Library Resource Kit
Faculty & Staff Library Resource Kit
Connect with resources & services that address your needs in teaching, student learning and research, as well as news and family.
Specialized Online Resources:
Visit Research Help for all of the following or ask a librarian create something for your course: Quick Reference, Research Guides by Subject & by Course, Online Tips & Tutorials.
Materials Tailored to Programs, Courses, & Assignments:
Librarians can create instructional guides, videos, tutorials, & assessments to help students engage with information resources & research.
Items Set Aside for your Students
You can place your copy or our copy of a book, video, or other item on Course Reserves (no other libraries, please, due to copyright restrictions)
Open Educational Resources:
- CORA - Community of Online Research Assignments
- MERLOT - Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning & Online Teaching
View More Open Educational Resources & OER Initiatives
To Help you with your Online Distance Learners:
Find out what you need to know to help your students succeed as distance learners. Our library guide overs unique challenges in access & use of resources. Tips & recommendations provided.
To connect to the Library's home page & Research Guides, your students can go to PantherLearn & take the following steps:
1. Go to their home page by logging in or clicking on My Home in the top gold menu bar
2. Go to the navigation menu near the top of the screen & click on ODU Resources
Want to link to a Library ebook, journal, or database safely for off-campus access?
View Guide to Linking Safely in PantherLearn
For more information about your Distance Learners & their unique challenges, get tips from the Library
View Guide to Helping Online Distance Learners
- Databases - Search by database name or browse by subject area
- ODU Library Catalog - Search ODU Library's in-house and online collections
- OhioLINK Library Catalog - Search statewide academic libraries (about OhioLINK)
- SearchOhio Library Catalog - Search some of the public libraries outside of Columbus Metropolitan Library (about SearchOhio)
- Quick Reference: Internet Search Tools - Search by specialty, search for scholarly info, & more
- Citation & Bibliography Makers (PDF)
- EndNote (abridged version) - Collect, organize, & format citations. Use within Web of Science databases (click on "Tools") or export from an EBSCO database. - Click here to view our Guide to EndNote (PDF)
- MyEBSCOHost Account - Save searches, create alerts, & more in our EBSCO databases. 1 account, accessible though any EBSCO database.
- My Library Account - Manage library catalog requests, renewals, etc. online
- More options
Higher Education Journals: A Selection
- Active Learning in Higher Education
- Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability
- Higher Education
- Higher Education Quarterly
- International Journal of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education
- Internet and Higher Education
- Journal of Higher Education
- Quality in Higher Education
- Research in Higher Education
- Research in Higher Education Journal
- Review of Higher Education
- Teaching and Learning Inquiry
- Teaching in Higher Education
Catholic Higher Education Journals: A Selection
- Current News & Magazines available through the Library
- Quick Links to the News - News sites, news search engines, & the latest on evaluating the news
- Government, Law, Elections, & Voter Info - nonpartison sites with info you can trust
- SearchOhio Library Catalog - Find fiction, nonfiction, books & videos, & children's literature through our connections with several Ohio public libraries. Available items can be requested, sent to ODU, & returned to our librariy.
- Looking for a specific magazine, book, video, or newspaper? We'd be happy to help! Ask a librarian.