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LibGuides Standards & How-to's

Your go-to place for creating Miami University LibGuides

Put a Face to Your Name!

For an online course, record an introduction of who you are and the services you can provide for students in the class.

Ensure that your profile is up to date and includes your picture.

Template for an Online Course

Be proactive in reaching out to faculty in your departments who are teaching online courses.  View Miami University Courses and select "Online Course/Distance Learning" under the Attribute category to view the course being offered online for a particular term & subject.

 

Use this Online Course Guide Template as a basis for creating a guide for an online course.

Using Camtasia

Camtasia is a robust video recording software that you can use to create tutorials for your students, classes and LibGuides. You can record yourself and your screen with audio which can then easily be captioned for accessibility.

You can download Camtasia by going to Applications--Self Service

Contact Andy Revelle or Jennifer Natale if you would like to learn how to use Camtasia.  You can also watch how-to videos through Atomic Learning.

Tips for Providing Online Library Instruction

  • Record instructional videos in smaller, manageable segments usually no more than 3 minutes in length.
  • Utilize the videos that have already been created: http://www.lib.miamioh.edu/videos
  • Create course specific content.
  • Create a script of your tutorial to ensure that you cover everything clearly and logically. Save a copy in case you need to edit it in the future, for example if the web page changes.
  • Record videos with a microphone for better quality.
  • Caption all your videos for ADA compliance.

Supporting Classes Virtually

Uploading Videos

Libraries' videos should be uploaded using Miami University Libraries' Vimeo account.  Vimeo ensures higher quality and permanence of videos should a staff member leave. To upload your captioned video, contact Andy Revelle or Jason Michel to have your video uploaded to Miami University Libraries' account.  This will place your video on the MUL website and enable you to copy the code into your libguide.

eBook Info by Platform

Provider Format Download? # of Users Software Copy/Print?
Cambridge University Press PDF (chapter) yes unlimited browser, Adobe Reader yes
CRC Press (T&F) PDF (chapter, book) yes unlimited browser, Adobe Reader yes
Credo HTML or PDF (chapter) yes unlimited browser, Adobe Reader yes
de Gruyter ePub (book) or PDF (chapters) yes unlimited browser, Adobe Reader yes
Digitalia HTML or PDF yes unlimited browser, Adobe Reader yes
E-Book Central proprietary or PDF (chapter/section) yes 1 browser, Adobe Reader yes (limited)
EBSCO proprietary or ePub yes 1 browser, Adobe Digital Editions yes (limited)
Elsevier ScienceDirect HTML or PDF (chapter) yes unlimited browser, Adobe Reader yes
Gale Virtual Reference Library HTML or PDF (chapter) yes unlimited browser, Adobe Reader

yes

IGI Global HTML or PDF (chapter) yes unlimited browser, Adobe Reader yes
IOP E-Books PDF (chapter, book) or ePub (chapter, book) yes unlimited browser, Adobe Reader yes

JSTOR

PDF (chapter) yes unlimited browser, Adobe Reader yes
Knowledge Unlatched PDF (book) yes unlimited browser, Adobe Reader yes
OhioLINK EBC HTML no unlimited browser yes
Oxford Scholarship HTML or PDF (chapter) yes unlimited browser, Adobe Reader yes
Project Muse HTML or PDF (chapter) yes unlimited browser, Adobe Reader yes
R2 Digital Library HTML no 1 browser yes
Routledge (T&F) PDF (chapter, book) yes unlimited browser, Adobe Reader yes
Safari Tech Books HTML no unlimited browser yes (limited)
Salem Press HTML no unlimited browser yes
Sage HTML or PDF (chapter) yes unlimited browser, Adobe Reader yes
Springer Nature PDF (chapter) yes unlimited browser, Adobe Reader yes
University Press Scholarship HTML or PDF (chapter) yes unlimited browser, Adobe Reader yes
Wiley Online Library PDF (chapter) yes unlimited browser, Adobe Reader yes
World Scientific Pub PDF (chapter) yes unlimited browser, Adobe Reader yes