Real World Examples of LibGuides
We gave librarians a powerful, yet easy to use, online publishing tool and a great thing happened - they started creating some of the most useful content found anywhere on the Internet. LibGuides is an ideal tool for librarians to share knowledge and publish useful information. The system is open and flexible, enabling librarians to pull and organize any type of multimedia and dynamic content, including videos, rss feeds, podcasts, database search scripts, etc.
Check out some real-world LibGuides examples:
- History Research @ Acadia. Research guide for History, combining RSS feeds, library resources, database search, websites, as well as online chat with the History subject specialist - all presented in one place, as a starting point for students' research. Great stuff!
- Psychology Research @ Univ. of South Carolina. A great collection of resources for anyone interested in researching topics in Psychology. Great job, Beki!
- Physics & Astronomy @ Washington University. Great compilation of Physics & Astronomy resources by WUSTL Librarians - everything from database links and useful websites to RSS feeds and videos.
- English and Literary Research @ EKU. Wonderfully presented set of resources and starting points for research. By Cindi Trainor at Eastern Kentucky University.
- Writing College Papers @ AACC. An excellent LibGuide from the staff at Anne Arundel Community College.
- Company Information @ Boston College. A comprehensive resource about researching companies, compiled by Sonia Ensins at Boston College library.
- PSY 316 @ Univ. of Miami. Created by Sarah Cantrell, this is a great example of a course-specific LibGuide.
- Study Skills Guide @ Drury and Research Skills @ Drury. We wish we had these tips from our librarians when we were in college! Great example of using LibGuides to share useful information with the community.
- Film & Media Arts @ Temple. Wow! So much great information - LibGuides at its best. As you browse the tabs, note that it is possible to embed search boxes for databases specific to your institution.
- Dynamic content in LibGuides. You can display del.icio.us tag clouds like in this Chemistry Guide, or database search and catalog search like in this Languages & Literatures Research Guide (scroll to the bottom of the page to see the search boxes).
- Business Library 2.0 @ Univ. of Florida. Peter McKay, business librarian at the University of Florida used a customized version of LibGuides to create an amazing website for business-related research.
- Education Research @ Temple. Great use of customized search boxes for various institution-specific databases.
- Copyright. An excellent compilation of resources related to the issue of copyright. Created by Bruce Whitham @ Rowan University LibGuides.
- The Research & Information Center @ BCLS. We couldn't pick just one guide from this public library LibGuides system so we are showcasing the whole system. So much useful information BCLS librarians are providing to their patrons and public in general. A model public library LIbGuides installation. Congrats BCLS librarians, keep up the great work!
- Citation Guide. From the librarians at Dixie State College.
- How Do I Conduct Literary Research by Brendan Rapple @ Boston College.
- Media, Culture & Society by Tiffany Hebb @ DePauw University. A great example of a course-specific guide.
- English Literature by Gregory Heald @ UNCO.
- Anne Frank: A History for Today by Lorene Flanders @ Univ. of West Georgia. A great example of using LibGuides to create and share content related to conferences and meetings.
- Election 2008 by Heather Loehr @ Hanover College. Heather created a wonderfully useful LibGuide with relevant resources for local, state, and national elections. A must see (and a must vote!)
As a content-rich informational website, LibGuides quickly becomes a popular online destination in your community. LibGuides increases the use of your library's content and services, in addition to raising the profile of your library and your librarians in the community. It is as useful as it is cool! And proof is in the pudding - 8+ Million hits every month (and growing exponentially) clearly shows the popularity of LibGuides at our client libraries.
See more great examples at the LibGuides Community Site
