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Course Reserves

Course Reserves

The purpose of Course Reserves is to assist teaching faculty by providing a facility in which there is controlled circulation of class material needed by their students. Traditional and digital course lists are accessible through CENTRAL SEARCH by Instructor or Course Name.  Signing into CENTRAL SEARCH first is essential for locating the material.

Here are detailed instructions on how to request items be placed on reserve.

 

How to find digital course reserves

Link to Digital Course Reserves
Sign In to Access Digital Course Reserves

Sign In

This guide shows you how to find and use course reserves that are digitized & offered through the library's CentralSearch (Primo/Alma) system. You will need to have your Bluenet ID to login to the system tor use these materials.

  1. Sign in to CentralSearch
    Screenshot of the CentralSearch interface - where to sign in and choose the "collections" option
  2. Go to "Collections" 
  3. Go to the "Digital Course Reserves" collection 
    Screenshot of the Collections screen of CentralSearch
  4. Find the digital course reserve material by choosing your professor's name 
    Screenshot of the subcollections of digital course reserves - browse by professor name
  5. Find the file needed to fulfill your course assignment from the list 
    Screenshot of the list of files to choose from
  6. In the record for that file, there will be a link to the PDF file - choose "file/pdf"  Screenshot of link to file/pdf
  7. Click to download or print the digital course reserves material 
    Screenshot of digital course reserves material in viewer
 

How to access digital course reserves - video tutorial

Icon to indicate media player / video tutorialHow to access digital course reserves [Video Tutorial]: https://mediaspace.ccsu.edu/media/How+to+access+digital+course+reserves/0_yjieny2f

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