EDLF Library Portal: Instructors

There are infinite options to customize your course with Library materials. Learn how to place requests in our catalog, Virgo, for chapter scans and video.

We encourage searching our catalog, Virgo, for Library eBooks to use in your course instead of directing students to purchase textbooks. You can search by title, subject, or methodology. Watch our tutorial on how to select Library eBooks for your course.

Not seeing what you need in our catalog? Remember to always check our catalog first before requesting purchases.

Need additional support? Chat with our staff immediately in the box below or email the Library Reserves team at lib-reserves@virginia.edu 

Learn more about our course reserves service.

Library instruction complements your teaching and ensures your students are equipped to tackle their assignments.

Request a session using our form.

• Unlock undergraduate research potential: Empower your students with beginner information literacy skills. We offer sessions on evaluating sources, brainstorming research projects, and primers on searching academic content through the Library. 

• Hone upper-level undergraduate and graduate skillsets: Collaborate with your liaison librarian, Ashley Hosbach, who provides customized sessions to enrich your course content and address your specific needs. beyond the basics Ashley offers sessions on literature reviews, practitioner research in Education, children's literature, graduate research

• Cutting-edge digital media assignments: Switch up your assignment format(s). Equip your students with essential digital media skills such as podcasting and video editing/design through hands-on sessions at the Robertson Media Center in the Clemons Library.

• Access our Special Collections and Archives: Give your students access to unique in-person sessions on primary sources and UVA/Virginia history at the Harrison Small Special Collections Library.

Can the Library buy my textbook(s) for my students?

Unfortunately, not all course texts are available as institutional e-books. We cannot purchase textbooks from Pearson, MacMillan, Cengage, and McGraw Hill. In most cases publishers refuse to sell textbook licenses to libraries as it cuts into their profit.

How much am I allowed to scan?

As a rule of thumb, the Library is generally able to scan a single chapter per book or a single article from a journal issue under fair use. View additional guidelines.

What's the best way to link Library content in my courses?

We recommend organizing your content in your weekly modules. When you link and/or upload Library content to your course you also need to adhere to copyright law. Watch our tutorial below.

Podcasts can be a great way to spark discussion, build empathy, and engage students in abstract topics.

Check out our curated list of podcasts mapped to EHD's program areas.

Sage Video immerses students in the social sciences with the latest in research methodologies, practitioner knowledge, case studies and more. They also offer curated playlists in early childhood education, special education, educational administration, etc. Check out a few examples 1) Black adolescence and identity development, 2) conducting community based research in Education and 3) quantitative and mixed methods studies in education.

 Mindscape Commons' virtual case studies put students face-to-face with patients exhibiting anxiety, trauma, and other presenting symptoms. Moments of Excellence in School Counseling guide students through therapy session best practices.

Teaching Channel is a one-stop shop for teacher learning and development. We have access to their video library for K-12 teaching.

Looking to switch up your syllabus and incorporate diverse voices? The Library partners with EHD's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to curate suggestions for your syllabi. Our resource guides are mapped to EHD's program areas for easy selection.