Reserve materials are shelved behind the Circulation Desk on the ground floor. They are accessed through the online course reserve catalog, Twin Cities Course Reserves.

Locate the reserve items you would like to borrow by searching the Twin Cities Course Reserves Catalog by course number, department or instructor.

Once you find the desired item, write down the call number and give it to the circulation staff.

Generally, three photocopies or one book may be checked out at one time.

Course reserve materials may be checked out for 2 HOURS, 3 DAYS, or OVERNIGHT (after 4 p.m.), depending on the professor's instructions.

Overnight reserves are due one hour after the library opens the next day.

Three-day reserves are due by closing of the third day.

No advance HOLDS are placed on reserve materials

Instructors may request materials owned by the University of Minnesota Libraries or provide their own materials, including books and photocopies, to be placed on reserve at Magrath Library.

To place materials on reserve, fill out a course reserve card for each item. These forms may be requested in person at the library or found online: Reserve Request Form (PDF).

Include the following information:

• Author, title, and edition, if necessary, of each item to be placed on reserve along with the library call numbers, if known.
• Instructor's name
• Course title and number
• Copy of the source's copyright notice page (for all photocopied material)

Conditions of Use

Materials may be copied and made available for course reserves under four common conditions:

• in the public domain; or
• used with permission from the copyright holder; or
• used under the provisions of a contract or license agreement , noting that agreements may differ from, and often take precedence over, what is allowed under copyright law; or
• used under the provision of Fair Use (U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. Section 107), as outlined in the Classroom Guidelines or as determined using a case-by-case four-factor analysis.

Instructor Responsibilities Relating to Fair Use

When using copyrighted works for course reserves under the provisions of Fair Use (Section 107), the following instructor responsibilities apply:

• All materials submitted by instructors must support course-related teaching, scholarship, or research.
• Instructors submitting materials are responsible for evaluating, on a case-by-case basis, whether the use of a copyrighted work requires permission or qualifies as fair use. When permissions are needed, instructors or their departments are expected to make any required arrangements for permissions. University Libraries will provide consultation and assistance to instructors in evaluating the qualification of any specific use as a fair use.
• Whenever copying original materials is involved, whether the copies are made by instructors or by the library, only the amount needed to accomplish the specific educational purpose should be copied. In consultation with library staff, instructors will determine any limits on the amount of material to be used.
• Access to materials on course reserves must be limited to students currently enrolled and their instructors.

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Applications of fair use are predicated on the Libraries' General Principles of Fair Use in Education, and require access controls that restrict access to reserve materials to only registered students and their instructors of that course.

For more details, see the University Libraries' Copyright Standards for Course Reserves.

Reserve materials from many classes on the Twin Cities campus are currently available online.

These can be accessed using the Electronic Reserve link on the Libraries' course reserves page.

Articles, syllabi, class notes and sample exams can be placed online so that students can access them remotely. .

For additional information on Electronic Reserves, see Information for faculty interested in electronic reserves.

Questions about Electronic Reserves may be directed to (612) 624-6576 or wilsrsv@umn.edu.