To find library resources to incorporate into your courses and teaching, select the tabs on the side menu of this guide (e.g. articles, company financials, training/tutorials, and videos) and/or the guide specifically for your program. 

On this page you may find help with:

• Finding library and other materials to use in your class
• Arranging library instruction for your class
• "Fair Use" of copyrighted materials
• Suggesting materials for purchase for the library's collection
• Your own research and publishing

These suggestions apply to all eResources that you use to support your teaching, including: eBooks, streaming videos, and other items from the library's collection, periodical articles from library databases, open-access textbooks and Open Educational Resources, and other online resources (e.g. YouTube videos and websites). 

Link students to their program Research Guide (curated lists of best databases, search tips, and training).

If you have pre-selected course readings from library databases or websites:

• Include a complete citation when listing or linking materials on World Classroom (WCR) or the syllabus to help your students (or library staff) search for the item if the link doesn't work.
  • Many library databases have a 'cite' tool (sometimes indicated with quotation marks [" "]) which generates a citation for you.
• Scan and upload PDF files to your World Classroom course page or ask the library’s eReserves staff to scan them for you. (For the latter, allow at least 5 business days advance notice). 
• For content from a library database, the link should include the library proxy server string (library3.webster.edu) so that users are prompted to log in/authenticate into the database so access is limited.
  • The database may have a 'permalink' or 'share link' tool to capture a persistent URL that includes the proxy string.
• If you need help capturing URLs or citations, please ask our Research Librarians of the Subject Librarian for your program.
• Each term, check all links before sharing them with your students.

Follow Copyright & Fair Use guidelines when posting or distributing all content to students. Limit access to only students in your course.

Collaborate with your subject librarian to:

• Share your research assignment or design one with us in advance (1 to 2 weeks, please) to ensure resources are available.
• Link students to pre-recorded videos and training tips. 
• If your students might benefit from targeted library instruction, work with us to create and front-load it into your class to save time and student frustration.

As your Business and Management Instruction Librarian, I work with you to integrate library databases and services into your courses wherever you teach in the world of Webster.  Let's work together to create training materials that make library resources of practical use to your students. 

• identify existing training materials (research guides, recorded webinars, etc.) that support your assignments
• create a library instruction session specifically for your class. Sessions may be delivered during class-time or recorded in advance
• design training documents or how-to videos to demonstrate information literacy concepts and/or how to use library databases efficiently
• reinforce course concepts with relevant articles, books, and videos
• create program Research Guides, like this one, to provide students with an orientation to library resources and services. 
• create course-specific research guides. Here is a list of guides created for specific business and management courses.
• scaffold assignments across a program/major to build upon common research experiences of students
• introduce training materials at point of need in World Classroom/Canvas

In addition to training delivered through your course, the Library's Research Desk supports individual faculty and student research in-person and via phone, email, and 24/7 chat. I can also schedule one-on-one training sessions or work via email with students who need in-depth help with research. 

Check out the Library's Copyright and Fair Use research guide to learn:

What is fair use?

See scenarios of Fair Use by Use -- such as "Copying and Distributing Copyrighted Materials in the Classroom, for In-library or Electronic Reserves or on the Web".

Fair Use by Format -- when, where and how may you share articles, books, streaming media or video/DVD, textbooks, workbook/consumables (like Harvard Business School cases) and more.

As your liaison, I work with you to build quality library collections in electronic and print formats.  Our mission is to collect resources that are appropriate for university-level teaching, study and research and that support Webster's curriculum at home and extended campuses and online.  In doing so, we place a strong emphasis on online resources.

Funds are available to purchase books and eBooks, DVDs, journals and trade publications,  and databases (which often contain collections of materials).   Please contact your Department Chair or me to suggest resources.

I am happy to work with you on your own research.  I can provide support that includes suggesting appropriate databases and helping you search them, creating lists of articles on your topic and limited clerical support.

If you're looking for a journal in which to publish, the following databases may be of interest to you.

Using library databases in other formats

Business Case Studies:  Find and use free (for Webster users) and fee/commercial case studies in your classroom.

eBooks:   Limit and link to electronic books and chapters available online.

Videos: Search and incorporate DVDs and streaming video from the library's collection and databases. This guide includes a page for Sharing streaming videos in your class.

Open access teaching and research materials

Check out our research guide on  Open Educational Resources (OER).  For college and university teaching resources check out MERLOT, MIT Open Courseware, Rice University's OpenStax (formerly Connexions) and the OER Commons from ISKME.