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Faculty Services and Resources

This guide is designed to give an overview of the services and resources that the library provides to faculty.

Course eReserves

Course eReserves is curated and maintained from a selection of online resources consisting of over 600,000 eBooks; 600 eAudiobooks; 6,000 streaming technical videos, documentaries, and feature films; and 65+ databases and eResources providing access to over 38,000 eSerial titles.  You can find out more about the resources at tstc.libguides.com/resources. All of the digital library resources are accessible 24/7 off-campus. 

Physical items are currently not eligible for placement on reserve.  You may recommend online and digitized items for reserve or general library purchase by completing the materials request form, contacting library staff directly, or through asklibrary@tstc.edu.  All digital items can be linked directly on Canvas or included on a course/assignment Guide. Library staff will adjust the type, scope, and number of items made available based on copyright law and fair use guidelines.

To see an example eReserve page, visit https://tstc.libguides.com/phil2306.

eReserves Guidelines

eReserves provide links to materials selected from our site licensed databases. eReserve services enable students to access their course materials 24×7 on/off-campus. Freely available articles through the Internet can also be put on e-reserve collection without obtaining copyright clearance and can be accessible outside of TSTC.  It will take us 48 hours to have materials ready for students to access.

Materials that can be placed on electronic reserve collection without obtaining copyright permission include the following:

  • Instructor’s course notes,sample tests, instructor’s exercises/problem sets or other materials instructors have prepared (as a copyright holder)
  • Student papers (with the permission of the student as an author)
  • Government publications
  • one chapter from a book
  • one article from a journal issue
  • a chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon or picture from a book, periodical or newspaper

Materials for which need the copyright clearance before placing on e-reserve collection:
  • An entire book whether in-print or out of print
  • Required textbooks
  • An entire course pack
  • More than one chapter from the same book
  • More than one article from the same journal issue of a periodical

An eReserve will require copyright permission if it is placed on reserve for more than one semester.

For more information on the rules and regulations of copyright in an academic setting, visit University of Texas Libraries copyright page. 

Helping Students Save on Textbooks

The cost of textbooks is always rising leaving many students unable to afford them even with financial aid.  By providing the LRC an extra copy of a text book, we can put it on reserve for in-library student use.  This enables your students to keep up with assignments while waiting on financial aid or for their textbooks to arrive from the bookstore.  

You can also consider using Open Educational Resources that provide online textbooks as no cost.  Visit the links below for more information: