FGCU Library staff have been busy looking at the list of textbooks for next semester and have prepared over 1500 course materials lists that correspond with courses on offer during the fall semester. The library covers over half of the fall 2024 textbooks with library-owned materials either in print or electronic format!
If you are a student, check and see if there are reading lists for courses you are taking (or are interested in taking). Your course textbook could be available for you to borrow or to view online at no cost to you!
If you are an instructor, check and see if we have already made you a course reading list. If there is a reading list for your course with library-owned materials in it, be sure to share with your students by activating your lists in your Canvas courses. You can easily add more books, videos, articles, and websites to any pre-made reading lists to make them your own. If you don’t have a pre-made list, you can always create one!
Course Reading Lists are available for any FGCU faculty member to create or edit. These course readings lists can be fully integrated into Canvas, making it easy for students to connect with course readings and resources. Course Reading Lists can be used to create low-cost or zero-cost courses using library resources or Open Education Resources (OER). See our complete guide to Course Reading Lists to learn about the possibilities.
How to Read a Library Created Course Materials List
The library creates online "reading lists" for courses each semester. We start those reading lists with required textbook information we get from the bookstore. If the library owns a print or electronic copy of the textbook, there will be a link or location information linked to that citation. If we do not own the textbook, only the title and ISBN information will appear, along with an indication that the book is available from the bookstore.
