Add new readings

You can add readings by entering the citation data into a form.

1. Select the ADD menu button, and choose one of the five New reading options:

   

2. Select the appropriate reading type; hovering your cursor over the different types will show you the different kinds of readings which belong to each type. For clarification, the reading types are as follows:

   Reading Types	Readings Included in this Type
   Journal Readings	Journal articles Newspaper articles (including online news articles) Magazine articles Blog posts Law cases Legislation
   Book Readings	Whole books Book chapters and excerpts Conference papers Reports Theses Standards Manuscripts Musical scores Other text documents
   Sound Readings	Any audio content Recorded music Radio broadcasts Podcasts
   Visual Readings	Videos Images Maps
   Website Readings	Online sites that do not fit into one of the other four categories. (If a reading is contained in a PDF, it is almost certainly a Journal or Book reading, not a Website reading)

3. Enter the citation data into the form. The minimum data you are required to enter is indicated by red asterisks (*). As a rule, you should enter the same data you would use to cite the reading in a reference list.

   1. On the left, the Source Document pane should contain information about the source of the reading. This may be a book, an issue of a journal, a TV or radio show or a website.

      Enter authors in the format Surname, Given Name(s), Surname, Given Name(s), etc., with a comma and space between each entry.

      

      If the author is not a person, select the Organisation button:

      

   2. On the right, the Reading pane should contain information about your reading, such as a book chapter, a journal article, a TV episode or a webpage. In some cases, your reading will be an entire resource (e.g. a whole book, a report or a movie); in such cases, both the left and right panels will refer to that whole resource.

      Use the Genre drop-down to indicate the specific type of reading. Most online videos (e.g. YouTube videos) will use the Motion Picture genre, unless they were originally broadcast on television, in which case they'll use the Broadcast genre.

      

      Use the Kind buttons to indicate if you have a link to or file of the reading:

      • Select File if you have the reading in a file (e.g. a PDF); upload the file using Select a file.
      • Select Link if you have the URL to the reading from a Library resource or the open web; enter that URL into the field which appears. When a link is provided, the reading will usually be auto-approved and immediately available to students if the reading list is currently active.
      • Select Locate if you're unsure of the correct link or don't have a file; Library staff will source the reading for you.

      

      If your reading has pages, select Paginated and enter the page numbers into the field which appears.

      

   3. In the Details pane (above the Reading pane), choose whether the reading is required or recommended for your students. Enter any notes you'd like to provide to either Library staff or your students.

      (SPECIAL NOTE: Entering any content in the Notes for library field will flag it for review by Library staff, thus delaying it being made available to students.)

      

4. Select Submit to finalise your request.