COURSE RESERVES

The Access Services Department processes all course reserve materials. Students can access electronic reserves at any time either on campus or off campus. Electronic reserve items are accessible by the professor's last name via the HELIN library catalog.

• Only required materials should be on reserve;
• Materials from other institutions cannot be placed on reserve;
• Please allow for a 24-hour turn-around for items to be added to the reserve database;
• Please allow one week for processing at the beginning of a semester;
• Loan periods are assigned by the professor: 2 hours, 24 hours, 3 days and 7 days;
• Copyright law compliance will be strictly followed;
• Space limitations require us to remove and return outdated material.

A complete listing of all reserve material and access to electronic reserves are available via the library catalog at http://helin.uri.edu/search/p. If you have a web page, this will also be linked to your reserve course list. If your reserve list is not linked to your web page or if you see an error please contact us.

What are Electronic Reserves?  This system is an online service which employs image scanning technology to provide electronic document delivery for select reserve readings. This service allows students (both on and off campus) to search, view, print and download course materials online. Students will be required to input their name and barcode; user authentication ensures adherence to copyright compliance.

What can be placed on Electronic Reserves? Currently, any single sided article less than 30 pages in length will be scanned and converted into .pdf format; if available in full text via Proquest or Ebsco, we will link articles greater than 30 pages in length. Sample exams and pages from solutions manuals will not be scanned. Due to additional processing procedures required for Electronic Reserves, please allow for a one week turnaround time at the beginning of each semester. Electronic formats now available for electronic reserves include: pdf, jpg, gif, tiff, doc, wav, mp3, avi, mov, mpeg, ppt, html files and urls.

Effective August 1, 2011:  Storage has become a major issue. Faculty members have been kind enough to help us by removing items that won’t be used for the upcoming semester, but we still need more elbow room.  So from now on, we will no longer store hard copies of electronic reserve readings in our hanging file drawers.

There will be little change in the e-reserve process for those submitting readings.  The only difference on the faculty end is that any articles submitted for e-reserve will be returned to the faculty member after scanning.  All e-reserve readings will still be available for download and use through the HELIN catalog just as they have always been,  and we’ll continue accept and maintain physical copies of any items that we cannot scan and put online due to format, copyright restrictions, etc. And, if you happen to have the readings in PDF format already, we can put those up directly and streamline the process even further.

Your assistance in this endeavor is greatly appreciated.  With over 250 faculty members who could potentially put readings on reserve, we believe this is a solution that will allow us to accommodate everyone’s electronic reserve needs equally.  As always, if you have any questions about these changes, or any part of the e-reserve process, you can contact us by phone, email, or in person at the Circulation desk, and we will gladly help you.  Thank you for your continued support and understanding.

Tips

The accessibility of electronic reserves extends to both on-campus and off-campus sites. Adobe Acrobat Reader must be loaded on the hard drive; the printer needs a minimum of 2MB of memory.

Your browser must be 4.0 or higher. Your Bryant ID must be registered with the Access Services Department. Replacement IDs will alter your existing barcode and must therefore be updated in your patron record. Note: only listings designated as "ECA" (Electronic Copy Available) are online. If the text prints out too small, reset your printing option "Page Scaling = None"

To view a tutorial click here or follow these steps:

• Go to the Library Home Page
• Then HELIN Library Catalog
  
• Then Course Reserves by Instructor
• Type in professor's last name
• Click course number if prompted
  
• Click on article's title link (if it says "ECA")
  
• Type in your last name as it appears on your Bryant ID
  
• Type in your 14 digit barcode located on your Bryant ID
  
• Click the "submit" button
  
• To print, click on the print icon in the Adobe toolbar
  
• To download, click on the save icon in the Adobe toolbar