Online Resource Lists

A good reading/resource list can enable students to manage their reading more effectively, develop their independent research skills, enhance their learning and understanding of a topic and raise student satisfaction rates.

The UWTSD Online Resource List policy provides a framework to ensure that Library and Learning Resources and academic staff work together to enhance students’ experiences of working with reading lists. However, these are some top tips to get you started:

Include a range of learning resources including books, journals, video clips, podcasts, images, artefacts and web sites.

• Be realistic; make the most of resources currently available from the library or easily obtainable i.e. not out of print or prohibitively expensive.
• Update your lists regularly to ensure they contain up to date material, most recent editions, are accurate and any URLs reflect up-to-date web addresses (URLs).
• Link resource lists to InfoSkills provision to help students develop their digital and information literacy skills as they progress through their course.
• Make them diverse and representative of the student population
  • Gender balance assessment tool 
  • A tool to help you include authors from under-represented groups in your teaching: Diversity Reading List 
  • Find women experts in your field: Women also know stuff
    
    
• Make sure they are available in electronic format, removing barriers for large cohorts sand off-campus students.

Further reading: Pedagogy of Reading Lists