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LibGuide Introduction for Faculty @ East Central College: Special Features

Learn about LibGuides, how to request one to be made and it's benefits for you and your students.
You also have the option of embedding chat widget into your libguide for easy librarian-student interaction.

Easily Embedded Multimedia

Embed multimedia inside your guide (videos, RSS feeds, podcasts, etc.).

Multimedia can be from Films on Demand subscription, a free YouTube channel or another source of visual media or audio media.

Check out the example below!

Highlight Journals, Articles or Books

Highlight a websites or online journals from the internet.

Highlight a search string in EBSCO or a certain article.

Highlight book or ebook titles that students will use in the class.

Customizable Look & Feel

We have the ability to control the style of your guide by adding tabs and by selecting different types of content boxes such as:

Rich Text/Dynamic Content/Scripts - Enter any type of formatted text (including html), links, or dynamic javascript code. You can also embed custom scripts, iFrame, etc.

Simple Web Links - Enter a series of links inside the box. Each link has a title, url, and an optional short description which appears when the user hovers over the link.

Links and Lists - Create a bullet lists of web links and non-web link items (regular lists).  Each item can have a short description which appears underneath the item, and an optional More Info button which the user can click to get more information. We can track the usage statistics (outgoing clicks) for the links.

Books from the Catalog - Describe any number of books and provide links to them from the Library Catalog.  Images of book covers can also be included.

Documents & File - Allows uploading of any number of files to your guide.  Individual files cannot be larger than 5MB each.  Each file can have a short description (255 characters).

Google Web, Books, Patent, or Scholar - These search boxes can be added to within the guide. A default search term whose search results will show when the user loads the guide can be added to Google Web or Scholar can also be added.

Interactive Polls- Enables us to create a short poll on your page. Create a question up to 6 choices for your poll. Each poll has a url and you can view real-time results.

Embedded Media and Chat Widgets-The Embedded Media & Widgets box allows us to add video, audio, or any other widget on your guide.

Podcast Feeds- Podcast box enables us to display the contents of a podcast feed on your guide.