For Fall 2020, the Libraries will provide reserves materials electronically to ensure that all students, on and off campus, can access these materials easily and safely. With this shift from physical to electronic items on reserve, the Libraries will provide and purchase e-books as well as create electronic scans of book chapters from our collections that faculty may place in Blackboard. E-resources have the benefit of allowing an unlimited number of students to access these resources from anywhere at any time. If an e-book is not available, the Libraries will scan and provide as much possible from physical books, following copyright guidelines. If a video or musical recording can’t be found in our many online media collections, DVDs and CDs can continue to be placed on physical reserves.
Information for Students
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.
Because there is heavy demand for reserve materials, overdue fines and fees differ from those of other library materials. View Overdue Fines.
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:
| Loan Period | Instructions |
|---|---|
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2 hour reserve |
Materials may be taken out of a library |
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Overnight reserve |
Materials may be taken out of a library |
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3 day reserve |
Materials may be taken out of a library |
Overdue Fines
View Overdue FinesInformation for Faculty
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.
- Log on to the Reserves system using your SU NetID and password
- Click on Create a New Course under “Instructor Tools” on the left hand side menu.
- Fill out the information for the course and click on Create Course.
- Select the course created under Current Courses.
- The course page will open and you can begin adding items by clicking Add Reserve Items under “Instructor Course Tools” on the left hand side menu.
- Click on the “Book and other Items” icon.
- Fill out the information about the item.
- Click Submit Item.
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.
