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Faculty may reserve required or recommended readings found in the SJNY Libraries catalog on reserve for their courses. To reserve an item, contact the library at least four weeks before the class requires the material. Material will remain on reserve for the semester, but will be returned to the shelves or faculty member once classes end.
Please fill out and submit the Reserve Request for your campus.
Harvard Business Review articles may not be used for course reading. “Harvard Business Review Notice of Use Restrictions: Harvard Business Review and Harvard Business Publishing Newsletter content on EBSCOhost is licensed for the private individual use of authorized EBSCOhost users. It is not intended for use as assigned course material in academic institutions nor as corporate learning or training materials in businesses. Academic licensees may not use this content in electronic reserves, electronic course packs, persistent linking from syllabi or by any other means of incorporating the content into course resources.
Faculty members placing materials in their Canvas course are responsible for determining if their reserve qualifies as a Fair Use. Fair Use guidelines limit reproduction to no more than 10% of the total work. No more than one article per journal title can be posted.
Check to see if your reserve qualifies as Fair Use by using this Interactive Fair Use Evaluator.
For further guidance, you can review the Copyright Libguide or consult a librarian.
For questions, changes to a reserve or removal of an older edition please contact the library.
Librarians support faculty by teaching information literacy and critical thinking skills. Invite a librarian into your class to cover a range of topics including: selecting and refining research topics, locating books and articles, using databases, evaluating websites, and citing sources. Librarians also offer one-on-one research consultation. We will provide individual instruction for faculty on the use of many of our databases, searching the Library Catalog and Evaluating Web Pages. Please contact the reference desk to schedule an appointment.
IMPORTANT! Your class request is not confirmed until you have received a reply either by email or phone. If you have not received a reply within 3 business days, please contact:
The Callahan Curriculum Library, a collection supporting the child study and secondary education majors, includes textbooks with teacher editions, instructional materials, and children's fiction and nonfiction.
To request Curriculum Library Instruction please contact the Curriculum Librarian
For questions, please contact:
The SJNY Libraries strongly encourage teaching faculty to make recommendations for adding materials to our collections that support teaching and student research in their classes and disciplines. To recommend an item for purchase please fill out as much information as possible on the request form. Faculty members will be notified when ordered materials have been received.
If you wish to suggest a journal subscription or streaming media service please contact the library director. Due to the substantial and ongoing cost of digital resources, these requests will be evaluated in light of available funds and anticipated use.
Faculty may request SJNY librarians to prepare course specific bibliographies that reflect resources available through the Library.
Please request bibliographies at least two weeks before they are required.
To request a bibliography contact:
A permalink is a static or permanent web address (URL) that points to a specific item such as an article or e-book.
If you copy a URL directly from the browser address bar the link is often not a permanent one, as some databases change the link address for each new search session, even if you are looking up the same information. Conversely, a permalink is intended to remain permanent for a long period of time.
Subscription database links will not work off campus without authentication through a proxy server. If the permalinks do not include the campus proxy URL, students will not be able to access the material from off campus. Some databases will add the proxy URL automatically, and some will not.
The proxy server allows you to connect to SJC Libraries e-resources from off campus by redirecting each request through a computer on campus.
https://ez.sjny.edu/login?url=
The proxy server address should be placed in front of the permalink address for library resources that require authentication. Some databases such as EBSCO, Gale, and ProQuest may already include the proxy server address.
Most databases will have a permalink somewhere in the record, but each database may post them in different ways and places. Sometimes they are called permalinks, sometimes they are called persistent URLs. Note that as of January, 2025 the the EBSCO platform provides the permalink directly in the address bar.