Circulation Services

Course Reserves

Course Reserves, available at the Circulation Desk at Hannon Library, help SOU students access textbooks and other course materials assigned by instructors. Through a combination of instructor copies, Hannon Library copies, and textbooks purchased via request, Hannon Library provides access to physical copies of required class materials. In order to assure equitable availability, course reserves collections have short loan periods.

For Students

Locating and Accessing Course Reserve Material

  1. Go to the Hannon Library catalog
  2. Click the magnifying glass icon at the far right of the search box and then select the “Course Reserves” search scope from the drop-down that appears.
  3. Search for a course using the course code (BA 349, ES 101, etc.) or search for a specific item with the tile or ISBN
  4. Check if physical books and DVDs are on loan or if an eBook copy is available

All physical books and DVDs are held behind the Circulation Desk in Access Services. Come up to the desk and a staff member will retrieve the item for you.

DVDs on reserve can be taken out of the library, but they can also be watched on any of the Dell computers in the Learning Commons.


Textbook Purchase On-Demand

If we don’t have your required textbook in our collection and it is in stock at the SOU Bookstore, we can purchase it for you and make it available within 4 business days. Just fill out the Textshare Purchase Request form to make your purchase request.




Circulation Policies

  • Items check-out to SOU students, faculty, and staff
  • 4-hour or 3-day loans
  • Overdue fines are $3.00 per hour for 4-hour loans and $2.00 per day for 3-day loans.
  • Items moved to lost incur replacement fees equal to the cost of the item.
  • Reserves should be returned directly to the Circulation Desk
  • There are no renewals of course reserve items, but if no one is waiting, an item may be checked back out to you upon request at the Circulation Desk.

For Faculty

Please consider Open Educational Resources (OER) when selecting course materials.


Placing Hannon Materials on Course Reserve

Please fill out our Course Reserves Form to place one of our books on reserve. To ensure materials are available to students when they need it, please give 1-2 weeks for processing.

Any generally circulating books or DVDs can be placed on reserve. We offer the option of 4-hour or 3-day loans for all materials.


Personal Copies

  • Faculty may choose to provide personal copies of books and multimedia materials to be placed on course reserve
  • Staff will attempt to assure the security of any personal copies on reserve, but we cannot guarantee against or assume responsibility for the theft, loss, or damage of personal copies
  • Personal copies are placed on reserve until the end of the spring term, unless a professor requests their item back sooner
  • Personal copies can be dropped off at the Circulation Desk in Access Services
  • Fill out the Course Reserves Form to let us know what materials you’ll be placing on reserve



Purchase On-demand

If we don’t have your required textbook in our collection and it is in stock at the SOU Bookstore, we can purchase it for your class and make it available within 4 business days. Just fill out the Textshare Purchase Request form to make your purchase request.


Film Bookings for Instruction

Instructors can request DVDs from our collection to view in their classes. These DVDs can be booked in advance and made available at the time needed. Film bookings can either be picked-up at the Circulation Desk or sent to the instructor’s office via campus mail.

Instructional audiovisual media and supplemental guides are available for 3 Day checkout up at the Circulation Desk. These media items can be checked out to all patrons, including Friends of Hannon Library. SOU and RCC faculty are given priority use of these materials.

Please email reserves@sou.edu to learn more about booking library materials for teaching purposes.


Contact

reserves@sou.edu or 541-552-6823.