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ELECTRONIC RESERVES THE BASICS

1. Go to the library’s “CONSULS” web page (www.consuls.org)
2. The bottom, right hand corner of the page will say, “ Course Reserves”
3. Click the link that says,” Search by Instructor”
4. Type in professor’s name, ex: “Demonstration”
5. Go to the electronic version, ex: TEST100-ELE
6. You will now see a list of the documents put on electronic reserve by your professor
7. Click on the title that you want to view
8. A screen will come up and ask you for your ID Number. Use the red eight-digit number on the front of your student ID. You will then be asked for your library PIN. You can establish a PIN from the Consuls page. If you forgot your PIN contact the circulation desk at 392-5756 and we will delete your PIN. Remember to create a new PIN.
9. Electronic Reserves will now bring up the full-text of the article or document
10. If you want to access more than one title without logging in each time, go to the “helpful hints” listed below.

HELPFUL HINTS:

• Adobe Acrobat needs to be installed on your computer in order to view any full-text material. The 7.0 version of Adobe Acrobat is recommended.
• If you will be looking at more than one title go to the Consuls link “login to your library record” located under Library Services. You will be asked to provide your ID & PIN number. Click on “search the catalog” and follow the steps listed above to access electronic reserves without repeating the ID and PIN number.
• Enlarge or reduce the document size by clicking on the + or ¬ - Icon. Use the rotation icon if the document is up side down or sideways on the page.

ATTENTION MAC USERS:

MacOS X users should know that some reserve readings/(PDF files) do not
work correctly with the Safari Browser. This browser by default opens PDF files in a program called Preview. To fix this problem go to http://www.acrobat.com and select “?get Adobe Reader?”. Follow the instructions and then restart
your browser. Your documents should now open in Acrobat rather than
Preview.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Please contact the following library staff for assistance:

1. Marsha Clement (203)392-5754
   clementm1
2. Shirley Cavanagh (203) 392-5768
   cavanaghs1
3. Tara Shultz (Saturdays) (203) 392-5747
4. Rebecca Hedreen (203) 392-5753
   hedreenr1 (contact if you have a Mac and can’t access electronic reserves)

Shirley Cavanagh
Head of Access Services