Course Readings

Ordering Books and Course Packets
Course Reserve
Photocopying Guidelines

Ordering Books and Course Packets

All faculty should order books at least eight weeks before the start of the term.

Courses in Chicago and Loop and Online Courses

If your class will be taught on the Chicago campus, Loop campus, or online, order your desk copies and books from the Abbott Hall Bookstore at http://abbotthall.bkstore.com. For assistance with ordering books, please contact Kareem Dixon at bksnorthwestern@bncollege.com or 312-503-8486. You may also order books directly from the publisher. Order desk copies at least 8 weeks in advance of the quarter you are teaching.

If you would like to provide students with supplemental readings, we encourage you to use Northwestern University’s eReserve system. Please see the Course Reserve section for more information.

If you are teaching an on-campus course and you would like print course packets (a package of supplemental readings for students that have been approved for duplication through copyright clearance), you have two options:

1. You may order through Xanedu.com, an online service that prepares course materials. Contact Xanedu at www.xanedu.com or (1800) 218-5971. Xanedu will obtain clearance, provide you with the cost for students, and can even make materials downloadable to a laptop, if needed. If you encounter problems with Xanedu, please contact please contact Kareem Dixon at bksnorthwestern@bncollege.com or 312-503-8486.
2. You may also order through Quartet Copies in Evanston. Quartet will deliver course packs to Wieboldt Hall free of charge: http://www.quartetcopies.com/.

Courses in Evanston

If your class will be taught on the Evanston campus, order your desk copies, books, and course packets from Norris bookstore at 847/491.3990 or their website at http://northwestern.bkstore.com/. Order desk copies at least 8 weeks in advance, or directly from the publisher.

If you would like to provide students with supplemental readings, we encourage you to use Northwestern University’s eReserve system. If you need print course packs, Quartet Copies in Evanston can make them quickly: http://www.quartetcopies.com/. You may contact your program coordinator for the average enrollment for your class to order the correct number of books, or check the current enrollment figures on CAESAR. For more information on CAESAR, see below.

Course Reserve

Reserve is a library service that allows instructors to set aside books and articles for class use, or make articles or book excerpts available online. The library offers two reserve options: regular and eReserve. Regular Reserve enables your class to equitably share items without the worry of tracking down books in the NU Library system. Reserve enhances the accessibility of items for your students, by enabling them to check out class materials from a central location for a short loan period. E-Reserve provides NU students access to digital documents through either NUcat (the library's online catalog) or a specific Blackboard course site. Staff will make available electronic files through whichever of these access systems specified in the request.

For guidelines and instructions on placing items on reserve, please visit http://www.library.northwestern.edu/reserve/faculty.html

On-Campus Courses

To allow sufficient time for acquiring and processing materials, please submit the reserve list for each course at least 4-5 weeks before the start of the class.

Online Courses

Online courses will make use of eReserve only and links will be placed directly in the Blackboard course site. EReserve requests should be made through the Office of Distance Education at least five weeks before the start of the term.

Photocopying Guidelines

SCS faculty may use photocopying machines on the sixth and seventh floors of Wieboldt Hall in Chicago, 405 Church Street in Evanston, or the 16th floor of the LOOP. Faculty must observe the "fair use" guidelines printed below when making copies of copyrighted material.

Appropriate codes must be entered to access the copier. These codes are available at each SCS office near the copier.

If a request exceeds 25 pages per student, the job should be duplicated by the University bookstores (Chicago Campus: (312) 503-8486, Evanston Campus: (847) 491-3990). The University bookstores will make arrangements to secure copyrights and to print and sell the course packets. See the bookstores and textbook ordering page.

Copying Guidelines

SCS recommends that faculty members adhere closely to the following guidelines. Some materials may be duplicated for classroom use or discussion without prior permission of the copyright holder under certain conditions designed to reflect common educational needs. For example:

1. One copy of a book chapter, article, short story or the like may be reprinted for the faculty member's use.
2. One copy per student from a copyrighted work may be reproduced if it meets with the tests of:
1. Brevity: In the guidelines, word counts are given for different kinds of copyrighted works.
2. Spontaneity: The faculty member may make such copies if there is insufficient time for him or her to contact the copyright holder for permission under the circumstances.
3. Cumulative Effect: Except for those items of "news", the guidelines limit the number of times these copies can be made during a class term.
3. Consumable materials such as test sheets, answer booklets, and workbooks may not be copied.
4. Copying is not permitted to create anthologies or similar collections of materials from a variety of copyrighted works.

If the copy in question does not meet these tests, the instructor must obtain permission from the copyright holder. The University bookstores will assist in this process.