Library Course Materials

Find library course materials (students)

Students can find library course material items through their course Canvas page. Library course materials are in the Library Course Materials tab on the left side of the page. 

Make library course materials available (instructors)

Health Sciences instructors can request course materials through the library to increase their accessibility to students.

Library staff work with instructors to give electronic access to the course materials they request, including materials not currently owned by the Libraries.

If you are part of another U of M college or school, visit the main Course Materials Services page or contact [email protected].

Course materials request process

Use the Course Materials Request Form or email [email protected] to place library course materials requests. 

Include the following information when you place a request:

Deadlines and procedures

Request library course materials

Copyright and fair use for course materials

Applications of fair use are predicated on the Libraries' General Principles of Fair Use in Education, and require access controls that restrict access to reserve materials to only registered students and their instructors.

Whenever copyrighted works are used for course materials under the provisions of Fair Use (Section 107), instructors are responsible for the following:

See the University Libraries' acceptable use of electronic resources page for more details and general conditions.

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