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HOMER BABBIDGE LIBRARY

COURSE RESERVES

The Reserve collection supports the University's teaching programs. Students access online course reserves electonically through Vista. Paper or audio-visual material is accessed at the campus library where the course is being taught. This page has a faculty section, and a student section. Please use the contact information above if you have any questions about this page, or reserve services. Thank you - Reserve Staff

		Click here for directions on how to put materials on Reserve in the Homer Babbidge Library including books, videos, DVDs, journal articles, book chapters, and more. Special Library and Regional campus faculty should contact their campus library for local course reserve information.
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Student FAQ | Faculty FAQ

Acronyms:

UITS University Information Technology Services
IRC Instructional Resource Center
LRC Learning Resource Center
Husky Course Tools
ECR Electronic Course Reserves
LR Library Resources

What is ECR?

ECR or Electronic Course Reserves is a service provided by the University of Connecticut Libraries that combines the efforts of the instructor, library staff, University ITS, and course designers to provide online access to course materials. The access point is HuskyCT. Faculty place requests to have materials scanned, and library staff scan and upload files into the Library Resource Tool in HuskyCT.

In HuskyCT, ECR can be seen after clicking on the Library Resources icon on the home page of Courses. The links for ECR will be under the category, Online Course Reserves.

Faculty FAQ

How can I expedite my reserve request?

Faculty may be able to expedite the processing of course reserve materials by taking the following steps:

Use works that are in the public domain
Request materials in their original hardcopy format where possible
Include the title page and copyright notice from each work
Provide written permission from copyright owner(s) when lengthy portions of copyrighted materials are requested for reproduction
Limit the amount of material requested from a book to one (1) chapter or 15%, whichever is greater
Limit the amount of material requested from a journal issue to one (1) article or 15%, whichever is greater

Materials that exceed these suggestions will be reviewed by library staff, as time and processing procedures permit, for inclusion in course reserve in light of the four factors of fair use to limit the university’s liability for possible copyright infringement.

HuskyCT FAQ

Why do my students say they don't see my class in HuskyCT?

The Library Resource Tool icon may be "hidden" To unhide the icon:
- Log in to HuskyCT
- Select the course with the hidden LRT icon
- On the left side of the page underneath "Add to Home Page" click on "More Tools", then "ECR Library Resource Tool"
- In the "Select from Inventory" window click on "Library Resource Tool"
- Click "Add Selected" button.

When I log into HuskyCT and click on the Library Resource Tool, I don't see any documents.

There may not yet be articles available in ECR for this course. - Contact Reserve Services.

Useful Links
- Search the Schedule of Classes for the class number
- Email irchelp@uconn.edu if you are unable to find your HuskyCT course
- Instructional Resource Center(IRC) for HuskyCT help
- Institute for Teaching and Learning(ITL) Workshops (Including HuskyCT)
- University ITS for technical difficulties with your HuskyCT course

HuskyCT

What is HuskyCT?
- HuskyCT is the next version of Vista's WebCT. Click here for more information on this exciting new product.
What is the Library Resource Tool (LRT)?
- The Library Resource Tool allows library staff to add content to your HuskyCT course.
How do I verify that the documents I have requested for HuskyCT are in the Library Resource icon?
- You will receive a confirmation letter from Reserve staff listing the articles which have been put on ECR. You can also click on the Library Resources icon from within HuskyCT Enhanced to see the articles which articles have been loaded to date.

Student FAQ

Login Problems

When I log in, I do not see one of my courses. The instructor said he was putting things on Reserve.

The professor may not have requested a HuskyCT site from UITS. You can check HuskyCT courses to see if the course is set up.

When I log into HuskyCT and click on the ECR link, I get an error message that says "There are currently no documents available for this course." or "You are not enrolled for this HuskyCT course." What does this mean?

There may not be articles available in ECR for this course. - Contact Reserve Services or your professor.
You may be using a browser that does not work with ECR. Some versions of Internet Explorer 5 do not work with ECR in HuskyCT. Try a different browser before updating your current browser. Contact the UITS Help Desk, 486-HELP to see if it is necessary to update your browser.

Printing

Some of the pdf documents print in mirror image? How do I prevent this?

After clicking on print, select the box that says Print as Image. (Only do so if the screen looks fine, but the print out only looks right if held up to a mirror.)
Choosing Print as Image will slow printing. You may want to lower the dpi of the printer when selecting Print as Image in Adobe Acrobat. Make sure you deselect this option after printing.

For more information on printing, contact the UITS Help Desk 486-HELP

Opening ECR

When I click on the article link, it looks like the document will open, but the word "done" is at the bottom of the screen even though the document doesn't open.

You may have to update your Adobe Reader for pdfs

The article link takes me to an error page, and/or asks me for a password.

Your instructor may have added a link to an article that goes to an library subscribed online journal. If you are off campus, you will need to use the VPN or Proxy to access online eJouranals leased by the library.