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Resource Lists for Faculty and Staff: Add/Upload Items Manually

A guide for faculty and staff on managing Resource Lists in Canvas

Add Items Button

In your Resource List, click on the plus sign button to access the screen where you can search the Library’s collection or add a citation manually:

Add Items

Add/Upload Item Manually

Using “Add item manually/Upload file” you can upload files the library doesn’t own to use via a fair use claim, to license via the Copyright Clearance Center (who charge a fee for each unique student who accesses during the term of the Course), or that you've created and to which you own the copyright. You can also add citation-only materials (e.g., required textbooks you'd like the students to purchase) by entered the citation info manually:

Add item manually

You can also add content from the Web like preprints, white papers, conference proceedings, YouTube videos, or Ted talks by entering the URL in the Source field:

Add source field