About Our Course Reserves

Course Reserves are textbooks and other required course materials that can be found at the library and check out on short-term loans. You can spend the checkout period reading, making copies, or scanning portions to your email using the library's copy/scan machine.

Search the library's catalog for textbooks in both print and those available as eBooks by visiting the search page, selecting "course reserves" and entering the code for your class (ANTH 251, ECE 271, etc) or by stopping by the Front Desk to speak with a staff member to see what is available. 

Not all instructors place materials on reserve; if you are looking for a textbook that isn't on reserve, let us know what class and the library director can reach out to the instructor with more information on creating a reserve text.

Course Reserves Checkout Policies

The checkout period for the majority of course reserves is 3 hours. 

Course reserves are first come, first serve, and can't be recalled or requested. If more copies of a title aren't available, patrons wishing to use the same material more than once in a day must wait 15 minutes between checkouts for 3 hour loans to allow others access.

Course Reserves for Instructors

Want to make a textbook available for students to check out at the library?

Visit Instructor's Guide to Course Reserves