Using Library Reading Lists for your modules

Online reading lists provide students with easy access to reading materials for their modules to books, e-books, Copyright Compliant scans under the CLA licence and much more.

This guide will help teaching staff to prepare, manage and amend their module reading lists.

Integration with Canvas

The reading list system is fully integrated with Canvas, allowing you to signpost students directly to Library resources for teaching and learning, including books, e-books, journal articles and specialist materials resources.

The reading list system is also fully integrated with our other Library content systems allowing you to add materials directly from Library Search (the library catalogue), add items not yet in stock which trigger automatic purchasing of materials, and to organise digitisation of print articles and chapters as part of the University's CLA licence.

The integration with Canvas also allows you to make use of features such as adding direct and authenticated links to individual items or sections of the reading list elsewhere in Canvas pages or modules. So it's a great way to use the online list as the one place to showcase the required reading and signpost students to it within the context of that weeks subject or topic. 

How to access your reading list in Canvas

In your Canvas Course you will be able to access the attached reading list in the left hand navigation, or through the Quick Links on the landing page of the Canvas baseline. 

If the module has been active in previous academic years, a reading list may still be attached to the Course in Canvas. This will give you a reading list to edit and amended as needed.

If the module is being delivered for the first time, or has not previously had a reading list, your first step will be to 1. Create your reading list.