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Reserve Collections

Where to find Reserve Materials

Physical items placed on Course Reserve may include books, periodicals, microforms, sound recordings, or movies. These items are available for checkout with your Shockercard by visiting Ablah Library's Circulation or Reserve Desks.

Electronic Reserve items are linked directly from our online catalog at libcat.wichita.edu into your Blackboard course. 

Reserve Checkout Information

Reserve  Material 

 Loan Periods

 Textbooks  2 hour library only
 Library Owned Course Reserve  Determined by  instructor
 Instructor Owned Course Reserve  Determined by  instructor
 Periodicals (issues)  7-day checkout
 Govt. Docs  4 week checkout
 Library Videos & DVDs  3-day checkout  unless  indicated  otherwise
 Microform  7-day checkout
 Compact  Discs  4 Week checkout

Reserve Fine Policies

Fines: Fines for overdue reserve materials are $.60 per hour for "Library Only" items with a maximum fine of $10.00 per item per day. Materials that are checked out of the library (1-day, 3-days, or 7-days) are assessed a $.50 per day per item fine for each day they are late. Please see the various checkout periods below. 

Recalls or Holds: We will recall books for an instructor to put on reserve for his/her classes. However, due to high demand, reserve items cannot be recalled or placed on hold.

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