Library Guide for Harvard Extension School

• The Course Reserves page provides guidance on how to use the Library Reserves section in Canvas to create a course materials list and place requests for materials.
• The Course Reserves page includes important things to know, access options and turnaround times, tutorials, and a link to schedule an online consultation for one-on-one assistance. 
• Library staff will automatically locate or generate digital copies of requested materials and link them to your list, and make sure they meet accessibility requirements.
• Requests for book scanning can take up to 4 weeks.
• If the Library Reserves section is not visible in your Canvas course, here are instructions on how to make it visible or contact instructionaltechnology@dce.harvard.edu to have the tool turned on. 
• Plan Ahead. We give priority to requests submitted by these dates:
  • Fall term: August 1
  • J-term: November 15
  • Spring term: December 1
  • Summer term: May 15
• Email reserves@harvard-as.libanswers.com with any questions.

Additional notes: We encourage you to include items that you know the library does not own; we'll figure it out. Some articles appear as web-only content, for example in The Atlantic or The New Yorker, that are not included in our library subscription; we can try to acquire these web-only articles, and we may be unsuccessful but please ask anyway! 

• Access online course reserves through Canvas.