Faculty may submit course syllabi, sample exams, class lecture notes, problem sets, and photocopied sections of journals and books for both graduate and undergraduate courses. Materials are scanned into the system and made available for student viewing and/or printing. Articles from electronic databases may also be placed on course reserve. See below for specific instructions.

COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS: Only a small portion of any copyrighted work (i.e. a chapter from a book, one article from an issue of a journal, several charts, graphs, or illustrations, or other small parts of a work) may be copied for the reserve system without the permission of the copyright owner. Material that exceeds these limits, such as multiple chapters from one book or a copy of an entire book, videotape, or audiotape, will only be placed on reserve when the permission of the copyright owner has been secured. For more information about copyright, please visit the Cornell Copyright Information Center.

submitting photocopies

If you have photocopied material that you would like us to scan for electronic reserve, please bring it to the Uris Circulation Desk. Please note that photocopies must be clear and readable with no black margins, on 8 1/2" x 11" paper, single-sided, and free of staples. You will need to fill out a paper E-Reserve form when you drop off the material. If you would like to fill out the form ahead of time, you can access it here. A completed form must accompany any photocopies submitted.

submitting PDF files

Documents which are already in PDF format may be submitted as an e-mail attachment. Your e-mail must include the same information asked for on the E-Reserve Form:

• title and author of each article submitted
• complete citations (volume, page numbers, publisher, date)
• faculty name, address, and e-mail address
• course title (e.g. Modern American Novel) and number (e.g. PHIL 203)
• term for which the material should be made available (e.g. FALL 2002)
• week of classes for which the material is needed