Library: Faculty Services: Use Library Content for Your Course

What does the Library offer?

The Library has access to over 150+ databases with diverse content
It is easy to link students to this content directly through Canvas
Some sites allow for embedding in Canvas, including the new "Reading List" tool
Embed educational films and clips from streaming collections

Cut the Costs Using Library Resources in Canvas (Zoom recording, 53 minutes) – Chat Transcript (txt) – 1/14/2019 In person workshop by Lauren McFall, Pamela Perry, and Glorian Sipman simulcast online via Zoom.

OER & Textbook Resources

eBooks on EBSCOhost (MiraCosta Collection)
Over 200,000 ebook titles in all subject areas.
MiraCosta Website for OER & ZTC
Library Databases (Articles, eBooks, eVideos, & more)

How to Use Library Content

Creating e-Reading Lists with Library Database Articles Handout with instructions to create permalinks to library database articles for off-campus log-in using SURF id and password.
How To: "External Tools" in Canvas - Embed Articles Brief instructions on How To Use Canvas - "External Tools" for Gale/Cengage library databases to embed topic overviews, supplemental readings, and other articles from GVRL, Opposing Viewpoints, Science in Context and other Gale Databases in your Canvas pages.
Permalinks in EBSCO for eBooks & Articles Brief instructions with screenshots for creating Permalinks to EBSCO articles, eBooks, and chapters (Nursing database examples).
Embedding Video Content

New Permalink instructions for O'Reilly Media Higher Education (Safari eBooks) below.

New Permalink Instructions: O'Reilly (Safari) Tech Books Online New URL for ebook links. All previous permalinks must be updated by February 20, 2020.

Sharing Library Resources: Linking and Proxy Server

Permalinks and the MiraCosta College Library Proxy Server

Using Library Databases, locate the link to the article/eBook/etc you wish to link to (in your LMS, web page, an email, etc.)
The link is usually labeled Stable URL, Permalink, or Bookmark (the Browser URL is not always the permalink)
To ensure off-campus access, the URL must redirect through the MCC Proxy Server where users log-in with SURF id and password.
If the URL already contains ".prox.miracosta.edu" you do not need to modify the URL, just copy and paste the link.
To add the proxy server redirect to the URL, follow one of the examples below.
Example:

http://www.jstor.org/stable/3192433

becomes,

http://prox.miracosta.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3192433

or,

http://www.jstor.org.prox.miracosta.edu/stable/3192433

Quick Tip: "External Tools" in Canvas

Use the External Tools feature in Canvas Pages to embed videos and other library resources. For example, selecting Films On Demand opens a search for films by keyword, then select with the Embed button. Watch: Video on using External Tools in Canvas. Note: Use Firefox browser to use External Tools for Academic One File (articles) and Gale Virtual Reference Library (topic overviews and reference book articles).

Sharing Library Resources: Linking and Embedding

Canvas: Quick Embed Instructions for Kanopy streaming

Visit Kanopy and locate the film you wish to link to or embed.

Embed (Recommended): To embed the video player in Canvas and play the video directly in Canvas, copy the embed code in the Share tool of Kanopy, then paste it as shown below in the Canvas "Insert/edit Media" tool.
Link: the link can be placed on Canvas pages, links will send the student to the Kanopy site after SURF id authentication.