Online Course Design and the Library

 The Librarian:

• Provides assistance identifying Adler University Library resources--article databases, e-books collections, and streaming video collections-- that can be used to supplement or replace text books
• Advises on copyright and other access issues  
• Provides assistance finding the most reliable and appropriate online  learning materials from outside of the Library's collections 
• Creates online library instructional materials to accompany research assignments

The SME:

• Begins with the Adler University Library catalog to find e-books; e-book chapters; and streaming videos, and with the Library's databases to identify articles from the scholarly and/or professional literature in the field.
• Checks to see if articles that they have found elsewhere are available in Adler databases
• Places ILLiad requests for database articles that aren't available full text at Adler if our copyright license allows use in Canvas.
• Includes article permalinks in the course plan.
• Includes e-book permalinks in the course plan.
• Determines suitability of those articles after receiving and reading the full text versions and if they approve, sends the article PDF to the instructional designer.
• Identifies sources that have been published in the past five years.  Older sources should be foundational, or classics in the field.
• Choose website resources that are written by authoritative voices in the field and cite their sources.

The Faculty Teaching the Course:

• 2 weeks prior to the start of the term, checks that all links to library resources work.

Start with Adler University Library resources:

• Reliable  scholarly and professional literature
• No copyright limitations
• Guaranteed access for our students

This guide will show you how to use our databases and catalog, and you can always have a Zoom meeting with the librarian on your course design team for additional assistance.

See the document below for a reminder of points from your kickoff call and important links.

If you are doing your research in other libraries:

• If you have access to another university's library, don't use links to resources you find in that library in your course plan as they won't work for Adler students. 
• Use the links to the right  to see if we provide access to the same article or place a request for it through ILLiad.

Consider access issues with print, and cost to students:

• If you want to use a single book throughout the course, ask the librarian if it's available as an e-book. 
  • If it is, the Library will purchase an e-book copy as a back-up reserve copy for students.  
  • If it isn't, the library cannot provide a reserve copy for students.
• Either way, students will still have to purchase their textbooks--many library e-books are only available to three or fewer students at one time.
• Please consider our students overseas who may face delays in getting print textbooks delivered in time for the start of classes, as well as financial implications. 
• The librarian can help you identify e-books owned by Adler's library as well as scholarly open access materials.  Or, consider using scholarly journal articles and chapters from e-books owned by the library as weekly readings.