The IU East Campus Library is now offering a new tool to embed journal articles and other resources directly into Canvas from our database search engine, ProQuest Central. This is a similar tool to the Library Resources application that we launched in Fall of 2022, which allows faculty to search and embed articles from EBSCO Discovery directly into Canvas from the Module level. Faculty can now search and pull article links that are available from our ProQuest databases, for which we subscribe to over 80, into their Canvas course!
This tool, labeled as ProQuest Resources, is available at the page, discussion, or assignment level and can be added with the Apps icon from the Edit box:
Faculty are welcome to view a short demonstration on how to use this tool, or they can follow the written instructions here:
- Once in your Canvas Course, click on the page, assignment, or discussion you want to include a library article in and click the Edit button in the top right corner.
2. Once you are in the Edit box, click the Application Icon in the tool bar, which looks like an outlet plug:
3. Scroll down the list of Apps until you see “ProQuest Resources” and click on it.
4. It will open the ProQuest search engine and you can search within to locate the article(s) you want to include in your course.
5. Once you locate the article you want, click on the “Select this document” button in the top center for the screen.
6. The article will be pulled back into the Canvas box as a hyperlink with the article title as the headline. You can then add the remaining instructions or details.
When students click on the hyperlink in the page or assignment, it will link them to the ProQuest article in a separate window. Using the ProQuest Resources or the EBSCO Library Resources tools in Canvas will help connect students to their assigned readings much more easily and quickly than having them try to locate the articles outside of their Canvas course. These tools are available to help faculty include more library resources into their courses and reduce access barriers to these readings for students.
If you need any assistance in using either ProQuest Resources or EBSCO’s Library Resources in Canvas, contact Assistant Librarian of Access and Technical Services Beth South at eabrockm@iue.edu. For all your research needs, Ask Us! at iueref@iue.edu.