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Reading and Resource Lists

A guide for academic staff on Reading and Resource Lists

Tag Items

Tagging items on Resource Lists allows:

  • Students to prioritise reading and work
  • Library staff to ensure that resources (in particular essential items) are purchased, reviewed and assessed for licenses/number of hard copy books in the library collections

 

To add a tag click on the title of the citation to expand it. Click in the add tag  field to expand the drop-down menu from and select the relevant tag.

An expanded view of a sample citation with the option to add tags visible. The cursor is visible in the add tag field to show the list of possible tags that can be added. The possible tags are essential, further reading, suggested for student purchase or no importance assigned.

You can also add tags while editing a citation under the Item actions tab of the citation


TAG DEFINITIONS

Individual items on a list may be tagged as Essential,  Further reading, or Suggested for purchase. Here is a quick guide to what is understood by each of these tags

  • Suggested for Student Purchase (usually textbooks which will be heavily used throughout the module, and which students are strongly encouraged to purchase)
  • Essential (core texts that every student must access). As a guideline, a maximum of 10 items should be listed in this category 
  • Further reading (defined as supplemental reading around the subject to further or deepen understanding)
     

Where items are tagged  Essential, the Library will give these priority attention, and aim to purchase in E-format if possible. If an E-format is not available the library may also place items in the Main Library's Short Loan Collection.