Course Reserves

Faculty:

Hard copy reserves & media:  Drop material off at the Business/SPEA Information Commons Service desk. All items must be accompanied by a reserve request form.   Multiple items should be bundled together.

When requesting that library books be put on reserve, please note that only books from the Bloomington campus can be used as reserves. To help simplify the process, we recommend you send your requests to us and allow us to acquire the library materials, rather than checking them out yourself and sending them. Also, if you see that an item you would like for your class is already on reserve for another class, please send in the request for your class as well. This allows us to cross reference the item, making it easier for your students to find it and preventing any confusion that may arise should the other instructor decide to remove the material.

Electronic reserves:  Photocopied materials may be submitted as outlined above, or you may email PDFs to libbus@indiana.edu or Matt McGee.   Be aware that the Business/SPEA IC does not have the resources to photocopy for you. When submitting photocopies for electronic reserve, please do not staple pages together. In order to comply with copyright laws, the complete citation must be noted on all photocopied materials and PDFs. Be aware that copyright restrictions dictate that no more than 10% of a book may be placed on electronic reserve at one time, and that no more than one article per journal issue may be placed on electronic reserve at one time. Please allow ample time for processing your reserve readings, especially at the beginning of the semester.  Contact  Matt McGee  for any questions or concerns.

If you would like to create links to articles in Library databases directly from your course site in Oncourse, please contact us for instruction or view instructions here.

Students:

Electronic reserves can be accessed online here, using the password given to you by your instructor.

Paper and media reserves are in the Business/SPEA Information Commons.

Three reserve items may be checked out at one time.

Reserve items are due in two hours unless otherwise noted on the item. All reserve items must be returned to the reserve desk, and not to any other library location. A fine of $1.20 per hour is assessed at the beginning of each hour an item is overdue.

Some print reserve items can be checked out for overnight use 2 hours prior to the library’s closing time. A reserve item checked out overnight is due back ½ hour after the library opens the following day.