Links to electronic reserve readings are automatically added to each students myMiami service. The student will click on the My Courses tab; If there are electronic reserves readings associated with a course the link Library e-Reserves will display beneath course information

Faculty do not need to use Blackboard in order to avail themselves of electronic reserves. E-reserves and Blackboard are alike in many ways. A major difference is that for Electronic Reserves the libraries handles "scanning" - the conversion of print materials into electronic format. For those faculty who have print materials on reserve in addition to electronic reserves, the library's electronic reserve's site provides a list of print materials on reserve, as well as the location of the materials (in which library), and the "status" of the materials (in-use, available). The "Guest" access option on Blackboard may, in some circumstances, violate copy right guidelines.

Note: Students will find that access to electronic reserves is frequently easier when linking from their personal myMiami sites than from Blackboard. If linking from myMiami to a copyright-protected article on e-reserves, the student will be passed directly through to the article not needing to input the copyright password. However, when linking from Blackboard to a copyright items, the student is not passed through, but must take the additional step of inputting the copyright password.

Extensive information on Blackboard is available on IT Services Knowledge Base, as http://kb.muohio.edu/cgi-bin/webcgi.exe?new,kb=mukb

You need to add your course's e-reserves web address (URL) as a link on your web page. To determine the URL for your class reserves page:

• Point your web browser to the reserves section on the Libraries' website: http://www.lib.muohio.edu/reserves/
• Search for and go to your class reserve page. You can find the course using one of the three drop down boxes under "Direct Access to Current Electronic Reserves."
• The URL for your course is found either in the location/address bar of your browser or listed at the bottom of the page after the listing of reserve items.

To place a link to a particular electronic reserve reading/article, follow steps 1-2, above, then do the following:

• From your course page, click on the desired article.
• The article may be password protected; if so, you will see a copyright acknowledgment. You can ignore this. The web address of the item/article will be in the address field of the web browser and listed at the bottom of the acknowledgment page. Copy and paste this URL into your website or BlackBoard