Teaching Resources
Resources Available from University Libraries
Add Items to Course Reserves 
Schedule Library Instruction for Your Students
Add a Tutorial to Canvas
Request a Purchase
Learn About Services for Emeritus Faculty
How to Add Items
Please allow 48 hours for library staff to process your materials.
All materials must be accompanied by complete citation information. You may need copyright permission for some items.
Are you a student looking for your course reserves? Find them on the student course reserve page.
This policy is designed to comply with U.S. copyright law, based on the fair use provisions of the Copyright Act of 1976, and subsequent case law.
No copyright permission is required for:
- Exams/quizzes
- Lecture Notes
- Items in the Public Domain (e.g., selections from Tom Sawyer)
- Government Publications
- One semester use of one article from a journal issue
- One semester use of one chapter from a book, including an anthology
- One poem
Copyright permission may be required for:
- The same journal article or book chapter on reserve for more than one semester
- More than one article from a single journal issue
- More than one chapter from a single book
To determine if placing copyrighted materials on reserve is a fair use of those materials, please see the Library Reserve Fair Use information sheet or speak with a staff member. We will work with you to obtain copyright permission.
You can put the following items on reserve:
- Books
- Articles
- Audiovisual materials
- Educational kits
- Other materials
You can put your own items on reserve, as well as items owned by your department and items from the University Libraries collection.
*Staff will attach stickers and book pockets to all materials. The Libraries are not responsible for personal items that are lost or damaged.
Bring this completed form and your materials to the main desk at Michener or Skinner Music Library.
You can put the following items on reserve:
- Book chapters
- Articles
Please allow 48 hours for library staff to process your materials. Library staff must follow copyright law, and there may be limits on how much material can be placed on reserve at one time. Therefore, staff review every request individually.
Students can search the online library catalog (by instructor name or course abbreviation) to find electronic reserves. You can also link to your electronic reserves from Canvas.
Bring this completed form and clean copies of your materials to the Michener Library main desk. Library staff can scan book chapters for you. Scans go through the Adobe Acrobat OCR process to make them legible and accessible to screen readers. Most electronic reserves are saved as PDFs.
If you have an electronic file, you can email it along with the form to library.reserve@unco.edu or Sarah Vaughn (sarah.vaughn@unco.edu).
Contact Course Reserve staff in person at Michener or Skinner Library
Email library.reserve@unco.edu
Call 970-351-2671
Library Instruction
What We Do
Library faculty members will teach your students how to conduct research and how to use the library. We can tailor instruction to your student learning outcomes. We work with every course level from beginner to graduate level. Concepts we often cover include:
- The research process
- Database search strategies
- Information literacy
- Ethical use of information (including AI)
- Publication (including journal impact factors, institutional repositories, and authors’ rights)
Schedule an Instruction Session
Please request your session at least two weeks in advance to allow time for planning. You must attend the session.
Library Instruction Request Form
Questions? Email natasha.floersch@unco.edu or call 970-351-1529
Add a Tutorial to Canvas
Librarians have developed tutorials on a variety of topics. You can add them to your Canvas shells; there are instructions for each tutorial. Topics include:
- Research basics (for undergraduate and graduate students)
- APA citation style
- Library services for graduate students
- Open Educational Resources
Add tutorials to your Canvas shells
Request a Purchase
Services for Emeritus Faculty
Retired faculty honored with Emeritus status have special privileges at the University Libraries. Privileges for emeritus faculty are the same as those for current teaching faculty.
In addition, Emeritus faculty can reserve a technology-equipped study room in Michener Library. Stop by the main desk and ask about Room 258.
Emeritus faculty can use databases and other online library resources. You will need a working UNC email account to log in. Please contact the Technical Support Center at help@unco.edu or 970-351-4357 if you have questions about your UNC email.