LibGuides Best Practices: Types of LibGuides

General Purpose Guides provide general information on a collection, program, or service at the library.
Subject Guides are lists or pages of resources created by staff to assist patrons with their research needs.
Topic Guides serve to provide resources that address a specific theme or question within a subject.

Shows a list of LibGuides that are general purpose

General Purpose: These guides cover broad terms, like the Research guide you're reading now. They are a broad platform to jump off from.
Subject Guides: These guides cover one specific subject, an example would be: Art Resouces, or Business Resources. These guides are useful for subjects that multiple courses would find helpful.
Topic Guide: An example of a Topic would be the Copyright and Fair Use guide. That guide covers one topic extensively, that anyone might need or find useful.
Course Guide: A guide written often by the professor themselves. These guides are specific to materials which are useful for one course in particular.

General Purpose: this is the default and a good catch-all for most guides.
Subject Guide: this guide focuses on a specific subject area.
Course Guide: this guide is created for a specific course.
Topic Guide: this guide focuses on a specific topic.

This university has "general purpose" as a subject category

General Purpose: This is the default and a good catch-all for most guides.

Example: Zotero

Course Guide: For guides that are related to a specific course.

Example: AFS 190|HIST 190: Images of Africa

Subject Guide: For guides that are focused on a specific subject area.

Example: Nursing

Topic Guide: For guides that are focused on a specific topic.

Example: Psychological and Educational Measurement Instruments Guide