How do I add an article to Aspire by manually adding the bibliographic details?

• Sign in to Aspire (How do I do that?).
• Move cursor to the section where you want to add the bookmark and the following menu will appear.

• Click ADD RESOURCE.
• Click Create manually at the bottom of the page.

• Change the Resource type field to ‘Journal’ using the drop-down menu.
• Select Part: Article, Chapter etc. it will automatically move to the left of the screen once clicked. Once it has moved change the Resource type to ‘Article’ using the drop-down menu.

• Fill in the Title (Required) field for both the journal and article section.
• Add as many fields as you know e.g. Author, Date, Vol, Issue, from the Add all fields that apply section on the right of the screen.
• Click Save in My Bookmarks.

• If the list you wish to add the resource to shows on the right, click Add to List. If it is not present, type the list into the search bar and it will appear, click Add to List. (You must ensure that the reading list you need has already been assigned to your ‘My Lists’ section (How do I do that?).

• Select the Importance level from the drop-down menu. You can choose the location of the resource on the list using the Select Position on the List drop-down menus. Notes for both the library and students can be added in the Notes section.
• Once the above is complete click Finish.

Note - If the article is not available online to students and staff at Aberystwyth University and needs digitising for upload to the Blackboard module, please request a digitisation (How do I do that?) A link to the digitised chapter will be added by library staff to the Aspire bookmark.