Readings Online

In brief

Readings Online is a service for academic staff that will provide electronic versions of materials that are prescribed on readings lists for students. Academics provide a copy of the reading list to Readings Online, these items are processed and students may access these resources online via a search box in the learning management system of that subject. (more background detail)

Reading list items that may be requested include: journal articles, book sections, conference papers and images. (detail on using Readings Online)

Readings Online does not intend to take the place of the physical Reserve services available in the various library branches, but instead provide an alternative form of access that may allow students to access resources when they choose. Legislative requirements also make it impossible to have some resources available online although sometimes they remain readily available via traditional Reserve services. (more detail on traditional Reserve services)

The legislative requirements of the statutory licence for educational purposes in the Copyright Act make it necessary to restrict access of any resource provided by Readings Online to University of Melbourne students. Therefore the URL's provided by Readings Online must be delivered through a learning management system where the students are required to log in and/or authenticate their access. The primary learning management system on campus is Blackboard.