Readings and resources

Providing students with high-quality learning resources supports engagement, knowledge development, and achievement of learning outcomes. The Library can work with you to identify, organise and provide equitable access to teaching materials that best support your teaching.

Through the Flinders reading list system (Leganto), embedded within every FLO topic, teaching staff can easily curate and share articles, ebooks, textbooks, streamed videos, podcasts, databases, websites, and other learning resources. Reading lists make it easier for students to access course materials when and where they need them, while supporting accessibility and copyright compliance.

Explore our resources and services below.

Textbooks

A textbook is a “prescribed core text that is integrated into topic delivery or used extensively throughout the topic”.

All topics should appear on the student textbook page. Teaching staff should notify the Library of any new or updated prescribed textbooks as early as possible, or advise if a topic does not require a textbook. Early notification enables:

• The Library to help confirm availability, licensing conditions and access options before teaching begins
• Timely updates to the student textbook page
• Clear communication to students when no prescribed textbook is required, rather than leaving them uncertain whether one is still to be confirmed

Prescribed textbooks and recommended resources should be reviewed regularly to ensure they remain current, accessible, and aligned with topic learning outcomes.

Full details can be found in the textbook provision guidelines. These outline:

• Responsibilities relating to required and recommended textbooks
• Textbook notification processes
• Availability and licensing considerations
• Student access expectations

Advice for selecting textbooks can be found in the ‘Finding resources for your topic’ section below.

Embedding Indigenous knowledges

Using the AIATSIS Guide to evaluating and selecting education resources, the Library can help you identify and evaluate culturally appropriate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resources for teaching and learning. You can also use the framework to critically review your existing teaching materials and guide the development of new resources by considering:

• whether Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been involved in the development of the resource
• how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, knowledges and perspectives are represented
• whether the resource reflects culturally appropriate and respectful practice