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What is e-Reserve?

eReserve is a collection of articles and/or book chapters that have been digitised and made available for online teaching and student use.

The material is available 24 hours a day from any computer that has internet access and is accessible from the course page in Moodle.

e-Reserve and Copyright

The copying limits for e-reserve are:

  • 10% or 1 chapter of a book (whichever is greater);
  • 10% of words on a website or from a CD-ROM; and
  • One article in a journal, more than one if on the same subject matter (including articles from online publications such as e-journals, e-books or e-newspapers).

Please note that placing links to online journals or ebooks does not count towards the above 10%.

If you are unsure about Copyright, please contact Hayley Brown in the Library.

Requesting an e-Reserve Document

If you have any e-reserve requests the library is happy to source the PDF (photocopying included) or the electronic book. Please email any requests to library@aftrs.edu.au and listing as much of the below information as possible:

  • Name of Resource/s
  • Name of Author
  • Year of Publication
  • Name of Course
  • Start of e-reserve period
  • End of e-reserve period
  • Name of Course