Owens Library Placing Infomarks in eCollege

(links students with preselected InfoTrac articles)

Open one browser window in InfoTrac
Display the full-text article in InfoTrac that you want to link to in eCollege
Open a second browser window (Ctrl+N) and access the desired eCollege course
Click on the Author Tab
In the left-hand author menu, click on the unit where the Infomark will be placed
Click on Add Content Item in the right-hand column
In the "Add New Content Item" area, type Articles in the "Name:" box and select Text in the "Type:" box
Click the Create button
A message box appears: "The Content Item has been created." Click OK in the message box
In the "Add Existing Content Item(s) to Unit" area, select Articles in the "Select Item(s):" box and click the Add to Unit button
A message box appears: "The Content Item(s) has been added." Click OK in the message box
In the left-hand author menu, select Articles
In the "Content:" document window, type the following directions for student access and hit return:

If viewing the article(s) from On-Campus, click on the following article link(s).

Before viewing the article(s) from Off-Campus, go to the library homepage (http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/). Click Search for Articles. Follow the off-campus connection directions in the Help area (http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/offcampus.htm). NOTE: If you have previously followed these directions, click on this address to connect: http://198.209.246.36. Once the directions have been followed and the Search for Articles page is displayed, locate the NWMSU Owens Library logo in the upper-left corner of the screen and click on the section of the logo that says Northwest Missouri State University to return to "Northwest's site". Once you are at Northwest's homepage, return to your eCompanion/eCollege course site and click on the article link(s).

Call the Library Services Desk (562-1193) for additional assistance locating the article(s).

Select the link button in the document window toolbar
In the "Select Type of Link:" box, select Link to a Website and click the Go button
Copy (Ctrl+C) and paste (Ctrl+V) the title of the article from InfoTrac into the "Link Text:" box
Delete "http://" from the "Website Address:" box
Copy (Ctrl+C) and paste (Ctrl+V) the URL from the InfoTrac article into the "Website Address:" box
Click the Add Link button
Example Results:

Continue to add more articles by selecting the link button in the document window toolbar and repeating the steps listed above
Click the Save Changes button
A message box appears: "Content Item was updated successfully." Click OK in the message box
Click on the Course tab in the left-hand menu to view the results

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