Electronic Reserves

What is Electronic Reserves?

Electronic Reserves is a web based application designed to enhance access to Reserves materials. Electronic Reserves offers a complete list of all materials kept at the Reserves Desk, and also allows students to view or print selected full text material submitted by faculty to assist in classroom instruction.

Faculty must specifically request that their Reserves items be available full text online. Only short items such as quizzes, notes, or articles can be scanned and placed online. Entire books cannot be placed online. (See Fair Use Guidelines for Electronic Reserves.)

Electronic Reserves items are in PDF format.  You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print items in PDF format.

The Library policy for Electronic Reserves is taken from the fair use provisions of United States Copyright Act of 1976. Electronic Reserves is restricted to CSUSB students, faculty, and staff.

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Faculty Guidelines for Submitting Materials for Electronic Reserves

The Pfau Library now provides access to the full text of some of the material placed on Electronic Reserves. The Reserve staff will scan quizzes, exams, homework solutions, lecture notes, study guides, and other related material. (These usually originate from CSUSB courses and faculty.)

1. Instructors must complete a Faculty Electronic Reserve Form (PDF) to accompany the items submitted and have it signed, dated, and submitted to the Reserve Desk.
2. If more than 1 chapter of a copyrighted book OR 3 or more articles in a single journal are being used, please fill-in the Draft Letter to Publisher (PDF), give a copy to the reserve desk and then mail a copy to the publisher or copyright holder.
3. When placing student papers on reserve, the Permission to Place Student Works in CSUSB Library Reserves Form (PDF) must be submitted with items.
4. All forms are available at the Reserve Desk and from the links on this web page.
5. Please make a photocopy of the book chapter(s) or the article(s). Make sure the photocopies are clear and have no smudges.
6. Requests should be received 1 to 2 weeks before the start of a class. Allow 72 hours for processing. Please take this into consideration when giving class assignments. All reserve materials are processed in order of the date and time of receipt, no exceptions.
7. In accepting materials for Reserve use, the library staff believes that such materials are in compliance with the Fair Use provision of the U.S. Copyright law. A copy of the Fair Use Guidelines for Electronic Reserves is held at the Reserve Desk and is also available below.
8. It is the responsibility of the faculty member to obtain the necessary copyright clearances before materials are processed for Electronic Reserves.

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Fair Use Guidelines for Electronic Reserves

The Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, Section 107, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproduction of copyrighted materials. This title establishes the principle, commonly called "fair use," that the reproduction of copyrighted works for certain limited educational purposes does not constitute copyright infringement.

1. Electronic Reserves may include copyright materials at the request of an instructor for one quarter only.
2. Materials on Electronic Reserve will be accessible only by professor name or course number. At the end of each quarter, copyright material will be deleted from the online access.
3. Materials that will be placed in the Electronic Reserves without obtaining copyright permission include:

   Quizzes/Exams/Solutions
   Homework assignments
   Study guides/syllabi prepared by instructor
   Lecture notes
   Student papers
   One chapter from any book
   One article from any journal
   Charts/graphs/diagrams
   Comprehensive exams
   Items written by the professor
   Government Documents
   One poem, short story, or essay from a collected work.
   Short excerpt, not to exceed 10% of a work without chapters or articles.

4. Materials which require copyright permission are:
   Any copyrighted material which exceeds the above guidelines.
   Journal articles, magazine articles, or book chapters intended for use for more than one consecutive quarter.
   Multiple chapters from a single book or multiple articles from a single journal or magazine.

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How to Use Electronic Reserves

ELECTRONIC RESERVES PASSWORD PROTECTED
**You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to see the material

1. Access the Course Reserve page
2. Search by instructor's last name or by the course abbreviation
3. Click on your instructor's last name or course abbreviation
4. Click on the title of the article
5. Enter your last name all in lowercase and Coyote ID#
6. Next enter your instructor's course password
   **Passwords are not available at the Reserve Desk

Comprehensive exams are listed under the department of Business and Public Administration.

A note about logging in:

You must be a currently registered student and have a Coyote OneCard (student ID card) to login. Students enrolled through Extended Learning, Open University, and ACLP must bring their cards to the Circulation Desk to have their accounts activated.

How names are handled as passwords:
If your last name has a hyphen, enter the entire name, with the hyphen, with no spaces.
Last name: Hernandez-Chang  Password: hernandez-chang
If your last name is two words without a hyphen, enter only the first word.
Last name: Te Kanawa  Password: te
If your last name has two words with a period, enter the first word only, with the period.
Last name: St. Clair  Password: st.
If your last name has an apostrophe, enter the entire name, with the apostrophe, with no spaces.
Last name: O'Malley  Password: o'malley

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