A small selection of current textbooks are available for 3-hour, in-building use. These titles are part of the Course Reserves collection and are shelved at the User Services desk. Some older editions of textbooks may be available for semester loan and are kept on the Textbook shelves near the Information Commons. Students may ask for a textbook by course number or title, or search for them in the library's catalog, OneSearch. While many search strategies will eventually locate reserve materials, scoping the search to "Reserves and Textbooks" is the most efficient approach. Just click the magnifying glass and use the arrow to select your search scope:
You will see a list of titles and locations, as in the example below:
Course Reserves
Course reserves are materials placed on reserve in the library by individual professors for use by students in their section/sections of a course. These materials may sometimes include the textbook for the course. Course reserve materials are kept at the User Services Desk. Students are welcome to ask for these items by instructor name or course; they are also discoverable in OneSearch using the same search strategy described for Textbook Reserves. Course Reserve materials may be borrowed for 3 hours and must be used in the library.
Electronic Reserves
All electronic readings, including titles such as eBooks that are part of the library's eBook collections, are accessed through Blackboard. Some titles may require additional log-in credentials.