How to find and use course materials

To search for books:

1. Go to Advanced search
2. Type in your author, title, or keywords
3. Limit Material Type to Books
4. Select Search

From your search results, filter to Available in the Library for print books.

To search for articles:

1. Go to Advanced search
2. Type in your author, title, or keywords
3. Limit Material Type to Articles
4. Select Search

You can also use relevant subject guides and recommended databases in your field to find articles.

To search for specific video titles in library search:

1. Go to Advanced search
2. Type the title of the video in the search box
3. Change the Any field drop-down menu to Title
4. Select Search
5. Look for a result with Audio Visual as the material type. DVDs are listed separately from streaming video. For streaming video, look for the green Available online > link.

Not all Kanopy films have been added to library search, so you’ll need to search the Kanopy Streaming Video database directly.

Each term you plan to use videos in a course, submit a request using the library's online form. Streaming video often can't be purchased outright and must be licensed annually by the library, so we need to know if it will continue to be used in courses before extending the license. To learn more, read about video streaming.

To get a link to course materials using library search:

1. Find the content and select the green "Available online" link. This will take you to the item in its database.
2. Look for a link titled "Permalink," "Copy link," or "Copy direct link"
3. Selecting that link will usually copy the URL to your clipboard. Otherwise, you can highlight and copy the URL.
4. Paste the URL into our ezproxy tool. This will add an ezproxy prefix to the URL, making access from off campus much easier. (Note: Only use the ezproxy tool with the direct link to the content, not the PERMALINK from the library search page [which starts with https://arizona-primo.hosted]. Adding an ezproxy prefix to library search's PERMALINK will result in a security warning error.)
5. Paste the URL generated by the ezproxy tool in your course site
6. If you need help creating a URL or can't get a URL to work off campus, contact your librarian

Permalinks are often really long. Shorten your links through TinyURL or Bitly if you need to display a permalink in your syllabus or elsewhere.

If you're using a library database, how you find and get a link to course materials varies:

1. Find the content and go to the full version of the article, ebook, or video
2. Look for a link titled "Permalink," "Copy link," or "Copy direct link"
3. Selecting that link will usually copy the URL to your clipboard. Otherwise, you can highlight and copy the URL.
4. Paste the URL into our ezproxy tool. This will add an ezproxy prefix to the URL, making access from off campus much easier. (Note: Only use the ezproxy tool with the direct link to the content, not the PERMALINK from the library search page [which starts with https://arizona-primo.hosted]. Adding an ezproxy prefix to library search's PERMALINK will result in a security warning error.)
5. Paste the URL generated by the ezproxy tool in your course site
6. If you need help creating a URL or can't get a URL to work off campus, contact your librarian

Permalinks are often really long. Shorten your links through TinyURL or Bitly if you need to display a permalink in your syllabus or elsewhere.

To add a link to course materials to your D2L Brightspace course site:

1. Select "Content" from the navbar within your course site
2. In a module, select the "Upload/Create" button
3. Select "Create a Link"
4. In "Title", enter the item's title or your own description
5. In "URL", paste the URL (found using the steps above or provided by the library)
6. Check the "Open as External Resource" box
7. Click "Create"

It's best to link directly to content rather than upload PDFs. Permalinks are often really long. Shorten your links through TinyURL or Bitly if you need to display a permalink in your syllabus or elsewhere.

An exception is with document delivery (digitized chapters and articles we email to you). The links we email you expire after 30 days, so it's best to upload the PDF to D2L Brightspace.

A "Library Tools" link appears in the top toolbar of D2L Brightspace course sites by default, unless a college or instructor has removed it.

It contains subject-specific library resources and ebook versions of required textbooks. Work with your librarian to customize the content (Library Tools in Law and Health Sciences course sites aren't fully customizable yet).