Students use ARES to access reserve materials. They can also find a link to ARES on the Tools menu of the course in Brightspace. This link will take them directly to the readings for the course.
For Students
Accessing Course Reserve Materials
- Log in to ARES Course Reserve System with your NYU credentials
- Select a course from the tabular form on the main page
- Click on View Course to enter the course materials page
- Search for the title or author using the search box on the top of the column or scroll down the page to look for a specific title
- Once you find the title you need, click on View Item to open an electronic item in the browser; or click on Show Details to find its location in the library
Circulation Policies for Physical Reserves
- Course reserve items must be returned to the Circulation Desk from which they were borrowed.
- Late fee: 1 USD per hour per item. Patrons with overdue Course Reserve items will be unable to check out library materials until their overdue items are returned.
- Loan period: 4 hours with no renewals.
Suggest Materials to be Put on Reserve
Students can request an assigned or recommended reading be added to Course Reserves so it’s available for everyone in the class. Let us know by filling out this form.
FAQs
Questions?
Contact us at shanghai.reserves@nyu.edu
For Faculty
Requesting Items to be Put on Reserve
- For required textbooks, submit the requests to the Academic Affairs Office. The office usually reaches out to faculty for such information each May or October.
- For any materials beyond required textbooks, instructors should submit an ARES online form, with needed by dates if applicable.
Types of Course Reserves
Faculty can put the following types of materials on reserve for their students by class. Physical reserve materials are held at and checked out from the Course Reserve collection on the 5th floor, and can be borrowed for 4 hours. Electronic reserve items are accessed through Course Reserve system ARES.
Physical Reserves
- Library-owned materials (books, DVDs etc.)
- Faculty personal copies
- In-print materials not owned by the library but are available for purchase
Electronic Reserves (eReserves)
- Library-owned e-resources: ebooks, e-journal articles, and streaming media licensed by the library
- Digital scan of book chapters/excerpts within fair use guidelines
- Open educational resources (OER) or Open Access Content that are freely available online
ARES tutorials
Read our Instructors Guide to Course Reserves (Google Doc) for full details on how to use the ARES system to place materials on reserve.
A series of short tutorial videos focusing on submitting requests of different types (book, chapter, movie, etc.)
Copyright guidelines
- All requests submitted to Course Reserves must comply with fair use guidelines.
- For digital chapter scans, the library may post 20% of total pages or up to 2 chapters on e-reserve, whichever comes first
- Please keep in mind that these are general guidelines; responses to individual course reserves requests may vary depending on type of material, content, copyright permissions, or other issues.
FAQs
Questions?
Contact us at shanghai.reserves@nyu.edu