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Articles, book chapters, lecture notes, exams, reserves lists, and other select photocopied items are processed as electronic reserves. To access electronic reserves, search the UIUC Online Library Catalog. Click on Course Reserves. Select course number or instructor name from appropriate drop box. Click on desired record from the list. Click E-Items link on the item record. Click link of desired title. Click View the Reserve Item. The .pdf version will open. Read the Copyright restrictions information. Direct link to Course Reserves page here. For complete instructions see tutorial. Books, booklets, and course packs are retrieved from the Reserves Area at the Biology Library.
Note : You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open .pdf files. All library computers have this loaded. To obtain free software for your personal computer, go to Adobe Reader at < http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html> to download.
E-reserves can be printed either inside or outside of the library. LibPrint is the Library’s public-printing system. If printed within the UIUC library system, black-and-white printouts are 10 cents a page. (See LibPrint FAQ's for information about color printing available at Undergraduate Library which you can print to from any Library unit.)
Students, faculty, or staff can charge printouts to their University Account. When paying cash, printouts will need to be picked up and payments may be made at the Undergraduate Library Circulation desk. For more information, see FAQ’s, “ How can I print from the Biology Library’s computers?”
Books, booklets, and course packs placed in Course Reserves for the Schools of Integrative Biology (SIB) and Molecular & Cellular Biology (SMCB) and selected other courses are shelved behind the Circulation desk. Patrons may enter the Reserves area to get items for themselves. Materials must be checked out by the library staff at the turnstile. Leave backpacks, etc., outside the reserve area. Every borrower must show a valid I-card. Materials on temporary reserve are arranged alphabetically by courses. Items on permanent GENERAL reserve are arranged by call number. For security reasons, only 4 people are allowed in the reserves area at one time. Each person may check out only 4 items at one time.
Print items are checked out for two hours, or one hour before closing being due back within one hour of opening the next day. Exceptions are those titles that are labeled "Room Use Only" which cannot leave the library. Note: Be sure to get these items returned on time. Fines for over due reserves mount quickly (see Fines).
Go to the UIUC Library Online Catalog, and click Course R eserves. Select either the appropriate Instructor or Course from the drop down menu(s). Then click Search to retrieve a list of reserved titles with course instructor's name for that course. Click on the title to see the title record for more details, including the location (Biology Reserves - Temporarily Shelved at Biology Reserves). Access electronic reserves directly via the link available from the UIUC Online Library Catalog record. If you need help with the UIUC Online Library Catalog, contact a Biology Library staff member. You can also go to the reserves area in the Biology Library (next to the Circulation Desk) and look in the area or file drawer for your class.
To check out reserve items, go to the Reserves area next to the Circulation Desk. Please leave any bags or backpacks on the designated shelves located right outside of the Reserves area. Reserve items may be checked out for 2 hours only or overnight if checked out in the final hour before closing. No more than 4 items can be charged at a time, and no more than 4 persons are allowed in the reserves area at one time.
Yes, you must present your I-Card to the Circulation Desk staff when checking out reserve materials.
Reserve materials can be checked out for 2 hours only, with no renewals. Items checked out within one hour of closing may be kept overnight but must be returned during the first hour the library is open the next day. Note: Be sure to get these items returned on time. Fines for over due reserves mount quickly (see Fines).
No, reserve materials cannot be renewed.
To place items on reserve for a class you are teaching, see How to Put Course Materials on Reserve.
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Last modified by: Jie Zhao on 8/20/08