Welcome
Welcome to the library instructors' portal for ENCW courses. UVA Library offers customized resources and guidance for course design. Whether you are online or on-Grounds, UVA Library services and support are available to all instructors. If you have questions about any instructional resources on this page (or not!), feel free to email Sherri, Librarian for English, directly for assistance!
Chat with the Library
Request content 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 above or email the Library Reserves team at lib-reserves@virginia.edu
Learn more about our course reserves service.
Reduce textbook costs
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.
UVA Library supports the creation and use of Open Educational Resources (OER), which are freely available instructional materials that anyone can use, adapt, and share. Examples include textbooks, course readings, videos, quizzes, and more. OER allows instructors to customize content to meet the specific needs of a course and for students to participate in knowledge creation. The Library's OER team can help faculty with a range of services relating to open education: discovering relevant resources, adapting existing content, creating new materials, and adopting open teaching practices.
We also 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.
Schedule library instruction
Library instruction complements your teaching and ensures your students are equipped to tackle their assignments.
Request a session using our form.
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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.
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Hone upper-level undergraduate and graduate skillsets: Collaborate with your liaison librarian, Sherri Brown, who provides customized sessions beyond the basics and offers research sessions related to creative writing.
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Introduce 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 Small Special Collections Library.
FAQs
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.