Search for Course Reserves

Find reserves by instructor, department, or or course. You can select your instructor, course, or the department of your course, depending on what information you have to search with.

Borrowing Physical Reserve Materials

• You will need to present your valid Syracuse University I.D. card to borrow reserve materials.
• Items are loaned on a first-come, first-served basis and may not be recalled or placed on hold due to the high demand for these materials.
• Please return all reserve items before the service desks close or they will not be checked in until the next morning.

Loan periods are determined by the faculty member placing the items on reserve. Because there is heavy demand for reserve materials, overdue fines and fees differ from those of other library materials. Loan periods and fines are as follows:

Overdue Fines

Requests for reserves for any given semester may be submitted several weeks prior to the start of the semester. Requests are generally processed in the order received, and typically are completed within 1-2 days, unless the item needs to be recalled or purchased.

1. Go to the URL reserves.syr.edu to connect to Ares.
2. Log in to Ares using your NetID and password.
3. Click Create a New Course under Instructor Tools to add reserve materials.
   *If you do not see Instructor Tools please email reserve@syr.edu and they will add Instructor privileges to your account so that you can create courses.
4. Fill in the appropriate information on the Create a Course Form.  When finished, click the Create Course button.
5. Subscribe to Email Notifications for the course so you can be updated when we have processed your requests. If you are not currently subscribed, click Subscribe Now.
6. Choose Add Reserve Items in the Instructor Course Tools Section.
7. Choose Book and Other Items to open the Item Request form in Ares.
8. Fill in the Item Request Form.  Be sure to choose a library in the Make Item Available At section, choose a the loan period for the item, indicate whether you are requesting a purchase or something from our collection or your personal collection, and provide as much information about the book as possible.
9. When finished, click the Submit Item button.

• Instructors will be notified by email when we have processed and completed the reserves requests.
• Students may check on reserve items by going into the Classic Catalog and viewing the course reserves from the catalog's "course reserve tab."
• Instructors (Faculty) and their designated TA/GA/administrative assistant (proxy user) may add items to the class reserve list.
  • Instructors may add TAs/GSs/ administrative assistants to your course by logging into reserves.syr.edu and adding the TA/GA/ administrative assistant as a "Full Proxy User" under "Instructor Tools." Once added, this person will be able to submit requests to your courses on your behalf. Library staff may also place materials on reserve or activate the course for the instructor.

Content in library databases is often subject to shifts or changes, so when providing links to articles, it is important to find and use permanent URLs or permalinks to link to the content.

Databases vary in how they present permalinks, but a permalink can usually be found in the abstract or full display of the article as in the example below.

Because of the authentication process needed to access restricted resources from off-campus, it is important to preface your permalinks with Syracuse University' proxy URL: http://libezproxy.syr.edu/login?url= so in the above example, the permanent link would be:

http://libezproxy.syr.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/2333229363?accountid=14214

Contact the Libraries through Ask us if you need assistance creating a permanent URL. For detailed information regarding classroom use of copyrighted and licensed resources, see Using Copyrighted Works in Teaching: A Guide for Syracuse University Faculty.