Salisbury University faculty who teach undergraduate or graduate courses may place online readings (scanned copies or links) on e-Reserves at Blackwell Library. Faculty should use the
E-Reserves Online Request Form whenever they wish to add new online readings to their course reserve listings. A Salisbury University login is required to access. Only the faculty member teaching the course may submit a request for e-Reserves listings.

Upon receiving a request, e-Reserves processing staff will begin processing the order. If there are questions about the availability status of your requested items, please contact us. Please allow for delays at the beginning of the semester, when we receive many materials.

General Guidelines:

Submission Deadline

Because the e-Reserves unit is a small department and staff must process a large quantity of materials, please submit requests as early as possible. We recommend that materials be submitted at least 2 weeks prior to the beginning of the semester the course will be taught and readings assigned.

Items are processed on a first come, first served basis with priority given to faculty who are delivering courses in the following priority order: (1) off-campus online courses, (2) off-campus hybrid courses, and (3) on campus face-to-face courses. All attempts are made to process materials promptly.

Password Protection

E-Reserves is a password protected system. After materials are processed, Access Services staff will e-mail faculty a password for each course. Only faculty teaching courses with assigned online materials may distribute passwords to students.

Articles and Book Chapters

Blackwell Library provides electronic access to articles and book chapters placed on reserve.

Faculty may provide copies of articles/book chapters as an electronic file through the
E-Reserves Online Request Form, by email or in print copy at the Circulation Desk.

If a photocopy of an article is provided, please make certain that the notice of copyright (i.e. Library Journal © 1997 by Reed Elsevier inc.) is included.

If a book chapter is provided, please copy the title page of the book along with the reverse side which provides the notice of copyright along with the book chapter. Only between 10% to 20% of a specific book title may be scanned and placed on e-Reserves at any time. Typically, this limits the number of book chapters that may be placed on e-Reserves to 1-2 chapters.

If you submit a paper copy of an item, please help us process requests faster by only making single-sided copies without staples. -- Thanks

Personal Copies

Personal copies of syllabi, exam files, lecture notes, problem solutions or other course materials authored by the professor may be submitted as an electronic file through the
e-Reserves Online Request Form, by email or in print copy at the Circulation Desk.

Student Papers/Projects

Papers or projects authored by a student may be placed on e-Reserves only if accompanied by a signed Student Copyright Permission Form at the time the paper/project is submitted. Copies and Forms may be submitted as an electronic file through the
E-Reserves Online Request Form, by email or in print copy at the Circulation Desk.

Instructions for Filling Out the Blackwell Library eReserves Request Form:

Personal Information*
Directory information is automatically supplied with your SU login. If you find an error in your information, submit corrected information to 'Request Directory Listing Change' and proceed with the request.

Course Information

Course / Section(s)*
Please list both the department code and course number --e.g., HIST 301 as well as all section numbers as appropriate (HIST 301 / 001, 002, 003).

Estimated Class Size*
Please list the estimated class size for each section (30, 28, 23).

Will the course be delivered through a course management system?*
If you will be using a course management system, such as WebCT or Blackboard, to deliver the course, please check yes. Internet links to readings will be supplied back to the professor.

Please upload a copy of the syllabus for this course.*
If available, please attach a copy of an e-file for this course so that we can verify titles of assigned readings.

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Bibliographic Information
Enter one item at a time and send.

Personal and course information will remain on the form as you enter each item.*

Item Format
Choose an item format. The following types of item formats may be placed on e-Reserves either through an attached electronic file or a printed copy submitted to the Circulation Desk:

Professor Authored
course syllabi, class lecture notes, exam copies, or other course material authored by the professor
Book chapter/Essay that does exceed between 10% to 20% of the entire publication, which would typically be one or two chapters.
Article (no more than 5 articles from the same publication for fair use)
e-Reserves can also supply a direct link to ResearchPort articles except in the case of Harvard Business Review
Student Sample Paper/Project (must have student permission form signed by student before the document can be placed on e-Reserves)

Book Author(s)
If the item is a book chapter, enter the author(s)/editor(s) of the book versus the author of the book chapter.

Article/Essay Title & Author(s)
Professor Authored: Title of material and professor's name as author.
Book chapter: Title of the chapter, author(s) and the page numbers of the chapter.
Article: Title of the article and author(s).
Student Sample Project/Paper: Title of material and student(s) name(s) as author(s).

Journal or Magazine / Book Title
If the item is an article, enter the journal, magazine, or newspaper title the article was located in.
If the item is a book chapter, enter the title of the book versus the title of the chapter.

Publisher (or journal citation)
If the item is a book chapter, enter the publisher's name and the page numbers of the chapter.
If the item is an article, enter full citation with volume, issue number, and pages.

Year
If the item is a book chapter, enter the year the book was published.
If the item is an article, enter year of publication.

Please use the title as listed on syllabus
Please review your syllabus and course readings. What is the title of the material as listed on syllabus? It may also be helpful to library staff for you to give your syllabus or course readings list with the request form.

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Will you be supplying the item(s)?
If you have an electronic file of the item(s), please attach to the form. If you have a printed copy or the actual book the chapter will be scanned from, please give to the Circulation Desk. If not, the staff will locate a copy of the needed item through ResearchPort or through Interlibrary Loan.
Please submit the article/book copyright notice that appears with the publication. (Most journal articles provide a copyright notice on the first page of an article).

Will the item be used on E-Reserves next semester?
Will you use the same materials next semester? If so, please answer yes so e-Reserves staff can help arrange for copyright permissions.

Please speak to e-Reserves staff for instructions regarding copyright compliance.

Click the send button after you enter each item. The following confirmation will appear:

     Thank you for submitting the requested item to e-Reserves for processing!
     If you made a mistake, please resubmit your item.

      - Submit another Item for this class.

      - Start a submission for a different class.

For more information or assistance:
Please contact Access Services at 410-548-2386 or eres@salisbury.edu.