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How to Link to a Document in E-Reserves from WebCT Vista

Within WebCT Vista you can create a link to:
  1. the E-Reserve student login page
  2. specific articles

See Two Ways to Create a Link below for further instructions. First, however, you need to determine the URL of the E-Reserve item for which you wish to create a link.

How to Determine the URL of an E-Reserve Item

To find out the URL for this login page or the article:

  • Go to Electronic Reserves on the library’s homepage
  • Click on Electronic Reserves and Course Materials
  • Locate the course space to which you would like to link, by selecting your name from the instructor’s list
  • Click on the course name/number
  • The screen that you now see is the login screen. Go to the address bar in you web browser and copy (Control-C) the URL (if you want your students to log into Electronic Reserves)
  • OR go an additional step and click on the article title for which you want a link, and copy that URL from the top of your web browser’s screen

Now log into your WebCT Vista course and locate the place in the course where you would like to place the link to E-Reserves.

Two Ways to Create a Link

Note that the first method is recommended.

  1. Include the link in a Learning Module

    Build tab--> Content Inventory sub-tab--> Learning Module

    • From the Learning Module screen, under “Add to Learning Module,” click URL. The URL section expands.
    • Click “Create URL.”
    • In the title text box, enter a title for the URL.
    • In the URL text box, paste (control v) the Internet address of the E-Reserve article you previously copied.
    • Select whether the URL will open in a new browser window.
    • Click save. The Learning Module screen appears and the URL is added to the bottom of the table of contents. Move it up by using the icon at the left of the item.
  2. If you want your URL within a page of content, locate the place in the course where you would like to place the link.
    • Click on “Edit Content File” (the icon that is a page)
    • Turn on the HTML creator.
    • Put your cursor where you want the link to be.
    • Click on the “link” icon at the top of the page. A new window opens.
    • Choose the radio button “Absolute URL.”
    • Control v to paste in the URL.
    • Fill in the “link text” box (what you want the student to see) and click OK.

Copyright Compliance

  • Consumables such as workbooks may not be placed in E-Reserves
  • Entire books cannot be placed in E-Reserves. A maximum of 10% of a book is considered fair use.
  • Appropriate items (such as a journal article or a chapter from a book) may be placed in E-Reserves for one semester. If you plan to us the same item for multiple semesters, you have to get copyright clearance to be in compliance with federal law.
  • For copyright clearance, contact Sharon Mazure at 367-4622 or smazure@fairmontstate.edu Provide her with the citation(s) for the item(s) for which you need copyright clearance. She will notify you whether the clearance is granted.