Alternative Learning Materials at Muskingum

          

1. Electronic articles and books offer current sources. 
2. Many students don't read a scholarly article until they are in 300 level classes. Using them as a part of the course reading helps to introduce them to scholarly writing before they need to understand it for a research project.
3. Using articles and e-books helps familiarize students with the platforms they will need to use to do library research. 

Getting started can be the hardest part. Some tips:

• Consider your syllabus. Is there a purchased text that would lend itself to replacement by an article or a collection of articles and book chapters? 
• Get to know your resources. All departments and most majors have a subject guide that lists the best resources for that subject. You can also browse the A-Z database list and limit it by subject and by type of database (IE, full text, primary source, etc). 
• Make an appointment with a librarian. We will help you identify materials that might work for your class and work through any hurdles you might encounter. 

To add the link to a book or article to your Blackboard, you will need the permalink, sometimes also called a permanent link or a bookmark. Using the URL located in your browser bar will return an error.