Hunter College Libraries

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1 Start at the Libraries' web site: http://library.hunter.cuny.edu.
 

2 Click Research Guides under the Help column.

3 You will see the LibGuides page for Hunter College Libraries. Find a Research Guide you wish to include in your course. In this example, we will click the Art subject to find an Art Research Guide.

4 Some subjects may have multiple Research Guides. In this case, the Art subject has just one Research Guide. Click the subject link to view the guide.

5 The chosen Research Guide appears. Copy the unique URL displayed at the top of the guide. Then, log in to your Blackboard account so you can paste this URL into your course site.

6 In your Blackboard course site, click on the Control Panel link in the left sidebar.

7 Click Manage Course Menu found under the Course Options heading.

8 Click the External Link button to create an entry for the Research Guide.

9 In the "Name" field, type in a title that reflects the name of the Research Guide you chose earlier. In the "URL" field, paste the URL of the Research Guide you copied earlier. Scroll down and click OK to save your settings.

10 You should see a "Receipt: Success" screen similar to the one below. You can now return to the main page of your Blackboard course and verify that the Research Guide link as been added.

11 A link to the Research Guide will now appear in the Blackboard menu for your course. Click the link the view the guide.

 If you need further help with adding Research Guides to Blackboard or have any other library questions, find out how to get in touch with us on the Ask-A-Librarian page.