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Staff guide: Add a Library subject guide to Canvas

Step-by-step instructions to add a full subject guide or content from a subject guide to your Canvas course using the Library Resources app in Canvas.

Full guide or part of a guide (Content Box)

To add a Full guide or a guide Content box to an Assignment in your Canvas course:

  1. Go to the Assignments section:
    • Click the + button
    • Under Type, select External Tool
    • Click More options to take you through to the Rich Text Editor

    Screenshot showing the menu under the plus button. The menu shows the type, External tool and the More options button.

  2. In the Rich Text Editor, go to the Tools menu> Apps > Select Library Resources

    Screenshot of the Rich Text Editor in Assignments. The Tools menu, Apps and Library Resources are highlighted.
     
  3. Under Content Type, select Full Guide, Single Page (i.e. a tab within a guide) or a Content box from the dropdown menu.

Note: You can also select to add a single database or a list of Databases to your page. If you choose to add a list of databases, please be aware that this is a selection of databases listed in the subject guides, and subject tagging may differ from our complete list of Library Databases.

We suggest adding the database box from the appropriate subject guide to add a list of relevant subject-specific databases to your Canvas course.