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Canvas and Library Integration

A guide designed for instructors to add direct links to WCC Library electronic resources and services into the Canvas course site.

How to add an EBSCO E-book title or E-Book chapter to your Canvas course

An alternative is to search E-Book databases directly. You can link to the E-Book full-text or use permalinks to add a chapter of an EBSCO E-Book to your Canvas course. Note that the number of pages you can download might be limited. 

  1. Go to the Library home page and click on Databases
  2. Click on Databases by Subject
  3. Scroll down to E-Books 
  4. Select the E-Book database you want to search 
  5. Type in the book you are searching for or the subject of a book you are searching for
  6. Click Search
  7. Click on the book title 
  8. Top right tools, click the arrow icon for  the Share screen
  9. Click on the Create Link, then click Copy to Clipboard 
  10. Paste this URL into a syllabus, reading list, email, Canvas or document of your choice!   

 

 

EBSCO ebook arrow to share link

EBSCO Share link create link copy to clipboard

 

 

Book Chapter

Instructions for specific e-book chapter link:

  1. Click on the PDF Full Text link on the left side 
  2. On the left side 'Table of Contents', identify the chapter (Chapter 4 for this example)
  3. Click the chapter you identified
  4. Click on the 'Share' top navigation
  5. Click the 'Create Link' 
  6. Click 'Copy to Clipboard' 
  7. Paste this URL into a syllabus, reading list, email, Canvas, or document of your choice!   

EBSCO Ebook chapter link

 

 

EBSCO Ebook chapter create link