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LibGuides Basics Workshop

Introduction to the LibGuides system and content creator interface

Accessibility Guidelines for Links

Screen-reader users often skip through the links on a page without listening to the contextual unlinked text. When using hyperlinks on your guides, make sure to keep this practice in mind when choosing which text to hyperlink.

Tip: Check your link accessibility by reading out the hyperlinked text alone

 

Be descriptive with your link text

  • Make your link text as informative as possible and tell your users where the link will take them. This is helpful for all users
  • Never ever hyperlink "Click here" or just the word "here". It makes absolutely no sense out of context

 

Use links in the flow of text sparingly

  • If you must use hyperlinks in the flow of text, make sure that enough of the text is hyperlinked to make the link stand alone

If you want to find a book for your assignment, go to the Library Books and Media Search page and search for your topic.

Lead with the important information

  • Put the critical information at the front of the link so the user doesn't have to listen to the entire thing to get the key message
  • This is especially important if you have several links with slight variations in a list

 

APA Citation Style: a Langara Library Guide   
vs.
Langara Library Guide: APA Style

Avoid repeating links on a page

  • Don’t have multiple links with the same text on the same page  (Especially if they go to different places)

  • In this example a screen-reader user could easily miss the unlinked contextual information that tells them which Langara Library Guide they are going to

APA Style

Langara Library Guide
OWL Purdue

 

MLA Style

Langara Library Guide
OWL Purdue
Subjects: General Reference