Leganto

Your favourites can be a starting point to gather together material you may wish to use to build your reading list/s.

Adding items to your Favourites using Library Search

• Select Favourites from the side navigation
• Click Add – Search the Library
• Use the search options to find relevant items from Library Services collection of books and articles. Using the Advanced Search option allows you search for title, author or ISBN
• Select the item required and click the Add button

We advise you to use this option for adding material to your reading list as it provides the most complete reference for your students and allows easy linking to full text online.

Adding items to your Favourites manually

• Select Favourites from the side navigation
• Click Add – Manual Entry
• Select the appropriate Type for your item from the pull-down menu
• Fill in all relevant fields, using the More item details option as required
• Note that any URL should be added to the URL field
• Click Add
• Drag and drop or click in the upload box to add files to your item

Be aware of copyright restrictions on material you choose to upload. See Uploading documents and copyright for further information. Contact Library Services if the material requires copyright clearance, or if you have any questions. You may find our copyright tips helpful.

Additional guidance is available on Library Services Copyright webpages.

Adding items to your Favourites using Cite It!

Cite It! is a tool that pulls across core information about an item from a wide range of academic and popular websites (e.g. Amazon; PubMed; ScienceDirect). If Library Services does not have copies of the item you want, use Cite It! to add details to your Favourites. If you then add the item to a reading list, Library Services will be prompted to obtain a copy of the item.

• Click on the cog on the top right of the screen and select Cite It!

• Drag and drop the Cite It! button to your browser toolbar

• Find a relevant item on your chosen website and click on the Cite It! button in your browser toolbar

• Add this to my list popup appears containing details of the item

• Select Favourites from the Add to options, then click Add & Close to add to your collection, or select List to add the item to a specified reading list

Please note the amount of item information pulled into Leganto via Cite It! varies depending on the source used. Manual editing to improve the data may be required.

Adding tags to items in your Favourites

Organise and filter your favourites by adding your own tags to the items.

• Choose an item/s and click Tags
• Type in your tag(s)
• Click the Save button
• Click Filter to select a tag to filter by