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About Course Reserves

Course reserves are materials that instructors have set aside in the library for specific classes and assignments. Reserves come in two forms - physical or electronic - and may be located one of two ways.

Physical Reserves

Physical course reserves (i.e., books, print materials, DVDs) have a call number and are listed in the Libraries' catalog. To locate them, search by the course number or instructor's name.

The catalog will indicate which library is holding the materials for your course. Go to the appropriate library's checkout desk to request an item on reserve.

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Reserve Loan Periods

Electronic Reserves (ERes)

ERes is an online course reserves system for scanned articles and other electronic texts. Only material in electronic form is available on ERes.

To find materials in ERes, search by department or instructor and then select your course. ERes course sites are password-protected. Ask your instructor for the password.

Search Course Reserves in ERes

ERes Help for Students

Contact
Janet Bowdry, Reserve Unit Supervisor
Reserve Unit
reserve@wumail.wustl.edu
314-935-5451