Subject Guides
Subject Guides curate Library and other research-related resources oriented around prominent disciplines and their sub-topics at Notre Dame.
Subject Guides
Subject guides are a primary way in which Librarians assist patrons in focused research under their subject specialties. All subject guides must serve multiple audiences, running the gamut from undergaduates to more advanced researchers. The best guides will be relatively self-explanatory to any level of user, as well as useful to librarians during their instruction.
Associate Your Guides with a subject
All subject guides must be associated with a General Subject category. For instructions, see our Quick Start page.
There are 2 variants of subject guides:
- General
- Broad area guides corresponding to research areas at Notre Dame
- Specific
- Narrower sub-topic guides, further focusing the work of General Subject Guides
GENERAL Subject Guides
Information Architecture
General Subject Guides should take the shape of general research, grouping resources by:
- Background Information (tertiary sources)
- Scholarly Articles and Books (secondary sources)
- Primary Sources (primary resources)
Because they are linked from the Library's Pathfinder pages, GENERAL Subject Guides must adhere to this designated template, ensuring a consistent voice and organized user experience. Variants of this information architecture are possible only with the approval of the LibGuides Management Team and as long as they are structured to embody the shape of research practice in their particular field and serve undergraduate, graduate and faculty audiences.
Do Not Change Guide Title or URL
You may not change the Title or URL of your General Subject guides. These are linked closely to the pathfinder pages on the main website, and certain Sakai templates. Please contact the LMT if you have questions or concerns.
View the list of GENERAL Subjects
Guide At-a-glance
Requirements
| 0 | Guide created by copying from the General Subject Template guide |
| 1 | Information Architecture must include the following pages, in this order:
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| 2 | Guide requires author's Profile Box below left navigation on each page |
| 3 | No content may live beneath the profile box in the left navigation |
| 4 | Guide must contain an “Overview” box, containing:
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| 5 | Guide should include Introductory Notes for each resource type |
SPECIFIC Subject Guides
Specific Subject Guides will look similar to General Subject Guides, except that they may adopt any information architecture appropriate to the subject.
Guide At-a-glance
Requirements
| 0 | Must be based on the Subject Template. No constraints on the guide information architecture (structure of pages and boxes). |
| 1 | Information Architecture may be any pages in any order |
| 2 | Requires author's profile box below left navigation on each page |
| 3 | No content may live beneath the profile box in the left navigation |
