The library offers two options for course reserves: Library Reserves and Electronic Reserves (e-Reserves).

About Library Reserves

• Faculty may place library materials and personal copies of items on reserve.

• Library reserves may include books, journal articles, lecture notes, syllabi, class assignments, software, sample tests, videos, audio cassettes, and other relevant information to support classroom instruction.

• Faculty should bring items to the Library Services Desk to be processed and placed on reserve. Items may be placed on reserve for two-hour loan, one-day loan, or three-day loan.

• Library Reserves may be checked out at the Library Services desk.

• Use the online catalog to search for Library Reserves. You may search by instructor's name, course name or course code.

For questions about library reserves please contact the Library Services Desk at 781.891.2168.

About e-Reserves

Electronic reserves, also known as e-Reserves, allow instructors to make articles or book chapters available online via their Blackboard course sites.

Making Print Materials (Book Chapters or Articles) Available in Blackboard:

• Library staff can assist with eReserves by scanning your items and placing them in your Blackboard site. Please bring original items (or good quality photocopies) to the Library Services Desk. For further assistance please email circulation_desk@bentley.edu or call 781.891.2168.

• Library staff will scan your items and place them in your Blackboard course site. All scanned materials will be saved in PDF format.

• To comply with copyright laws, faculty members must resubmit materials placed on e-Reserve each semester they are used. For a primer on copyright law and fair use, please visit the University of Texas System's "Fair use and copyrighted materials"©.

For questions about e-Reserves please contact Library Services at 781.891.2311 or circulation_desk@bentley.edu.

Using Persistent Links to Make Online Database Articles Available in Blackboard:

• Certain library databases (e.g. EBSCO, ProQuest, Infotrac, and JSTOR) offer "persistent" links to articles that can be accessed for several years. You can create links to these articles in your Blackboard site with the comfort of knowing that copyright permission and royalties are covered by Bentley's site license.

For assistance with the databases and creating persistent links please contact the Reference Desk at 781.891.2300 or refdesk@bentley.edu.