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Reading List Training
Part B: Adding online resources to your reading list
Overview: Part B covers adding links to resources such as e-books, scanned readings
(e-packs) and items in the Library catalogue.
Key Information & Terminology
E-books are available in increasing numbers and are accessed via the Library catalogue.
Some free e-books are also available on the web.
E-packs (scanned readings) are prepared by the Library to comply with copyright
agreements. Contact epacks@lse.ac.uk to request scanned readings of up to one chapter
per book or one journal article not currently available electronically. Links to the scanned
readings are e-mailed to you once they have been processed.
Book references can be added to your list with the classmark and a link to the Library
Catalogue. Other resources already in Moodle can also be added to your reading list, but
do consider adding your own publications to LSE Research Online
(http://eprints.lse.ac.uk) and linking to them there.
Exercises: Hints
Task 1. Add a reference to the following book to your reading list and link it to the
Library catalogue.
Secker, Jane (2004) Electronic resources in the Virtual Learning Environment: a practical guide
for librarians. Chandos Publishing: Oxford.
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First move: Copy and ‘Paste Special’ the citation in FrontPage.
Second move: Search for the book in the Library catalogue
(http://catalogue.lse.ac.uk) to locate its classmark and the record’s web
address. Copy the web address from the browser.
Third move: Return to FrontPage and insert the classmark into the second
column of the template and link this to the record.
Hint: Click on the book title to bring up the full catalogue record web address.
Hint: Highlight the classmark, right click and choose ‘Hyperlink’. To paste a
link you have copied into the dialogue box use ‘Control V’.
Task 2. Add a link to the following e-book to your reading list.
Murphy, Antoin E. (1997) John Law: Economic Theorist and Policy-maker. Oxford University
Press: Oxford.
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First move: Copy and ‘Paste Special’ the citation from the example reading
list in Word to your reading list in FrontPage.
Hint: Locate the book in the Library catalogue by searching for ‘John Law’ in
the title. E-books have the phrase [electronic resource] after the title. Narrow
your search to Electronic resources using the menu on the left of the screen
Locate the link to the e-book by right-clicking on Electronic Resource for LSE
members only and choosing Copy Shortcut
Type the phrase Read Murphy (1997) in the third column of the template,
make it into a hyperlink and paste in the link you have just copied.
Make sure the link opens in a new browser window (Target Frame… > New
Window).
Task 3. Add a link to the following e-pack item to your reading list.
Secker, J. Test Reading for Moodle Reading List Training. LSE. 2009.
The URL for this item is:
https://library-2.lse.ac.uk/e-lib/e_course_packs/Moodle/Moodle_16831.pdf
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First move: Copy and ‘Paste Special’ the citation from the example reading
list in Word to your reading list in FrontPage.
Hint: Type the phrase Read Secker (2009) in the third column of the
template, make it into a hyperlink and paste in the link you have just copied.
Make sure the link opens in a new browser window (Target Frame… > New
Window).
If time: add more resources to your reading list …. Just experiment!