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COURSE RESERVES

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The University Library maintains both electronic and print course reserves. All reserve items are listed in the online catalog and can be searched by Instructor or class.

Print Reserves

Print reserves are held at the Circulation Desk and are organized by Call Number. Patrons are asked to provide Circulation staff with Reserve Call Numbers when requesting materials. Loan periods are determined by Instructors and can vary from 3-hour Library Use only to 7 Day check out. Overnight check-outs must to be returned within one hour of the library opening the day the item is due and 3 or 7 day check-outs must be returned by closing time by the due date.

Fines for overdue reserves are $1.00 per item for the first hour and $1.00 per item per day thereafter. Any Reserve items not returned seven days after the due date will be considered lost and will be billed.

Electronic Reserves

E-Reserves are provided (under fair use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Act) to facilitate and enhance classroom learning and may be printed once for personal use only.

Electronic reserves are grouped under the heading "A) articles for Course..." and will be listed along print reserves under the instructor and course name. E-Reserves can be accessed from outside the library by typing your UW-Whitewater NetID and password. Most E-Reserve materials can be read or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader; however, please remember that some longer articles or larger files may be split into multiple parts.

Requesting Course Reserves

Instructors may request that items be placed on Course Reserve by submitting a Reserve Request form, available online or at the Circulation Desk. Requests should be submitted at least seven working days before the material will be used for class. Instructors may place items from the University Library's collection or their own personal items on reserve. However, materials owned by another library may not be placed on reserve. Instructors are encouraged to place no more than two copies of any item on print reserve.

All items are removed from reserve and all personal items returned at the end of every semester. If items need to be kept on Reserve for multiple semesters, please be sure to note this on the reserve request form.

All E-Reserve materials must contain a complete bibliographic citation on the the first page. Materials may be submitted in either paper or digital form, either as a Word or a .PDF document. Please contact the Reserve department regarding the use of other formats. In addition following the guidelines will help ensure that E-Reserves are processed in a timely and efficient manner:

  • Do not staple articles
  • Avoid black borders (saves toner and file size for E-Reserves)
  • Copy on one side only
  • Allow at least 3/4 inch margins
  • Use the same title on the reserve as you use in the class and syllabus

Due to Copyright concerns only one article from a book or journal issue may be on e-reserve at a time. Material which violates any of these guidelines will not knowingly be made available. In many instances it may also be possible to link electronic material from Library databases to e-reserve lists.

The library will place on E-Reserve the following:

  • A single chapter from a book
  • A single article from an issue of a journal or periodical (one article per issue)
  • One short story, short essay, or short poem from a collective work
  • One chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon, or picture from a book, periodical, or newspaper (one per book or journal issue)
  • A short excerpt (not to exceed 10 percent of the total) of a work which is not divided into chapters or articles

 

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Linking Articles from Online Databases

In many cases, articles from online library databases and journal collections can be linked directly from an instructor's web page, D2L, ROADS account, or E-Reserve lists. Adding the EZproxy coding https://libproxy.uww.edu:9443/login?url= as a prefix to the URL or URI , enables materials to be linked directly from library databases. Students will need to enter their NetID and password to view the linked materials. Please be aware, however, that not all library databases can be linked in this manner. For additional assistance contact the Carrie Doyle (x5512) or Patricia Fragola (x 5673) or follow the directions at http://www.uww.edu/library/guides/directlk.xml.

 

If you have any questions regarding course reserve services or policies, please contact the Carrie Doyle (x5512) or Patricia Fragola (x 5673).

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