How do I add a book manually to my Aspire reading list?

• Sign in to Aspire (How do I do that?).

• In your reading list, push your mouse down the list to see the line menus between each list item.

• Click Add Resource at the location you wish to add your book.

Add Resource: 

• offers you a search of book titles.
• suggests items you have added previously to Aspire reading lists.
• offers you the option to add items manually.

• Click the Create manually.

When manually adding a bookmark, the minimum information required is the resource type and the title.

• Use the Resource Type menu and select the appropriate resource e.g. for a DVD choose Audio-visual document.
• Enter the relevant information into the Title field.

Further information fields can be added from the Add all fields that apply menu - if you can, please supply the Author, Date, Publisher and Place of Publication. Click on the field you would like to add, and it will automatically move across to your resource on the left of the screen.

• When the resource is complete 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.