Find an item on reserve

When you search for items on reserve, the search results include titles that match your search criteria and have at least one associated item on reserve for a course. Detailed information about any title in the search results shows the course for which an item is reserved. You can link to course information from the search results. Follow these steps to find items on reserve.

1. Click Search on the menu bar, and select any search method except Browse in the Search submenu. See Searching.

2. Select (check) Course reserve items only on the search bar.

3. If you want to find only a certain kind of course reserve material, click the arrow symbol in the Limit by box, and select an option from the list.

Example:
If you want to find only DVDs, select DVD in the Limit by list.

4. Type the text to search for in the search for box, keeping these tips in mind:

: Letter case, multiple spaces, and punctuation are ignored. Omit hyphens in numbers.

: You can type a part of a word and use a wildcard character. The wildcard character asterisk (*) represents the rest of the word. For example, if you type King*, the results include words such as King, Kingsley, and Kingford. The question mark (?) represents exactly one character. For example, wom?n finds woman and women.

: If you leave this box blank and just select an option in the Limit by box (see step 3), your results will include all the course reserve materials that fit your Limit by selection.

5. Click the Search by arrow symbol, and select a search field from the list.

6. Click Go.

When the search is finished, the results are displayed in the center area of the page.

7. To see more information about the items on reserve, click the Availability button.

Availability information is displayed, but the information applies to the item when it is not on reserve.

8. To see more information about a course for which an item is reserved, including the current location of the reserved item, click Course Reserve next to the item in the Item Availability list.

The course record is displayed.

Related Information

~ Navigate the results list - See Viewing Title Information.

~ Request an item - See Obtaining Materials.