Course Reserves are items which are in high demand for a particular course. The library places these items behind the circulation desk, at the request of the instructor, and they have a very short circulation period. E-reserves can also be listed on your Coursework or CCNet site.

For Students: Checking out reserve materials

Consult the new Searchworks reserves catalog  to identify items on reserve for your class (if you encounter a problem you can access the old Socrates Reserves Catalog). You can look reserve titles up by course number or instructor name. Request the items at the circulation desk by call number. Present your current ID to borrow materials. Most reserve materials circulate for two hours. Items may be checked out overnight one hour before the library closes and must be returned within the first 30 minutes after opening on the following day. Please return reserve materials directly to the Circulation Desk staff. Because ready and equal access to reserve materials is critical to the academic enterprise, stiff fines are assessed for items recalled for use as reserves and for reserve items kept beyond their loan period. Help keep reserve items available for your colleagues by returning them on schedule.

For Faculty: Submitting Reserves

Please submit your course reserve requests using our Engineering Course Reserve Request form or bring requests to the library in person. Submitting your course reserve list four weeks in advance of the first class meeting will insure the material will be ready for your students. Please see our Faculty Course Reserves page for the information we need for reserve items. The default loan period for reserve items is 2 hours, but other loan periods can be arranged on request. For more complete information about how to place items on reserve see the Faculty Course Reserves page.