Navigating this Guide

Getting Started

To locate suggested OER, there are two main pathways to find relevant OER for your needs.

The first pathways is to browse the table of contents organized according to faculty, department, and program or subject, where applicable.

The second option is using the search box (“Search in book”) located in the top-right corner of each page in this guide to search for a specific subject or open educational resource (pictured below).  The search function will return a list of all chapters that include the subject or term you entered, which you can access through the link within the chapter title. To locate specific instances of the term or subject searched from within a department chapter, select the chapter in the listing and use the search (or “Find”) function within your browser.

 

Screenshot of OER by Discipline Guide Home page with "Search in book" search box in the upper-right corner highlighted with blue box.
OER by Discipline Guide: UCalgary Homepage (https://openeducationalberta.ca/oerguideucalgary/)

Using the Table of Contents

You will find the Table of Contents of this guide in two locations.

The first is on this guide’s main homepage below the guide’s title and description viewable by scrolling down to the “Contents” listings (pictured below).

 

OER by Discipline Guide: UCalgary Home page with guide information and Table of Contents
OER by Discipline Guide: UCalgary Home Page and Table of Contents (https://openeducationalberta.ca/oerguideucalgary/)

 

Second, you can view the Table of Contents when you are within the guide by selecting the black “Contents” box located in the upper left-hand portion of the title banner. This will open the Table of Contents along the left-side of your screen where you can navigate to different faculties and departments by selecting the hyperlinked title (pictured below). To close the Table of Contents sidebar, click on the black “Contents” box again.

 

OER by Discipline Guide: UCalgary Table of Contents left-hand side panel highlighted with blue box
OER by Discipline Guide: UCalgary Table of Contents Left-Hand Side Panel, Faculty Sections Collapsed

 

Screenshot of the Department of Psychology page with the "Content" sidebar menu open showing the Department level sections for the Faculty of Arts
OER by Discipline Guide: UCalgary Table of Contents Left-Hand Side Panel, Faculty of Arts menu opened showing Department pages

Turning the Page

To navigate through the guide, you can use either the Table of Contents or the navigation bar located at the bottom of your browser screen while you are “reading” the guide.

 

OER by Discipline Guide: UCalgary Navigating this Guide page with added Navigation Bar titled at bottom of browser
OER by Discipline Guide: UCalgary Navigation Bar

Navigating the Department and Subject Pages

Within this guide, Department- or -subject-level chapter pages will display in two different ways to assist with navigation.

In the first way where these pages include headings to differentiate focus areas within the department or subject page for the curated OER listings, there will be a “Page Sections” navigation menu at the top of the page. Users have the option to use the hyperlinked headings in the menu to jump the page down to the selected focus area (pictured below).

Screenshot of the top section of the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology page showing the "Page Sections" navigation menu with hyperlinked focus area headings.
OER by Discipline Guide: UCalgary Department of Anthropology and Archaeology chapter page with “Page Sections” navigation hyperlinked headings menu

 

The second way is where due to the number of OER listed and lack of need for differentiation, there is no “Page Section” menu added. Instead, users will scroll through the list of OERs within the page (pictured below).

Screenshot of the top of the Department of Psychology page showing no "Page Section" navigation menu has been added as there are no focus area headings added to sub-divide the OER listings.
OER by Discipline Guide: UCalgary Department of Psychology chapter page without the need for a “Page Sections” navigation menu due lack of need for focus area headings.

 

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OER by Discipline Guide: University of Calgary Copyright © 2022 by editors Sarah Adams and Ramina Mukundan with Libraries and Cultural Resources is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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