Submit via Web Form

Log in to the Reserve Processing System: https://reserves.library.cornell.edu/ares/

Select "switch to instructor view" and then "create a course"

Blackboard users: click YES at the system interface screen. Proceed to Blackboard and select the course you are teaching. If you have not already, you must first request a Blackboard site through the Faculty Center (http://facultycenter.cornell.edu). Once in your Course Blackboard site, click Tools (left hand menu). Click Course Reserves - the Reserve processing System will open within your Blackboard window.

Non-Blackboard users: click NO or MAYBE at the system interface screen and then click the Proceed button.  Fill in the information about your course.  Select a library where your reserve books will be located.  Click create course.  You will still need to request a Blackboard site through the Faculty Center (http://facultycenter.cornell.edu) if you have electronic reserves!

At the Reserves Home page, click "Switch to Instructor View" (under the Welcome line) then select the course you wish to edit.

On the Reserve Requests tab, click the "Add Reserve Items" button.  Select the type of item you wish to add.

After selecting the item format, you will be brought to an input screen where you will enter the citation information. Select the library where your reserve items will be located (Pickup Location) and specify the loan period.

Click on the Add Requests tab; you will need to enter each reserve item seperately.  Click on the icon representing the format type of the first item. If you wish to add multiple items at once, click the "Import Items" icon at the end.  Use a citation manager (RefWorks, EndNote, Mandalay) to create a list in "RIS format" and then past the text file into the box.

To import items from another reserve list, select from the courses displayed under "Previous Courses.

Once you select the item type, you will move to a new screen where you will be prompted to enter additional bibliographic information as well as the library location (for print materials) and the loan period. To use the "Search and Import" feature, click the "Search the Catalog/Import Items" button.  You can import citation information using three methods: Search classic catalog, Import via ISBN, and Import via citation manager.

Search Classic Catalog will import bibliographic information from the library catalog.  Enter your search.  Select the item you want from the results.

At the bottom of the item display will be a Shortcut link for that item, containing a "BBID" number (up to 7 digits). Copy the BBID number and paste it into the "Item's BBID" box at the top left of the Import Record screen.  Click "Import Item."

Review the citation.  If there are problems, manually edit the information, or click the Clear button to start over. When all is correct, click the "Submit Item" button. The item will appear on your "Reserve Requests" tab (will not be instantaneous).

Import via ISBN will import information using an ISBN search of WorldCat; enter ISBN numbers (copied from Amazon or another vendor) into search.

Import from Citation Manager will import information from your citation management tool (RefWorks, End Note)