The University of Toledo Libraries : Using Course Reserves

Finding

Course reserves can be searched online by Instructor Name or Course Number.  More information is available on the Finding Course Reserves page.

Print & Audiovisual Materials

Materials on reserve can only be checked out for a limited time period, which is set by the course instructor.  Typical time periods are one hour, two hours, three days or a week.

Fines for overdue reserve materials are $1.00 per item per hour.

Using Electronic Reserves

Other documents placed on reserve can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. This service will not work properly with the America Online web browser.  If you are using AOL, please open up Internet Explorer, FireFox, or Netscape to use this service.

Troubleshooting:

• When you are downloading an Adobe Acrobat PDF file from this service, please be patient, especially if you have a modem connection.  The Acrobat Reader will not open up until the entire document is downloaded onto your computer.  This may be confusing if the status bar says "Done" and the lower frame is blank for a while after entering your name and ID.  
• Use the printer icon in the Adobe Acrobat toolbar, not your browser's toolbar, to print... otherwise, you may only get a blank page!
• We have noticed a problem with  some PDF files that print  with alternating blank lines.  When you get the print dialog box from Adobe Acrobat Reader, choose the option on the top of the screen to "PRINT AS IMAGE". This should fix the problem and print the entire document without blank lines.

Print vs. Electronic Reserves

In most cases both a print and an electronic copy of each reserve item is available.  In some instances, however, especially with faculty notes and previous tests/problem sets, the only copy available will be the electronic copy.   Some items cannot be offered via the electronic reserve collection. Most commonly, these items would fall into two categories: entire books or multiple chapters of books. We cannot offer this service for these items and abide by the copyright standards established by libraries and publishers.

Placing Materials on Reserve

 Faculty members wishing to place materials on reserve for their courses, in either print, audiovisual, or electronic formats, should see the Main & Scott Park Campus  or Health Science Campus faculty course reserves pages for more information.

Location

Reserve materials are available at each library's Circulation or Service Desk, however physical items on reserve at one location will not be available at all locations.

Contact

For information regarding reserve materials at Carlson Library, contact Janet Douglas, (419) 530-2894 or Katie Mihaly (419) 530-4135, reserve@utnet.utoledo.edu.

For information regarding reserve materials at the Mulford Library, contact Dave Remaklus, david.remaklus@utoledo.edu, (419) 383-4225.

For information regarding reserve materials at the Scott Park Library, contact Connie Maguire, cmaguire@utnet.utoledo.edu, (419) 530-3188.

For information regarding reserve materials at the LaValley Law Library, contact the circulation desk, (419) 530-2733.