Faculty Course Reserves Guide

Dartmouth Libraries uses an online system for faculty creation of course reserve lists and for students to access the content through their Canvas course sites. Faculty build their course reading lists by selecting items from the Libraries' search tool, by manually entering citations the Libraries does not own, or by selecting items from the web.

Find the page where you can add and view your reserve requests in your Canvas site, https://canvas.dartmouth.edu/, using the left sidebar tab Library Reserves/Guides.

Empty reserve lists are automatically created and linked to your Canvas course. If there is not a reserve list corresponding to the course, please contact Baker.Reserve@dartmouth.edu.

To start adding content to the reserve list, create or add a section and then add citations. See the left navigation on this page for instructions.

Recommended: Save a copy of the list for yourself. Click the top ellipsis and select Print.

• Physical Reserves: Physical materials on reserve for the term circulate for a shortened-loan period of 2, 4, or 24 hours. Physical reserves are located at the Circulation desks of Baker-Berry, Dana, Feldberg or Matthews-Fuller Library. Faculty requests for materials are made available via the Library Reserves/Guides page. Physical DVDs are not placed on reserve.
   
• Electronic Reserves: E-books, book chapters (PDFs) and other online library resources (URLs and streaming media subscriptions) are made available via the Library Reserves/Guides page.
   
• Streaming media:
  • Audio and Video reserve requests are submitted via the Library Reserves/Guides page. The hard copy media, DVD, VHS, etc. have records in the library catalog and are what is requested. Reserve staff treat hard copy media requests as a request for a digital version.
  • Completed streamed audio and video requests are accessible either from the Canvas course menu Panopto Video or Library-subscription streaming media services (Swank, Avon, etc.) are available via the Library Reserves/Guides page.
    • Panopto Video items cannot be linked and are only available until the end of the term.
    • If a digital version is available through a subscription streaming media services, Reserve staff will use that material unless audio language or subtitle preferences prevent it.
    • Commercial subscription-based streaming services content is problematic for course reserves as institutional subscriptions are not available. More information: https://researchguides.dartmouth.edu/filmstudies/streaming

Enrolled students have access to Library Reserves/Guides and Panopto Video when the Canvas course is published.

Who do I contact for help with Library Course Reserves?

• Please contact us:
  • Baker-Berry Library, Sherman Art Library and Media Reserves
    • 603-646-2567, baker.reserve@dartmouth.edu
  • Feldberg Business and Engineering Library Reserves
    • 603-646-2191, feldberg.reference@dartmouth.edu
  • Biomedical Libraries
    •  603-646-0516, webform: https://dartmouth-biomed.libanswers.com/form?queue_id=3035

Within every Library Reserves reading list, near the top of the right vertical frame is a word bubble icon: Notes to reserves staff. Please submit questions for library staff about your course here. We will respond by email.