Shared and reusable content
Don't re-invent the wheel. Concentrate on creating your unique content i.e. record what only you know.
You can find reusable, shared guide elements in this guide. These are pages and boxes of common/generic information that you can include in your own guides. They can be incorporated as is or you can modify to suit.
Understand the LibGuides meaning of 'Reusing' and 'Copying'
- Reusing: reuse existing LibGuide content and when original content is changed the linked box updates automatically
- Copying: creates exact copy of a LibGuide box/page which you can modify. However content will not update in concert with original.
- You can 'reuse' or 'copy' one box or an entire page in a guide .
Box or page?
Pages of this guide are organised in topics. Typically, you intersperse the individual content boxes from different pages of this guide at appropriate points in your own content. In some rare occasions, you may wish to incorporate the whole page into your guide.