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Course Reserve - Student - FAQ
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General Information
Electronic
Reserve
Obtaining Items
from the Circulation Desk
General Information
- What is Course
Reserve?
The Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS/HSL) Course Reserve Unit
maintains, for use in specific courses, a collection of materials including
books, book chapters, periodical articles, lecture outlines, sample exams,
and class notes. Items are placed on reserve at the request of instructors
and are either held for use at the Circulation Desk or are made available
via the electronic reserve system depending on format and copyright permissions
status.
- Are there
reserve readings for every class?
Readings are placed on reserve
only at an instructor's request. The library does not automatically reserve
required texts for all courses.
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Are all
reserve materials available once classes have started?
Unfortunately, instructors
do not always turn in reserve requests early enough for library staff to
have the materials ready by the first day of classes. Requests received
by the stated due date (July for Fall semester, November for Spring semester)
are guaranteed to be processed by the first day of classes. All requests
are processed in the order received.
- Will all
of the readings on a syllabus be on reserve?
Only required readings are
placed on reserve. Supplemental or additional readings are placed on reserve
by an instructor's specific request, with the total number of items not exceeding
fifty.
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Are copies
of course syllabi kept on reserve?
The library does not keep
copies of syllabi on reserve. Students may obtain syllabi from their instructor
or school.
- What should I
do if the materials my professor said would be on reserve are not available?
Students should notify their instructor
so that they may contact the library's Course Reserves Unit and request that
the item be put on reserve.
- How do I access
course reserve materials?
Some materials can be accessed directly from the ERes Course page, while others
must be obtained at the Circulation Desk or through library databases. For
detailed instructions, please see "Getting
Started with ERes." To access ERes, students must obtain passwords
from instructors.
- Whom
do I contact if I have questions about Course Reserve?
Please contact the HS/HSL Course Reserve
Unit at 410-706-7928.
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Electronic Reserve (ERes)
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What
is Electronic Reserve?
The Library's primary reserve
service is the ERes system
through which documents are made available via the World Wide Web. Students
are able to view, print, or download electronic reserves in the HS/HSL or
remotely, using a web browser such as Netscape or Internet Explorer. Documents
in the EReserve system are stored in Portable Document Format (PDF) and
require Adobe Acrobat software for viewing or printing. Download
Acrobat for free.
The Library keeps a physical copy
of reserve items that cannot be stored electronically. Length and/or copyright
considerations are among the reasons that prevent electronic dissemination.
Entire books and articles for which the publisher denies electronic access
are not available through electronic reserve. Paper reserves are kept at
the Circulation Desk in the HS/HSL.
- Why do I need
a password for the ERes system?
Passwords are needed to access each course page in the EReserve system
when articles are on reserve. Copyright protection laws necessitate that only
students enrolled in the course view the online articles. If only books are
on reserve, copyright laws do not apply, and therefore no password is needed.
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Where do
I obtain a password for the ERes system?
Instructors are responsible
for giving students the password for the course. A student who has forgotten
or lost his/her password, may obtain the password from staff at the HS/HSL
Circulation Desk. The student must present the course syllabus as confirmation
of enrollment in the class. Library staff cannot provide the student with
the password without this confirmation.
- Can the
electronic reserve system (ERes) be accessed off-campus?
Yes, provided a student has a Library Barcode. Additionally, students will need Adobe Acrobat
Reader installed on their computers to view and print scanned articles. Download
Acrobat for free.
- Can I print
items found in the ERes system?
Yes. Scanned documents that have been posted to ERes or documents from other
web sites that are available via a link in ERes can be printed directly from
the system. If the required reading is from a book, students must borrow the
book from the Circulation Desk.
- How do I print
from EReserve in the library?
Students can use their UMB1One card. For assistance with printing, stop by the
Reference Desk located on the first floor of the library.
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Obtaining items from the Circulation
Desk
- How do I
know if I need to obtain an item from the Circulation Desk?
If the book or article citation ends with a call number (e.g. HV300.D67 1999
or HALL002) it must be obtained from the Circulation Desk. Clicking on the
citation on the course page makes this clear; items with call numbers will
display a new window with the citation and call number in large type and a
message directing students to obtain the item from the Circulation Desk.
- What
if I don't have my student I.D.?
Students cannot check out reserve items without their I.D.'s.
- How many items
can I check out at one time?
Students may borrow up to five reserve items at one time.
- How long can
I keep items checked out? Are there overdue fines?
Reserve materials circulate within the library for two hours. Items returned
after two hours are considered overdue and are fined $1.00 per hour or a fraction
thereof, per item.
- Can I keep
reserve items overnight?
All materials (except some instructors' personal copies) may be taken out
of the library if they are checked out within one hour before the library
closes and returned the next morning within one hour after the library opens.
- Can I return
reserve materials in the book slots at the Circulation Desk or in the outdoor
book drop?
We ask that students not return items in the book slots or book drop due to
the time-sensitive loan period. Students should give items directly to a staff
member so that the items may be discharged immediately.
- Can I renew
my reserve materials when the two hours have ended?
Students may renew items only if another student has not requested them during
the time they were checked out.
- Why do I
have to check out certain journal articles from the Circulation Desk, while
others can be accessed directly through ERes?
Sometimes permission to scan and post articles cannot be obtained from the
publisher or copyright holder. In these cases, we are usually restricted to
placing a print copy of an article on reserve. The article is assigned a call
number and may be checked out for a two hour, in-house use.
- Why are books
and print articles arranged by call number instead of by instructor or course?
Items are often used for more than one course and/or more than one instructor.
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