Course Reserve Information for Health Sciences Faculty

The Health Sciences Libraries provide course reserves support for the six Health Sciences schools: Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Community Medicine, and Social Work.

Requests are processed as quickly as possible in the order in which they are received. Individual lecture tapes are generally available the next working day. Other materials are usually available within two working days, but may take longer depending on the volume of requests. The two weeks before the quarter starts and the first two weeks of class are our busiest times. If you submit your request during this period, you can expect delays up to two weeks -- especially for long lists. Personal materials are placed on reserve at your own risk. At the end of the quarter all materials are removed from course reserves unless you specify otherwise. Personal copies of materials will be returned to you.

For More Information, please contact:

Health Sciences Library and Information Center
hslres@u.washington.edu
(206) 221-3418

Social Work Library
swl@u.washington.edu
(206)685-2180

Other Options for Providing Access to Course Materials

Please take the time to consider which mechanism is best for making materials available for your students. Some alternatives include:

• Arrange to have materials sold at the University Bookstore.
• Work with the Copyright Permissions Center to assemble a Course Pak to be distributed at the UW campus copy center of your choice.
• Link to UW licensed online journal articles via your course web site using these linking instructions.
• Link to UW licensed online textbooks and textbook chapters via your course web site using these linking instructions.
• See the HealthLinks Instructor Toolkit for additional information about classroom support.

Consult the Instructor's Guide to Reserves, Ereserves and Course Paks - Frequently Asked Questions for a comparison of these services.