Find Course Reserves

There are three ways to find your Course Reserves:

If you are a student see Student Guide for help searching for Reserves in the Reserves system.

Faculty requests for additions to Course Reserves

Faculty may submit items for addition to course reserves via the Course Reserves requesting system.

 For instructions on and help with adding items to Course Reserves, see Adding items to course reserves: Instructions for faculty

What are course reserves?

Course reserves are reading materials identified by instructors and set aside in the library for students to borrow. The materials in the reserves collection have short loan periods to allow greater access to these materials for all students taking a specific course. Depending on the course number and the individual item, the loan period can vary from 2 hours to 7 days.

When we process instructor requests for reserves, we will typically fill those requests with an electronic format of the materials.  When an electronic format is unavailable, unaffordable, or if the course instructor specifies a preference, we will provide the requested reserves materials in print. 

Print/paper-based items are housed separately from the main collection. At SFU Burnaby's Bennett Library required reading materials for specific courses are kept in the Reserves area. Reserves are kept in several locations near the service / circulation desks at the Belzberg Library (SFU Vancouver) and at the Fraser Library (SFU Surrey).

Help and contact information

Bennett Library Reserves for SFU Burnaby courses and Belzberg Library for SFU Vancouver courses:
lib-reservesurl@sfu.ca 778.782.3271

Fraser Library for SFU Surrey courses:
fraser_library@sfu.ca 778.782.7411