What can be placed on Reserve?
Most types of library material can be placed on reserve -- books, e-books, book chapters, periodical articles, videos, scores. Both digital and physical reserves are available.
Placing materials on reserves ensures that they are cleared for copyright.
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Placing items on reserve
Reserves staff check all uploaded material for copyright or permissions issues. Submit requests early to guarantee availability of material on the first day of classes.
Begin requesting course reserves on these dates:
Fall semester Jul. 15
Spring semester Nov. 1
Summer semester Mar. 1
*Please note that links to licensed material from library databases will always be used over scanned PDFs.
How to place items on reserve
From Canvas
Choose whether you wish to have a staff member get the item or whether you would like to upload the material yourself.
Fill out the information for your request and associate the request with a course
(optional) upload a file to your request
From within Bobcat
- Find the item you wish to put on reserve
Click on the title of the item
Click on "Put this item on reserve for a course"
Choose whether you would like a staff member to get the item or whether you'd like to upload your own file.
Associate the item request with a course
Press the submit button to complete your request or upload the file