The RBC Library has many books, DVDs, CDs, and photocopied documents that have been placed on reserve by instructors for students to use. Reserve items have a shorter loan period (e.g. library-use-only, overnight, 3 days, 5 days, or 14 days), which allows more students to use the items. They are kept behind the main circulation desk.

All students need is their library card (which they can also get at the circulation desk), and they can checkout one reserve item at a time. Just ask at the main circulation desk to find out what's on reserve! Note: There is a $5.00 per item per day overdue fine.

Instructions for Faculty

Faculty are encouraged to submit materials to be added to the Reserve Desk. Although your request will be processed as quickly as possible, please allow one or two days for completion. Here's what we need from you:

• Course Name and Number
• Borrowing period (library-use-only, overnight, 3 days, 5 days, or 14 days)
• Date when material should be removed from reserve

We are also constantly receiving old editions of textbooks from students, so if we come across something you might want on reserve, we will email you! If you have any questions or want to put something on reserve, just send us an email at library@rbc.edu.

Creating links to articles/e-books on Blackboard

If you would like to link to article or an ebook available via the catalog or our databases, do the following:

• EBSCO E-books: Copy and paste the URL from the catalog. Students can then click the link at the bottom of the record under "Internet."


• Example: The link to Religion and Politics in the United States looks like this: https://catalog.library.rbc.edu/Record/3266744.


• Article in EBSCO: Find the article in EBSCO, and click on the title until you arrive at the main record. Click "Permalink" in the right menu. Copy and paste the URL. Then place our proxy prefix in front of it, which allows for off-campus access. The proxy prefix is https://briagg.rbc.edu/login?url=.


• Example: The article "All for the Union…and Emancipation, too: What the Civil War was All About" in Dissent looks like this: https://briagg.rbc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=69882227&site=ehost-live


• Article from Literature Resources from Gale: Find the article in the database, and click on the title until you arrive at the main record. Scroll to the bottom and look for "Document URL." Copy and paste this URL. Then place our proxy prefix in front of it, which allows for off-campus access. The proxy prefix is https://briagg.rbc.edu/login?url=.


• Example: The article "The 'lady in black' in Chopin's The Awakening" in The Explicator looks like this: https://briagg.rbc.edu/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA188444369&v=2.1&u=pete44701&it=r&p=LitRG&sw=w

If you would like help creating links to any other databases, feel free to email the library at library@rbc.edu.