Using Electronic Reserves

E-Reserves are typically copies of chapters or journal articles that have been scanned and placed online for your course, at the request of your instructor. Your NetID and password will be required to obtain access to E-Reserves for your course. Access permissions are given based upon enrollment in the course associated with the item you are trying to access. Most E-Reserves readings are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. 

Access Electronic Reserves (E-Reserves)

  1. Go to the UTA Libraries Catalog.
  2. On the upper left-hand corner click on "Course Reserves."
  3. Search for materials by instructor's name and/or course. Use the dropdown arrow to select your course or search the instructor's name and/or course ID (NURS-5302 with hyphen) (NURS) or (5302).
  4. The system should take you to the reading list for that course.
  5. The system will prompt you for your login credentials. You must enter your NetID and password in order to view the article and or chapter.

Frequently Asked Questions

Electronic Reserves provide online 24-hour access to your course readings. These readings are made available electronically at the request of your instructor. E-Reserves access is restricted to students enrolled in a specific course. 

Your NetID and password will give you access to E-Reserves for a course in which you are enrolled. E-Reserves access is granted based upon enrollment in the course associated with the reading you are trying to access. 

You can find all of the reserve readings for your classes in the UTA Libraries Catalog. Look at the "Course Reserves" tab and search using your instructor's name, last name first. 

There are several possibilities. Please check the following: 

  • If the reading is there, but there isn’t an “E-Items” link, your instructor may have asked us to place it on “On-Site” reserves only (i.e. not online).

  • E-Reserves materials are listed by the title of the article or book chapter along with the article/book author information. Check your assignment or course syllabus to see if your instructor has named the reading in a different manner. 

  • It takes us 5 to 7 workdays to process readings for E-Reserves. Try checking the course listing a little later, or contact us for the status of your course readings. 

  • You may need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader downloaded on your PC; this software will enable your web browser to open and view the PDF files. All E-Reserves files are in PDF format. 

Contact the Helpdesk at ext. 22208. They will verify that your NetID and password are correct. 

Your Canvas username and password are the same NetID and password that you use to access E-Reserves.