can put into your Canvas course:

  1. A librarian-created guide for your course or subject
    • You can add this so that the guide is available via the Library Resources link in the navigation of your Canvas course
  2. A link to an actual article, ebook, embedded media file, or other type of content

Why can't I just download the PDF and put that in Canvas?

Two reasons:

  1. Not all PDFs from all of our databases are accessible. Most PDFs are, but occasionally older content is not. This includes most scans of book chapters you may have received via InterLibrary Loan. When you link to the content, instead of just downloading the PDF, the student can use choose the format they want to use to read the content (HTML or PDF). Linking out to the content in a database also allows the student to use any built-in accessibility tools (immersive readers, audio content) of the databases themselves.
     
  2. We need to see accurate usage statistics to make purchasing and renewal decisions for subscriptions. If you download a resource and supply it to your 20-student class, that appears as 1 use in our usage statistics. If you provide the link and all 20 students go to view it, that appears as 20 uses -- a much more accurate portrayal of what is being used in your classes.