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The Reserve Service makes available required readings which all students in a course must read, usually within a short period of time. Reserve items may be library books, professors' personal copies of books, photocopies of journal articles or other special assigned materials.
The Reserve Desk is located on the first floor of Fondren Library Center and contains reserve materials from Fondren Library and the Science/Engineering Library. (See library floorplans.) Items may also be placed on Electronic Reserve. The Reserve Desk telephone number is 214-768-2329.
To access Course Reserves lists, including Electronic Reserves, log into your account in the Library Catalog.
Professors may place materials on Reserve or take them off Reserve while library staff are available:
To place materials on reserve, see:
If you need a media item for classroom use, we can hold it for you. Please fill our our Media Hold for Classroom Use form.
Reserve materials may be checked out during any hour that Fondren Library Center is open. (See library hours.)
Reserve items are shelved behind the circulation desk and must be checked-out with a current SMU ID. The loan period for most reserve items is two hours for in-library use. Library-owned books placed on reserve may be checked out for overnight use 2 hours before the library closes and are due within the first hour of the next day that the library is open. Journal photocopies may not be checked out for overnight. Some professor's books may go out overnight or for several days.
Because the purpose of reserve is to allow as many students as possible to have access to a required reading, fines for reserve items are worth remembering. Reserves are checked out online and overdues are tracked by the computer. The fee for overdue reserve materials is $1.00 per hour item, starting an hour after the material is due.
Reserve items must be returned to the Reserve Desk so that the check-out time can be recorded immediately to avoid fines.
