For additional information on obtaining certificates for your students, please e-mail Sarah Fisher at Takoma Park or Brenda Braham at Germantown. For your own research needs, the libraries have the ability to access a large number of databases for thorough searches of the literature in any subject area. Individual faculty, departments, or committees may request searches which are related to scholarly research, course development, classroom preparation, college planning, or other professional activities. In addition, the Libraries now have a multitude of full-text online indexes and databases that you can access from your office. You may place on reserve any item which you want to make available to all or most of your students.
Students then can use the item in the library for one hour at a time.
Bring materials to the reserve desk in advance of the date students will be working on the assignment. Allow one week for processing at the beginning of the semester. After the third week of classes, two days are usually sufficient. To ensure that materials are ready early in the semester, they may be placed on reserve before the semester begins. Copyright permission is to be sought if the same material is to be placed on reserve for more than one semester.