Reserves Tutorial
- 1. How To Find an Online or Traditional Course Reserve From the Library homepage click on Course Reserves
- 2. Select Instructor, Department, Course and Section to limit your search
- 4. The instructor’s name and course title are displayed on the left side of the screen. The results below are all the physical and online reserves available for this class How do you tell the difference between a physical reserve and an online Most physical reserves will always have a Dewey call number
- 5. However, physical items that belong to the instructor will have a different call number. Generally the instructor’s last name followed by a number. Books, movies and CDs are examples of these items All physical items on reserve are kept at the circulation desk on the 1st floor
- 6. To access an online reserve click on the title of the document This will take you to a detailed description of the record
- 7. This is a detailed record of the online reserve. Most of the time the record will only contain the Author and Title of the document To access the document click on the E-Items link
- 8. By clicking on the E-Items link an Authorization window will appear. Enter your MSU id and password into the appropriate field and select OK After clicking OK the document should open in PDF. Format
- 9. You can now read the document from the website, print, or save to hard disk or flash drive
- 10. When finished with the reserve either close window or use the back page button to return to the list of reserves or the initial reserves search page
- 11. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please do not hesitate to contact Kermit Vencill – 783-5103, or Kevin Horton – 783-2238