Course Reserves are items requested by faculty and instructors to be made available for short-term lending from an assigned library circulation desk or from the Media & Microtext Center in Green Library. Items may include library-owned or instructor-owned materials.

For students

Finding reserved items

• Visit the Course Reserves pages in Searchworks.
• Search by Course ID or instructor name and note the library and call number.
• Request the item at the library's Circulation Desk or at the Media & Microtext Center in Green as noted.
• Your instructor may also have placed course materials in Coursework as linkouts to web resources or as PDF documents.

Using reserved items

• The loan period is established by the requesting instructor and is issued at the time of checkout, usually 2 hrs to several days. DVDs on Reserve at the Media & Microtext Center may be used for 4 hours.
• Some libraries permit overnight use of course reserves when picked up before library closing; these items may require a prompt early morning return. Please inquire about the policy on overnight use from the lending library.
• Renewals are not permitted. Return items to the Circulation Desk. Late fines are steep! $1 per hour, up to $30 maximum per item.

For instructors

• Use the Course Reserve Form to place print & media materials on reserve for your course.
• Create a Coursework site to manage other course materials and link out to web resources or to post documents.
• If you would like to place personal materials on Reserve at a chosen library, please fill out the Course Reserve Form then deliver the item to the circulation desk with a note for the staff, telling us your contact information and how we may return the items to you (via Interoffice mail or otherwise) at the end of the quarter.