Reserves

Health Sciences Library print reserve collection, located at the Public Services Desk on the 1st floor of Prior Hall, consists of physical materials (books, DVDs, kits, etc) that are available for 2 hours, 1 day, 1 week, or 3 week checkout periods. Course materials may be included in this collection at the request of instructors. Materials included in the collection are sourced from: 

• OSU's Library Collection (excluding items in special collections)
• Owned by the instructor or department-owned by the instructor's department.

The following is in place for print reserves:

• All print reserve items may be checkout at the front desk located on the 1st floor of Prior Hall with your BuckID or Medical Center Badge.
• Print reserves check out for shorter periods and can vary from item to item. Loan periods are as follows
  • 2 hours
  • 1 day
  • 1 week
  • 3 weeks
• Items are available on a first come, first served basis. Hold requests and loan renewals are NOT permitted.
• Library visitors may check out TWO print reserve items at a time and use outside of the library is permitted.
• Returns must be made at the Public Services Desk at HSL.

Late fines and fees for Health Sciences Library reserves:

• $5.00 for each hour/day overdue (maximum overdue)

You can locate Health Sciences Library print reserve material in the library catalog in two ways:

• Search by normal methods (i.e. title, ISBN, author, etc) in the general library catalog.  
  • When you search by this method, you are searching the whole library catalog for individual items. Material in the Health Sciences Library print reserve collection will have the location  "Health Sciences Reserves". 

• Search for reserves by Course or Prof/TA. 
  • When you search by this method, you are searching for items exclusively cataloged as reserve items. 
  • You can search by:
    • Course name
    • Professor/instructor name
    • Or for all Health Sciences Library print reserve items search "HSL" under course name.
• Full Health Sciences Library print reserve catalog linked below example image:

Instructors may add materials for their courses to Health Sciences Library print reserve collection. Materials added to the print reserve collection are sourced from the OSU library collection and/or personal copies of professors/instructors/departments*. To add materials please do the following: 

1. Review HSL's course reserve policy for detailed information on how to add materials, process to add items, etc. Policy linked below.
2. Place request on our reserve request form. Form linked below. 
3. Library staff will be in contact with the instructor upon receipt of request form usually in 24-48 hours M-F, business hours to finalize any details. 
4. Library staff will contact the instructor when materials have been processed and added to the reserve collection and is ready for student borrowing. 

*If the library does not own a desired title, you may submit a purchase recommendation form. Form linked below. 

Some of the print reserves have eBook copies available through the library. eBooks copies are NOT listed with print reserves, but the links below will help you locate eBook copies, if available, through OSU libraries. If using eBooks or other online resources off-campus, please use the link below for "off-campus sign in" to authenticate yourself as an OSU user to get full access to online library resources. 

If you are off-campus, click the link below to log in to the Library and access the various electronic resources remotely.