ERes is the BMCC Library's electronic reserves system. With ERes, course materials are available on the web anytime, day or night.
Why Use ERes?
- Materials are available 24 hours a day- 7 days a week.
- Your site can feature: journal articles,
book chapters, syllabi, assignments, PowerPoint presentations,
Websites, multimedia and streaming video from the library’s collection.
- Students can view, download or print reserve materials from off-campus.
- Multiple users may access the same document simultaneously.
- All class sites are password protected to support copyright compliance.
- Pick up an Electronic Reserve Request form at
the Circulation desk in the Library (S-400) or download the form.
- Fill out the form and submit it with the materials
you want on reserve.
- There are 3 ways to submit the materials
to the library:
- In person: Bring to the Circulation Desk. Files may also be submitted
on CD-Rom.
- E-mail:
Flor Hernandez at flhernandez@bmcc.cuny.edu Please indicate your
name, department, semester, course title and course number.
- Fax: 212-748-7466, attn: Flor Hernandez.
- Tip: The better the quality of the photocopy,
the better it will display on the Web.
The library abides by the copyright fair use guidelines for electronic records.
These guidelines state the following fair use limitations:
- One article per journal issue per class per semester.
- One chapter per book per class per semester or less than 10% of a work.
- Up to 10% of a book content per class per semester.
Additionally, a limit of 30 articles will be scanned per class, per semester
and a limit of 5 library videos may be added, per course, per semester.
Terms
of Use 
