LibGuides Author Manual

Instructions, guidelines, and best practices for creating and maintaining LibGuides at Rutgers University Libraries.

Box Types

Standard Box

The most versatile box. Use standard boxes to mix and match various types of content including:

Gallery Box

Use gallery boxes to create rotating image carousels. Great for creating slideshows, visual tutorials, or featuring news and events. For best results, images should be the same dimensions and fill the entire box. Use the following widths to make sure your images fit within the column in which you place your gallery box.

25% column: 300 px
50% column: 600 px
75% column: 900 px
100% / single column: 1200 px

Tabbed Box

Use tabbed boxes to include multiple layers of content in a single box. Tabs are useful for condensing a large amount of information into a small space such as a complex topic with multiple parts or a process involving sequential steps.

Profile Box

Use the profile box to add an author profile to any page of your guide. (Note: the guide owner's profile is displayed on the first page by default.)

Top & Bottom Boxes

Use top and bottom boxes to create content that spans all columns of your guide. These boxes appear in guide editing by default but will only display on your live guide if used.

Standard Box

Using Libguides to Enhance Library Services by Aaron W. Dobbs; Ryan L. Sittler; Douglas Cook
Call Number: Z674.75.W67U85 2013

ISBN: 9781555708801

Publication Date: 2013-01-01

Offers guidance and advice on using LibGuides to create and organize information resources, contribute content to the wider library community, and improve student research and learning.

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Articles that are not available through the Rutgers Libraries may be obtained through interlibrary loan. Follow these steps to place an interlibary loan request:

Step 1: Login to interlibrary loan

Go to https://www.rulill.rutgers.edu/illiad/RULILL/logon.html and login with your NetID and password.

Step 2: Select Article Request

Select Article Request from the menu on the left.

Step 3: Fill out a request form

Enter as much information as you can about the article and click Submit. At a minimum, your request should include the article title, journal title, volume/issue, and date.