While CCC Library Services may not have physical books on campus, we do have over 150,000 eBooks available to support your students’ research. You can direct your students towards specific books by adding them into your Canvas course shell.

Before you add an EBSCO ebook to your course, you need to obtain a direct, permanent link to it.

To find a permanent link to an EBSCO ebook:

Locate the book that you would like to include in your Canvas course using our EBSCO ebook search. From either the ebook itself or the Detailed Record page, find the Permalink button under the Tools menu on the right-hand side of the page. EBSCO content window Copy the URL provided by the Permalink button.

To add your ebook to your course:

Go into the Modules section of your Canvas course. Click on the “+ Add Content” button of the options feature of the module in which you would like to include an ebook.

Chose “External URL” as the kind of content you would like to add.

Paste the URL you copied earlier for the ebook into the URL field. Name the link whatever you like; using the same name as the ebook is recommended. Then click Add Item.

And that’s it! The ebook will now be available in your course. You can use that Permalink from EBSCO anywhere in your course content, too: pages, assignments, discussions, etc.

Screen shot of EBSCO student writing handbook

EBSCO basics of good writing

Most of the eBooks in our collection have unlimited user access, meaning multiple students could be reading the book at the same time. A few legacy titles, however, might have more stringent restrictions. If you run into any trouble, feel free to contact your CCC Librarian, Luke Owens, at Luke.Owens@Coconino.edu or 928-226-4369, for more help.

Want to add an eBook search to your Canvas course?

The same steps would apply, except you'll want to get a permalink to your search in EBSCO host (this could work in any EBSCO database, not just for eBooks). After you execute a search, lick the Share button on the far right:

EBSCO search permalink button

Copy the Permalink from the text box at the bottom of this popup, and add it to Canvas with the +Add Content button as shown above. Good luck, and contact Luke with any questions.