Course Reserves

Last updated January 14, 2025

The deadlines to submit course reserves materials are as follows:

• Fall Quarters – September 1^st
• Winter Quarters – December 1^st
• Spring Quarters – March 1^st
• Summer Sessions – June 1st

We are happy to accept requests submitted any time after the deadline, but we cannot guarantee materials will be ready for your students at the start of the quarter if a request is submitted late. 

Books we currently own in print or you would like us to consider purchasing for print reserves

• Please fill out the Course Reserves Request Form.
• You can also request a scan of a book/chapter or article to post in your Canvas site. You can place your requests through UC Library Search. The Libraries will follow the UC Fair Use for Teaching and Researching Guidelines when evaluating your request.
• Circulating materials housed at a UC Regional Library Facility (either SRLF or NRLF) may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan and placed on Course Reserves at a UCI Library. Contact us to make arrangements to have the material borrowed and placed on Course Reserves for your course. Materials obtained via Interlibrary Loan from other Libraries cannot be placed on Course Reserves.

Books we currently own in electronic format or you would like us to consider purchasing for electronic reserves

• Please fill out the Course Reserves Request Form. 
• If we do not own it we will investigate options for purchasing electronic versions.

Books owned by the instructor or department

• Please fill out the Course Reserves Request Form.
• Print the form and send it with the materials to be placed on Reserves to the Langson Library Reserves Services or Science Library Reserves Services.

• Please provide a signed permission form with unpublished works that were made by students, other faculty or staff.

• In accepting these copies for Reserves use, the Library staff believes that such copies are in compliance with the Fair Use provisions of Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law (17 USCS 107).

• UCI Libraries is not responsible for damage or loss of these materials.

Media we currently own

Please fill out Media Course Reserves Form.

Media you would like us to consider purchasing

Please contact your subject librarian if you would like to us to investigate options for media purchase.