Reserves are materials set aside by faculty for use by their students.

• Hard copy items (books, journals, videos, DVDs, etc) may be checked out at the All Services Desk for a limited amount of time.
• E-Reserves (usually articles or chapters) are available online as PDF downloads. You'll need a password from your instructor.

How to put items on reserve: the basics

Allow up to 2 working days for items to be processed.

E-Reserves

• Submit items to the "Ask Here" desk at Cowles Library with a note that includes your name, course number and title, and password preference.  An online form does not need to be filled out for E-Reserves material.
• We'll scan your personal copy of a book chapter, article, practice test, or similar item into a PDF file for your students to view online.
• We can scan library-owned material (a chapter from a book or article) to allow your students to view them online. Give us a complete citation and we'll pull the material for you. Full books will go on the reserve shelves. (see below)
• If your course readings are web sites, e-books, or journal articles available in the library's databases, please provide the URL or citation.
• If you already have a PDF of your article, submit it to kristine.mogle@drake.edu.
• If you have submitted copies in the past, it is not necessary to do so again.  Pages can be reactivated each semester with the documents intact and a new password added.
• An account must be added and a course page established by the library reserves staff for new individuals before any documents can be added to it.    After that has been done, faculty can upload their own documents or make folders and other changes to their course pages if they wish.

Hard copy materials, faculty owned

• Submit items to the "Ask Here" desk at Cowles Library with a note that includes your name, course number and title, and password preference.
• Personal copies of material will be processed by putting library barcodes and labels on items. Paperback books will be laminated to protect them.
• We cannot accept items from other libraries or video stores.
• 2 hour checkout for material means in library use only.

Ready to start? Please complete the Reserves Form.