The guides below show the various stages of accessing, creating, editing and updating your reading list. You would normally work on a reading list for a unit that has a Moodle space. Therefore, please access the list through the correct Moodle unit. If you want to work on a reading list for a distance-learning unit (in co-operation with Wiley), please access the Library Lists system directly and use the 'Find Lists' option.
Please remember to publish your reading list so your students can access the materials (see below for guidance).
Although we hope that all teaching staff will engage with the Library Lists system to manage reading lists, we appreciate that this may not be the case for everyone and some people may require additional support to get started with their list. Should this be the case, please email us providing as much detailed information about the reading list as possible (i.e. unit number and title, list layout, detailed references including links to online content not available through the library catalogue, essential/recommended/background reading tags for all citations).
Access and creation of your Library List is done through your Moodle unit. For guidance on how to do this, see the short videos below. For distance/online courses, creation of lists is completed via our Library List software.
Please note there are written transcripts for each video.
When creating your Library List, you have to have at least one section. For clarity, we recommend mirroring your Library List to the structure of your Moodle unit. For example, week of study or topic.
You can amend and manage the sections in your list by following the guidance in the short videos below.
Please note that there are written transcripts for each video.
There are a variety of ways to add items to your lists. See the videos below for guidance.
Please note that there are written transcripts for each video.
You can add any web content using the Cite It! widget. This will allow you to add items while browsing the internet.
See below for guidance on installing and using Cite It!
It is not necessary to change a ‘book’ to a ‘book chapter’ reference; adding the chapter or page range information in a student note is sufficient. However, if you want all ‘book chapter’ references on your Library List to be in the same format, or you are requesting a digital copy of a book chapter from a print book, the reference needs to be in ‘book chapter’ format.
For full details on how to make a request for a scan under the Copyright Licensing Agency’s (CLA) licence, please see the scanning requests guidance.
For details on converting a 'book' to a 'book chapter', see the video guidance below.
To help students understand their reading list and to support the Library in making appropriate purchasing decisions, it is important to correctly tag your items as essential, recommended or background reading
Essential reading: students will require regular access to the item while taking the unit.
Recommended reading: students will require some access to the item while taking the unit.
Background reading: students may use the item for additional breadth/interest.
You can add tags when adding items to lists. See the guidance videos below for assistance.
Please note that there are written transcripts for each video.
Consider adding a student note to the item to provide your students with important information, for example 'Please read Chapter 10'.
You can move items within sections as well as moving to different sections and lists.
See the videos below for guidance.
Please note that there are written transcripts for each video.
Your list must be ‘Published’ in order for students to view it. Publishing your list also alerts the library and allows us to ensure resources are available for students.
See the video guidance below.
There may be occasions where you want to link to a Library List section or individual item directly from your Moodle page. If your Library List is very long and your Moodle unit organised in topics/weeks, you may wish to link to the relevant section.
A link to a section has the benefit of only opening up the relevant section and collapsing all others. Alternatively, you may wish to link directly to an item that is on your list that is a priority for students to read that week.
For guidance on linking sections in Moodle, see the video below.
Scanning requests
The University subscribes to the Copyright Licensing Agency's (CLA) Higher Education licence. This grants library staff permission to make digital copies of articles and chapters for embedding into a unit's Library List as long as the material meets the terms of the Licence.
The Library Lists software should be used to make scanning requests. If making scanning requests from books, please note that you should amend the entry to show as a book chapter (see video and guidance below). You should also include correct page numbers for the chapter.
For further guidance, see the short videos below:
For further details please consult the Library Scanning Service for Teaching Staff guide.
