For more information about the Libraries' electronic resources, visit our Electronic Resources Guide
It's generally considered best practice for faculty to provide hyperlinks to electronic course materials (articles, e-books, etc.) for students for 3 reasons:
1. Fair Use: Copyright issues with course materials usually arise because you're making copies. Make life easy on yourself and your students by not making copies. Link to readings available through the University Libraries in Blackboard by using the instructions provided below. See our Copyright Guide for more information about fair use.
2. Accessibility: Many databases and publishers provide electronic materials in multiple text and audio formats (HTML, PDF, mp3, etc.). This allows students to select the best format for their needs.
3. Usage statistics: When students access electronic course materials in library databases, this is reflected in the usage statistics. Accurate usage statistics help the library understand how frequently our resources are used by patrons.
Students using a Library subscribed e-journal article in Blackboard from off-campus will either not be able to access the item or will be asked to reenter their myWSUid and password. Adding links to WSU subscribed e-journal articles in Blackboard so that students can access them from off-campus requires the BlackBoard EZ Proxy URL be prepended to the article's URL. This special URL will allow the student to be recognized as an authroized user and prevent the student from having to log in twice to access the article.
Use the tool below when you need to create links to articles, book chapters, videos or other resources found in the WSU Libraries' e-journals or databases that will work off-campus; It will modify links so that Wichita State University students can access articles from off-campus using their Shocker ID and password.
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