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Course Reserve

FAQs

Get answers to common questions about Course Reserve!

FAQs

  • Course Reserve is a library service that provides free access to required textbooks and additional course materials! Faculty members request physical books, eBooks, book chapters, articles, DVDs and other media items. These requests are processed and put on Learning Suite under the “Library Resources” tab for students.

    • It's convenient for faculty and students.
    • Course Reserves saves you and students money.
    • It increases equitable access.

  • Yes! Contact us and we will show you how course reserve can integrate with your learning management system.

  • What percentage of a book can be scanned and put up digitally?

    It depends. The University owns a copyright license that allows us to scan certain portions of items for electronic retrieval via course reserve. Under this license, sometimes we can scan significant portions, sometimes we can scan a certain percentage, and sometimes we don’t have any coverage at all, so we need to limit the selection significantly. The selections that are not covered under the license are sent through the Copyright Licensing Office, where they check for fair use. So, just submit what you need and we’ll let you know if we have any copyright concerns!

    Do I need to understand copyright laws or check for fair use before sending a selection in?

    No! We will take care of it. Permission for some materials is covered by licenses the University already owns, so those are granted at no cost. The library also has access to many eBooks, and we can usually connect directly to a specific chapter at no cost to the student. Other materials are contained in the public domain, or qualify for fair use, and are therefore, covered at no cost. A small percentage of materials require paid licensing. We will contact you in this case so you can determine how you would like to proceed with the request. Place your request early (preferably 30 days prior to the date you need the resource) to ensure that your reading will be fully processed before you need it.

  • When do I need to submit requests?

    It depends on how quickly you need them, but 30 days before the semester is a safe bet. Reserve materials must comply with copyright law and will not be placed on reserve until copyright permissions have been granted.

    How do I know my requests have been completed?

    Click on the class link/folder and look for requests marked “published” in green. If you need a request quickly please contact us and we’ll do our best to expedite your request!

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  • You can add TA’s or other admins to your Course Reserve list. The benefit of doing this is so someone else can manage the items (make requests, renew, etc.).

  • Items will automatically appear under the “Library Resources” tab in Learning Suite. If you use Canvas let us know and we’ll show you how to set up the course reserve feature.

    Students can also access Course Reserve items through the library web page.

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    For physical items, the default checkout period is 2 hours for physical books and 4 hours for DVDs and media items. If you would like to lengthen that checkout period just let us know and we can extend it according to your needs.

  • Yes! Just bring the items to the circulation desk on the main floor of the library and talk to someone from our course reserve team.

  • Nope! We will check our library holdings and if we don’t have the item you requested we will look into purchasing it or contact other libraries to borrow from their collection.

  • Yes! Just call or email us and we will take care of it.