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Standards and Guidelines: Guide Types

Types of potential guides and their use and definition

Term  

Definition

Guide, page or box?

Support guide  

How to guides: LinkedIn Learning, Referencing, Copyright, Accessibility, Services, Opening Hours

Type/Group: General Purpose/General guides

Guide

Subject guide

A high-level/overview guide that showcases a range of key resources on a specific subject area. Examples include Accounting, Nursing

Type/Group: Subject Guide/SkillsPoint Subject Guides

Guide

Topic page or box

​A page or box, depending on the amount of content available, that allows for specific resources relating to a subject to be showcased. Pages and boxes may be replicated by mapping an existing page or box across several guides. 

Page or box

Course guide

HE use only

This is a guide that directly supports a course at a particular AQF level.  Example Bachelor of Creative Practice

Note: VET Course guides are not currently in use on TAFE NSW Central LibGuides

HE: Type/Group: Subject Guide/Higher Education Guides

Guide

Unit guide

Not in use

A guide that supports a unit of competency.

Note: Unit guides are not currently in use on TAFE NSW Central LibGuides

Guide

Unit page

HE use only

A page that displays relevant resources for a specific unit. Examples include ECCDD101A Health and Physical Wellbeing for the Bachelor of Education Early Childhood (Birth-5)

Note: Unit pages are not currently in use on TAFE NSW Central VET LibGuides, but can be included in HE LibGuides

Page

Internal guide

A guide that supports the running of LibGuides eg Standards and Guidelines, Reusable 

Type/Group: Internal/General guides