How should you organize your guide? How many pages should you make? A simple and intuitive information architecture for any topical research guide could be...

• Start Here
  Use this section to introduce your user to the topic. Give them a summary of what research is like for this topic. You can also use this page to Insert helpful keywords, general research help info, Reference Desk info, links to the Citation Guide, Zotero, or other resources.
• Articles
  Do you know key articles in the field? Provide a selection of readings! A list of recommended databases can also go here. 
• Journals
  Recommended journals with direct links could go here.
• Books
  This is a great place to highlight important books in the collection. Links to ILL work great here as well. 
• Video
  Any important videos in the film & video collection, Kanopy, Docuseek, or Alexander Street Press? 
• Data & Statistics
  Are your users going to be looking for data? Maybe include some important links in here.
• Websites
  What are the external web resources that our users should know about? The internet is huge and there's lots of great stuff for just about any topic. Look for professional organizations, blogs, open access materials, etc.

When creating web content, ask yourself: "why is the user here? what are they looking for?"

Profile boxes are great for users to find your contact information and learn your subject concentrations. Please insert your profile box below the side-navigation. It is good practice to put your profile on all pages of your guide. Many of our users enter our guides from a Google search. If you only put your profile on the home page, users may not find your contact information.

To learn more about customizing your profile, check out SpringShare's Profile Box Guide.

Be sure to give your guide subject categories! These will help users discover your guide on our website, which is arranged by subject. Check out the Assigning Subject Categories guide to learn how to assign subjects & tags.