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Textbook Reserve Program

How to search the library to find your TEXTBOOK, which is located on RESERVE at the CIRCULATION DESK.

You can always search a book (DVD, CD, etc.) by title in the Library Catalog to see if the Library owns or have access to the item. You need to know the name of your textbook.

1. From the Library homepage, click on Books & More to search the Library Catalog, or access the catalog directly at encore.rider.edu.

Screenshot of library website with arrow to books and more tab.


2. Type in the title of your textbook in the search box and select the search button.  Use quotation marks around the title words for a more precise search.

screenshot of the library catalog with "they say i say" typed in the search box.


3. If you have typed in the title, your results should be at the top. In this example there are a few books that are returned in that search

screenshot of library catalog results for they say i say with arrows pointing to Course and Professor limiters.

 

  • You can see that the first result is not available, but the next two state Course Reserves and that it is located at the Circulation Desk with a call number TEXTBOOK CMP 120.
  • You can also see that, in the "Refine by" sidebar, of the two results, one is listed as "Textbook" as a "Course" and as "Professor." You can use these categories to see only the books that are textbooks, if your title search results in a larger list of books.

4. Click on the title of the book to see more detailed information about the book (example below).

 

screenshot of the record for they say i say in the catalog

screenshot of the lower have of they record for they say i sau

 


5. Go to the Circulation Desk. Provide staff with the title of your textbook and the call number under which it is shelved.