Course Readings and Resources

George Brown College is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive environment for all students. When adding course content, please refer to the following linked resources for policies and guidelines on accessible media, information and communication:

• Captioning, Transcribing & Described Videos
• Accessible Information & Communication

Add Print Textbooks and Articles to Course Reserves

The Library Learning Commons offers course reserves so that high-demand materials are available on a fair and equitable basis to all students. The use of the reserve must not substitute for the purchase of books, course packs, or other published materials. 

What Can I Put on Reserve?

• Books and periodical material owned by either you or the library. 
• Photocopies of supplementary readings. (As opposed to required readings, supplementary readings are considered to be optional.) If you copied from works under copyright the material must be:
  • copied within the limits described in tbe ACCC Fair Dealing Policy (Appendix A of the copyright policy), or
  • copied with the permission of the copyright holder if the amount copied is outside the limits of the ACCC Fair Dealing Policy (see the Copyright Services webpage for information on getting permissions).
• Material that is instructor-created (such as class notes that the instructor or GBC owns the copyright).

Note: You can link to most articles in the library databases using persistent links. These can be included on D2L BrightSpace. You can contact your program librarian if you need assistance. You can link to required and supplementary readings. Linking is not an infringement of copyright and gives students more equitable access to articles than putting them on reserve. 

What Can't I Put on Reserve?

• Photocopies of required readings 
• Advanced copies of pre-published works 
• Course packs 
• Custom publications 
• Workbooks, assignment sheets, tests, examination papers, or instruction manuals under copyright to a publisher or other copyright holder 
• Newsletters to which you have a personal subscription 
• Purchased business cases such as Harvard or Ivey case studies 
• Unpublished works such as handouts from a conference 

How do I Place an Item on Reserve?

Use the New Reading List Builder in BrightSpace to put an item on Reserve.  

If the item is a print book in the library collection, add it to your reading list using the Library Search option. You will be prompted to request that the book be placed on Reserve at that time. 

Choose the location you would like the item to be made available at. If you have any questions, use the Message the Library option within the New Reading List Builder or contact your program/liaison librarian.

How Much Can I Put on Reserve?

• 2 copies of each book title. The Library reserves the right to limit the number of books to five per course for space reasons.
• 1 copy of each periodical.

Photocopies:

• 1 per every 30 students.
• Photocopies of supplementary or optional readings must NOT be greater than 10 percent of the total of your required readings for the course in order to follow the George Brown College Copyright Guidelines, or permission from the copyright holder must be requested. 

The first page of each photocopy must state:

• The author’s name (if known)
• The title of the publication from which the photocopy was made 
• The name of the publisher 

How Long Will Materials be Kept on Reserve?

• Material will be kept on reserve for one semester only. A new request must be made each semester. 
• All instructor-owned material can be picked up three months after the semester ends. 
• The Library cannot return photocopies. Under the Fair Dealing Policy the library must destroy all photocopies at the end of each semester. 

Note: As of January 1, 2011, our course reserves procedures for photocopies have been revised to be compliant with the George Brown College Fair Dealing Policy adopted under the advice of the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC). Under the fair dealing exception in the Canadian Copyright Act users of material under copyright can copy material for the purpose of research or private study as long as the dealing is fair. Copying limitations you see here have been determined by the Association of Canadian Community Colleges as being fair. See the Copyright Services webpage for more information. 

Permanent links to electronic articles, books, and videos available in the Library’s databases can be added to course outlines as an alternative to print materials on Course Reserve. Find instructions for creating links to most major databases below, or contact your program librarian for more instructions. The URL in your web browser will not provide a permanent or reliable access point.

Page 1+ (main library homepage search box): Select the chain icon next to the title in the search results. Or click the title to open the full record and find the Permalink icon in the “Send to” section. 

Proquest: Click on the item title, then “All Options” at the top right. You will find the permanent link at the top of the new window.

Science Direct: Use the link in the browser address bar.

Ovid: Open the article PDF or full-text, then select "Email Jumpstart" at the top of the screen to get the permanent link.

Kanopy & Films on Demand: Use the link in the browser address bar.

LinkedIn Learning: Use the link in the browser address bar. When accessing the link from off-campus for the first time, sign in with your George Brown email and then select George Brown College SAML-2 account.

Nexis Uni: Click on the article title, then select “Export Citation”. You will find the persistent link at the end of the citation.

The Library welcomes suggestions for books, journals, magazines, audio-visual materials, and databases for addition to the library collection. Faculty members are encouraged to contact their program Librarian.

Purchasing is subject to funding and the parameters of the Collections Development Policy, which specifies that the Library Learning Commons develops collections of print, audio-visual, and electronic resources to support student inquiry and faculty teaching related to the academic program in support of a college credential.