LibGuides Editing Guidelines

There are two options for adding books from the Library catalog to a guide.

• Syndetics Unbound book carousel widgets are available for many subjects. 
  • See instructions on this page for mapping a book widget to your guides.
  • The LibGuides Team can create additional book carousels - just ask us!
• You can use the LibGuides Book from the Catalog option to add individual titles to a box.
  • Use this option if you have 1-5 books to add to a guide.  

1. Select Add Box
2. Then Reuse Existing Box
3. Select the LibGuides Editing Guidelines guide
4. Select Box > Book Widgets > *your preferred book widget*
5. Save

If you do not see a widget for your topic, please let Marlee, Liz, or Heather know. We can make one for you using ISBNs or other information. 

If you want to share 1-5 individual titles, you can use the "Book from catalog" option in the drop-down menu of the editor.

Find the book you want to share in the catalog in another tab. Copy the ISBN, then put it in the ISBN box in the pop up. Then click, "Get Book Info." You make have to try more than one ISBN to retrieve the information. 

LibGuides sometimes has trouble creating a good catalog link, so your best bet is to manually enter that yourself.

• Copy the permanent link from the catalog and paste it in the URL box. 

You can edit how the book displays. If the description is too wordy, you can shorten or remove it entirely. You can also paste a short description of the book above the link, letting the user know what they will find if they click the link. 

Sometimes, the book cover image does not carry over with the rest of the information. To fix this: 

• Go back to the catalog.
• Right-click the cover image, and select "Copy image address" or similar option. You are trying to get the root URL for the image. 

• Go back to LibGuides and click the pencil icon next to the book title. 
• Select "Edit"

• Change the cover art option from "None" to "Other."
• Paste in the URL

• Click "Save."

The book should appear like it does below. If you notice that the book description is more than 4 lines long, use the pencil icon and select Edit, then revise the description to make it shorter.