With CSU Library's Electronic Course Reserve (ECR) system, course reading materials are available to CSU students and faculty at all hours and anywhere there is Internet access.

ECR items are submitted to the Library's Digital Production Unit by CSU professors. The materials are prepared in several different ways. Files already in electronic format are easily put into the system. Printed documents are scanned and processed before being placed on ECR. Most materials on the ECR system are PDF (portable document format) files, which require using the free Adobe Acrobat ™ Reader.

Users may choose to search for the reserved item by the professor's name, by course number, or by subject. Then the item may be read from the monitor, printed, or saved to a disk. See tutorial.

Printing is available within the Library for a nominal charge.

All items published on this site are for use by Cleveland State University faculty and students only. With the right hardware, software and proper configuration, users can access ECR from any computer on or off campus which has access to the Michael Schwartz Library's Web Page.

If you are new to using Electronic Course Reserves, we encourage you to explore the links listed in the box on the upper right of this page. If you are already familiar with ECR, begin using ECR now.

Questions? Contact Joanne Cornelius, Course Reserve Supervisor at (216) 687-6954.