Please contact Eileen Cravedi, Head of Access and Discovery Services, with any issues or suggestions in the areas of circulation, reserves, interlibrary loan, and stacks
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TRADITIONAL (PRINT) RESERVES
Dinand Library: Contact libcirc@holycross.edu, 508-793-2642, or stop by the circulation desk
Music or Science Library: Please contact the appropriate branch librarian or library assistant
Reserve items are held behind the circulation desk in each library and can be checked out for 3 hours of in-library use.
To place items on physical reserve for your course, please bring the items to the circulation desk with your name, course number, and course name. To assist with space considerations, only required readings are able to be placed on physical reserves. Liaison librarians may be able to assist with options for directing students to optional/supplemental readings, including a Research Guide.
Note: When you bring your personal copies to be placed on reserve, please be aware that a barcode and a sticker with your name on it will be placed on the items.
The Libraries receive a copy of the bookstore list each summer and will generally place copies of any titles which are already owned on Reserve before the start of each semester. Please keep in mind that the Libraries do NOT own all required textbooks. We weigh several variables before determining whether to purchase textbooks and in what format, and not all titles on the bookstore list will be purchased automatically. Additionally, books added to the bookstore late in summer may not be on the Libraries' list.
If you are requiring a text which the libraries do not currently own, contact your liaison librarian or submit a purchase request form to request a copy for the library collections.
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ELECTRONIC RESERVES
Contact eres_mgr@holycross.edu
To have reserve materials uploaded to any Canvas course page please contact eres_mgr@holycross.
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INTERLIBRARY LOAN & DOCUMENT DELIVERY
Contact libill@holycross.edu, or stop by the ILL office on the first floor of Dinand Library (8:30-4:30, M-F).
Place a Request: Log-in to ILLiad
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FILMS FOR COURSE VIEWING
Please fill out our film request form.
Due to licensing and copyright laws, the Libraries are able to digitize DVDs only under limited circumstances. We may be able to obtain a one-year license to your preferred film via platforms such as Kanopy or Swank, if the title is available, or it may be accessible through AVON, another streaming service. We will do our best to provide access as we are able.
Please note that services like Netflix, HBO Max, and Apple TV do NOT offer an institutional access option, and we are generally unable to provide access to exclusive content from those platforms. In these cases, we suggest using justwatch.com to find common platforms where the film is available for $4 or less; many faculty discover that their students are fine with this path.
As a complement to the justwatch.com option, we are always willing to put a physical DVD on reserve for students to check out and watch in the library. The Dinand Circulation Desk has portable DVD players for students to borrow for this purpose.
NOTE: The MRC is no longer housing DVDs or digitizing films; all DVDs are in Dinand, and digital formats are purchased and provided by the library.