Adding material to Reserve and electronic course materials (ECMS)
The Reserve and electronic course materials collection includes high use items in print and electronic formats required for units. Books on the textbook order forms and the Murdoch University booklist are automatically placed in Reserve. We will add:
- additional books
- copyright material including electronic copies of book chapters and print journal articles, and
- lecture notes if they include copyright material.
Print and electronic material previously on Reserve
If you continue to require print or electronic material that was previously on Reserve, you must advise Reserve staff each semester. All links to unit listings are removed at the end of each year and must be reactivated to appear the following year.
How to submit material
Send your request by email to reserve@murdoch.edu.au with the following details:
- Unit Code
- Unit Name
- Course Coordinator
Books
- If the books are held in the Library, provide the author, title and publication details or the permanent link for the Library Catalogue record.
- If you require a book that is not held in the Library, contact the relevant Subject Librarian to order a copy.
Personal copies:
- You may only supply Personal copies if the library does not hold the item or does not hold enough copies. Note that the library places barcodes on personal copies.
- Please identify personal copies.
- Every care will be taken but the Library cannot be held responsible for personal copies placed on Reserve.
- Please contact your Subject Librarian if you recommend the purchase of this item.
Electronic material
You can add copyright material including scanned copies of book chapters and print journal articles for electronic delivery.
All material submitted must comply with the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)
More information about electronic course materials
Printed materials for scanning
If submitting a large number of items, indicate the priority in which they should be loaded.
- For printed material the Library holds please provide the article citation details, or the section/chapter, author, title and publication details for books, and the permanent link to the Library Catalogue record. You do not need to provide copies.
- If the Library does not hold the material, please provide an electronic copy with full citation details.
- Attach any electronic copies to your email.
- If you are unable to attach documents to your email, copy to a CD, and send to Reserve in the Library with your list of references.
If you have requested a document via the document delivery service, note this on your request. When you receive the document delivery service notification email for the item, forward the electronic copy of the document to reserve@murdoch.edu.au.
Database material
We will not link to electronic material normally accessed through Murdoch University Library database subscriptions. Please link to these articles directly from your LMS page.
Find out how to create persistent links to articles.
Lecture notes
For material such as lecture notes which contain copyright material, provide the title and date of the lecture.
Further information
Contact staff by phone 9360 2565 / 9360 2745 or email reserve@murdoch.edu.au.
