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Course Reserves at Hunter College Libraries

What is Course Reserves?

Course Reserves is a service that makes textbooks and required course readings available through the Hunter College Libraries.

Physical Course Reserves materials (e.g., textbooks) can be checked out for 2 hours at a time for in-library use only from the service desks of the following libraries:

Electronic materials (e.g., articles, book chapters) can be posted on an E-Reserves site for the associated course.

Access Course Reserves: Physical Items

Follow these steps to check out physical materials (e.g., textbooks) from course reserves

  1. Confirm that the item is available by searching the Reserves System. Search by item title, course name, or course instructor.
  2. Ask for your item by its title at the Circulation/Reserves Desk of the appropriate library.
  3. Check out the item for 2 hours at a time with your Hunter OneCard.
  4. Return your item to the Circulation/Reserves Desk within 2 hours. All reserves materials must be turned in before the library's closing.

Access Course Reserves: E-Reserves materials

  1. Search for your course E-Reserves site by course number, course name, course department, or instructor name in the Reserves system.
  2. Log in to your course site with the password provided by your instructor (check your syllabus or Brightspace)
  3. Open or download your course readings

*Note that accessing library e-books and journal articles will require you to log in with your Hunter NetID and password.