Now that students can access articles from anywhere 24 hours a day professors no longer hear the complaints from the past, e.g. some of the pages were missing, the copies weren't very clear, all copies were checked out, the library is closed, etc. For faculty, using the electronic reserve system meant that there was less wear and tear on the articles they placed on reserve - especially important for faculty who repeatedly use articles that are now hard to find. Finally, faculty who have syllabi and other course materials on the World Wide Web can create links directly from their course web pages to the electronic reading. One is that users must have no less than a Netscape browser 4.5, or the latest version of Internet Explorer with Java enabled in order to view articles. Another is that the user's printer set up must have the most current software installed to print at least 300dpi or better.
Users can search for readings by professor or by course name.
A small portion of the article will appear for students to view. The first page of the full article is then shown. A tool bar located just above the article has options which allow users to move through the document from page to page, to increase or decrease the screen size of the article, to print article and to save to the student's desktop computer. Materials must be copied straight and not slanted, and all words along the margins complete. Copyrighted materials must have complete bibliographic citations.