Course Reserves: Home

What can be placed on Course Reserves?

• Library materials as well as personal copies (articles, books, DVDs) can be placed on Reserve.  We encourage professors to place review copies of textbooks on reserve for student use.

How do I place material on Reserve?

• To place materials on Course Reserve you can bring them to the front desk during our open hours and our staff will gladly assist you. 
• Materials will remain on Reserve each semester until you let us know they are no longer needed.

What are the available loan periods? Can students take Reserve materials out of the Library?

• In house library use only loan periods are for 2 Hours, however students may use the materials for longer if no one is waiting for the item.
• If you would like students to have materials for a longer period you can request 2 days, 3 weeks or semester loans that can be checked out from the library.

How can I see what materials I currently have on Reserve?

• Start on the course code tab, next look under both Print Course Reserves and Digital Course Reserves for the Course Number & Titles you teach.  Professor names are listed under the Course Number and Title.  
• For assistance and questions please contact Lisa Gagnon.

What is Digital Course Reserves? 

• The Wilkens Library is working to expand our Course Reserves to incorporate digital copies of required course text when available and affordable through our eBook vendor.
• The eBooks are in our eBook collection, eBook Central.  
• Students and Faculty use their My4Cs account to access the eBooks.
• Depending on availability and cost, the eBooks are available as either 1, 2 or 3 Users at a time or Unlimited Users.  
• Some eBook licenses allow students to print or download a limited number of chapters/pages.

How can I get a digital copy of my textbook?

• The following is a sample of publishers that will not allow libraries to purchase eBook versions of their publications:
  •    Pearson
  •    Cengage
  •    Oxford University Press
  •    Many health sciences publishers

  In addition, texts that are often available can be cost prohibitive. However, the Library has still been able to provide digital copies of some texts.  If you would like to know if a Digital Course Reserve eBook is possible for a text please contact Lisa Gagnon. 

Where do I find Course Reserves?

• Print Course Reserves are kept behind the Front Desk of the Library. Ask at the desk for the materials you need. You will be required to check them out on your Library Card.

How long can I keep Reserve materials? Can I take them out of the library?

• Most reserves will need to remain in the library. and may be checked out for 2 hours, however, students may use the materials for longer if no one is waiting for the item. 
• There are some Course Reserves materials, depending on availability, that may checkout for longer, including the full semester. 
• Please return materials to the Front Desk as soon as you are finished with them so they can be available to your classmates.

Where can I find a list of what's on Reserve?

• To view materials on Course Reserves, start on the above course code tab, next look under both Print Course Reserves and Digital Course Reserves for the Course Number & Title followed by the Professor’s name.  Click on the Course Title link to view the item’s record in the library catalog. 

Where do I find Digital Course Reserves?

• Most Digital Course Reserves items are found in our eBook Collection, eBook Central.
• The tiles are also cataloged in the Wilkens Library Catalog.
• The easiest way to see if a digital copy of a required text is available through Course Reserves is by clicking on the above course code tab, next look under Digital Course Reserves for the Course Number & Title followed by the Professor’s name.  Click on the Course Title link to access the eBook version.