Library Course Reserves

Accessing Course Reserves via Chalk

To view course reserves lists and electronic reserves items, login to Chalk with your CNET ID and password. See Finding Course Material for detailed instructions.

• Electronic reserves items may be accessed directly on or off-campus through Chalk by students registered for the course or with the approval of the instructor.
• Physical reserves items may be requested by call number at the circulation desk of the appropriate campus library. To view an item's call number and location information, click on "View Availability" within the Chalk course reserves list.

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Electronic Reserves

Electronic reserves are scanned copies or electronic documents that have been made available for students registered in a course. Many book chapters and journal articles are available as E-Reserves.  

Reading E-Reserves

Most electronic reserves are in PDF format, and require the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to read or print. 

For Mac users, a known bug prevents Safari from accessing Library Course Reserves when using Adobe to view PDF files.  See Viewing Reserves Using Safari for instructions on how to resolve the problem.

If you have questions about accessing E-Reserves, please Contact Library Course Reserves.

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Physical Reserves

Physical reserves are books or other items that are held at the circulation desks of the various campus libraries. 

Physical Reserves Policies

Certain policies have been put in place in order to ensure equal access to material for all students in a course.

• Reserves items have a shortened loan period, usually 2, 4, or 24 hours, and fines accrue as soon as the item is late.
• Users may only borrow 2 reserves items at a time. This policy does not apply to D'Angelo Law Library reserves.
• Users must return reserves items to the library that loaned them.
• Users must wait 20 minutes after returning a reserves item to borrow it again, unless an identical copy is currently on the shelf.
• Reserves items are available on a first come, first serve basis and cannot be renewed, recalled, or held for a specific user.

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Permanent Reserves

The library keeps some items on reserve year-round, even when they are not requested for a course.  Permanent reserves are generally physical items, and therefore fall under the same physical reserves policies that apply to course reserves.

Accessing Permanent Reserves

You can find permanent reserves items by searching the Library Catalog or Lens.  Since permanent reserves items are not associated with a course, they are not listed in Chalk.

Crerar Library also maintains a list of Core Science Texts on Permanent Reserve, organized by subject. Eckhart Library maintains a similar list of items on Permanent Reserve at Eckhart.

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For Faculty: Submitting Reserves Requests

Instructors or Teaching Assistants can submit reserves requests directly through Chalk, as well as import course reserves lists from previous courses. See Using Chalk to Submit Course Reserves for detailed instructions.

Course material must adhere to the Library's reserves copyright policy.

All courses are required to have a Chalk page in order to place material on reserve.  To establish a page, use the Chalk Course Request Form.

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Contact Us

Contact Library Course Reserves using our online form if you have a question or comment about course reserves. 

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