Course Reserves Reading Lists

You can add other faculty, a teaching assistant, or staff member as a collaborator on the creation or management of your reading list.

1. Click List info at the top of the page.
2. Under Collaborators, click Manage collaborators.

4. Click + Add collaborators.
5. Search for the person you would like to add and select their name.
6. Select the new collaborator's permission levels:

• List owner: can add or remove other collaborators, edit the list, and delete the list
• Can edit list: can edit the list but cannot add or remove collaborators or delete the list

7. Click Save.

Note: When you add a collaborator, they will receive an email telling them they were added to the list.

Add a section

1. Click + Add → New section.
2. Enter the section Title (e.g., Week 1) and any other details.
3. Click Add.

Edit a section

Tags may be used as a quick way to communicate information about a citation to students.

1. Click the Item menu ellipsis → Edit item.
2. Select the Item actions tab.
3. Under Tags, select Required, Recommended, or Optional.

4. Click Save.

1. Click the Item menu ellipsis → Edit item.
2.  Select the Item actions tab.
3. Enter the Due date or select the calendar icon to select the date. Click Save.

Notes can be used to provide students with additional information about a resource, such as specific chapters to read or segments of a video to watch.

1. Click the Item menu ellipsis → Edit item.
2. Select the Item actions tab.
3. Under Information for students, enter your note. Click Save.

You can save items to your Favorites list to make them easier to find again and add to other lists. Your Favorites list isn't visible to others.

1. Click Favorites on the left of the screen.

2. Follow the instructions in Step 3 to add items to Favorites.

You can also add items on reading lists to your Favorites.

1. Click the Item menu ellipsis → Save as favorite.

Watch the short video on how to add items to your Favorites.

Zotero is a personal citation management system. After integrating your Zotero account with the Course Reserves platform you can add items to your reading list.

Get the required parameters in Zotero

1. Login to your Zotero account.
2. Under your Profile, click Settings and then select Security.
3. Scroll down to see your user ID for use in API calls.

4. On the same page, click Create new private key.

5. Fill in the following information and click Save Key.

Integrate Zotero into the Course Reserves platform

5. Login to your Course Reading list and select Settings and Reference Managers.

5. Click + Add citation managers and select Zotero.
6. Add your Zotero user ID and the Zotero API key information and select Connect.

Adding items from Zotero to your reading list

7. Go to + Add and choose Import references and select From Zotero.

8. Select an item and drag and drop it into a section OR choose a Section from the drop-down menu (See Step 3: Add & Edit Items for more information).

Mendeley is a personal citation management system. After integrate your Mendeley account with the Course Reserves platform you can add items to your reading list and vice versa.

Integrate Mendeley into the Course Reserves platform

1. Login to your Course Reading list and select Settings and Reference Managers.

2. Click Connect account. Enter your Mendeley credentials and click Proceed.

3. Go to + Add and choose Import references and select From Mendeley.

3. Select an item and drag and drop it into a section OR choose a Section from the drop-down menu (See Step 3: Add & Edit Items for more information).

Export items from reading list to Mendeley

1. Check the item(s) in the reading list.

2. Click the More actions tab and select Export.
3. In the popup window, choose the fields you want to export.
4. Change the Export to option to RIS.
5. Import the file into Mendeley.

Every item added to a reading list using the Library Search function is automatically available to students, with no copyright clearance required.

For all other items, the Course Reserves team may need to clear permissions.