Adler University Library: Online Course Design and the Library: Find Library Materials for a Course

Find E-books in the Library Catalog

Library Catalog

Type your topic into the search box & press Enter.
Next, limit your results to "Available online" and "Books" (under Resource Type).
Be sure to click Apply Filters.

Find Course Materials at Adler Library

Providing all online learners with equitable access to course materials is essential.

When selecting required course materials, use library materials (e.g. ebooks, journal articles, and videos) and openly-licensed textbooks / educational resources.
Instructions for finding library materials for a course are described in the boxes below.
Ask the librarian for assistance locating high-quality, freely-available online course materials (e.g. Open Educational Resources--OER)

Adding Library Ebooks to a Course

Adler University Library provides access to a vast number of ebook titles that can be used as course materials.
Be sure to use the permalink for the ebook title (and not the url in the browser)
Search in the collections below for ebooks on a course topic:

Library Catalog

Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
APA PsycBooks This link opens in a new window
eBooks on EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
SAGE Research Methods Core This link opens in a new window

Adding Library Journal Articles to a Course

STEP 1: Check if Adler Library has access to the journal article by following these steps.

STEP 2: If Adler Library has the full text of the article, use the PERMALINK in Canvas. NOTE: It is essential that you use the Permalink because using the URL in the browser box will not work.

STEP 3: If Adler Library does not have the full text of the article,

Check RightFind Academic from the Copyright Clearance Center to verify if the journal allows digit sharing of its articles.
Request a copy of the article through Adler Library Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)

Adding Library Videos to a Course

If you're looking for a video on a particular topic, in addition to checking the catalog, please also check the video databases below:

APA PsycTherapy This link opens in a new window
A database containing more than 300 videos featuring therapy demonstrations showing clinicians working with individuals, couples, and families.
Arts in Healing This link opens in a new window
Hundreds of hours of clinical and educational footage in Expressive Media’s digital archive; most of it is rare and largely unseen. An invaluable teaching resource, it contains many examples of arts therapies pioneers practicing their specialties.
Counseling and Therapy in Video Vol. 1-5 and Video Journal of Counseling and Therapy This link opens in a new window
Collection of video relating to the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling. Includes footage of counseling sessions and demonstrations, consultations, lectures, and interviews of well-known therapists discussing their work. Each video also includes a fully searchable transcript.
Criminal Justice and Public Safety in Video This link opens in a new window
A collection of documentaries, training videos, and interviews illustrating the strategies, techniques, and experiences of professionals serving on the front lines of justice and public safety.
Filmakers Library Online This link opens in a new window
Award-winning documentaries with relevance across the curriculum—race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, the environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more.
Human Resource Management Online This link opens in a new window
Maps 4,000 learning items to the modern human resource management syllabus. We include textbooks, book chapters, cases from well-known case providers, corporate training video, sample business documents and executive-oriented research reports. The Society of Human Resource Management and Thompson Information Services are our key society partners. Human Resource Management Online is designed to make top-quality learning material effectively and easily discoverable to enhance in-class, hybrid and online learning.
LGBT Studies in Video This link opens in a new window
Provides students and researchers across disciplines a multi-content perspective on the LGBT political, cultural and social movements throughout the twentieth century and into the present day. It also provides key resources of interest to students and researchers in sociology, anthropology, psychology, counseling, history, political science, gender studies, cultural studies, and religious studies.
Psychological Experiments Online This link opens in a new window
A multimedia collection that synthesizes the most important psychological experiments of the 20th and 21st centuries, fostering deeper levels of understanding for students and scholars alike. These experiments have far-reaching impacts on fields as diverse as sociology, business, advertising, economics, political science, law, ethics, and the arts.
Psychological Experiments Online This link opens in a new window
A multimedia collection that synthesizes the most important psychological experiments of the 20th and 21st centuries, fostering deeper levels of understanding for students and scholars alike. These experiments have far-reaching impacts on fields as diverse as sociology, business, advertising, economics, political science, law, ethics, and the arts.
Psychotherapy.net Complete This link opens in a new window
Offers a library of over 300 training videos featuring the leading practitioners of the psychotherapy field