Accessing required readings on e-reserves

Posted by on August 25, 2009 
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As I mentioned in class yesterday, the required readings for each week are listed on the course schedule. The readings include both selections from your textbook and chapters and articles from other sources. Most of the readings beyond your textbook, including this week’s chapter by Haviland et al., are available through the UF Libraries electronic course reserves, also known as ARES (automating reserves). On the course schedule, simply click on the link from the first author’s name to access ARES. (The link will take you directly to the article only if it’s freely available on the web.)

If you have never used ARES before, you will have to sign up first, using your UFID. Then, once you log on to the system, search for ANT 2301, add it to your personal page, and click on readings to access them as PDFs. If you are off campus, you will have to log on to the UF network either through VPN or using the library’s proxy remote logon. Don’t worry if you don’t know what these things are: The library has step-by-step instructions on their website.

For more help on accessing articles through ARES, see the tutorial videos on the library website.

Some of the journal articles are available directly from the journal’s website. But to access the articles, you’ll need to be working on a campus computer or be connected to the university network through VPN or the proxy remote logon. Learning how to use these tools for off-campus access to the library will save you a lot of time down the road.

If you have other questions or tips to share, please leave a comment below.

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32 Responses to “Accessing required readings on e-reserves”

  1. Daniel Harcha on August 25th, 2009 1:41 pm

    Hi Dr. Gravlee,
    I was wondering if discussion sessions start this week.
    Thanks.

  2. Sophia Cordero on August 25th, 2009 5:14 pm

    =] This is a really a cool way to keep us updated. I look foward to some good outcomes from this class, like REALLY good outcomes. I am majoring in Psychology, but Antropology seems to interest me a lot too. I’ve always loved Archaeology, but I didn’t know it was a part of Antropology. I’m obsessed with how people built up stories from findings in the ground like old pottery. I love greek mythology and I would always watch programs on discovery channel on how they found out about Troy and stuff, like I literally knew all the names of the characters involved in the story and the true reasons of why the war started long before that movie came out, though it was an awesome movie.

    Anyways, sex seems like a fun topic to talk about relating it to Antropology. I read some reviews about you and I am sure you’d be happy to know that a lot of people consider you to be an awesome professor and so far it seems to be that way so I am looking foward to have a wonderful experience in this class.

  3. Lance Gravlee on August 25th, 2009 11:32 pm

    @Daniel: Yes, discussion sessions are meeting this week.

    @Sophia: I’m glad to hear about your interests and your enthusiasm for the course. Thanks also for your kind words about my teaching. I hope I can live up to it this semester!

  4. Joanne Millendez on August 26th, 2009 7:20 am

    I’m really looking forward to learning a lot in this class!

  5. Taissa Morimoto on August 26th, 2009 10:33 pm

    I’ve tried countless times to download the VPN thing, but I can’t even open it. Whenever I try it says it doesn’t support 64-bits. But, my resolution is at 32-bits. I don’t really know how to fix this problem…

  6. Lance Gravlee on August 27th, 2009 8:53 am

    @Taissa: If you want to use the VPN and are having problems, I suggest you contact the UF Computing Help Desk at 392-HELP. They should be able to answer your questions about the VPN client better than I can.

    An alternative is to use the remote access proxy. Follow the link in my post above, or from the library home page, just click on the big green “Off-Campus Access” button. Once you log on through the proxy, you’ll see a drop-down menu for UF Smathers Libraries; choose “Library Course Reserves.” That will take you to the ARES system, and you can follow the instructions above from there.

    Let me know if you continue to have problems.

  7. Taissa Morimoto on August 27th, 2009 11:01 am

    I used the remote access proxy and was much more successful with that. Thank you.

  8. Lance Gravlee on August 27th, 2009 11:17 am

    Glad it worked, Taissa.

  9. Vanessa Coicou on August 27th, 2009 11:29 am

    Hi Dr. Gravlee, for some reason i cannot add your class to my ares account, what should i do?

  10. Lance Gravlee on August 27th, 2009 11:38 am

    @Vanessa: Sorry you’re having trouble. Make sure you read the step-by-step instructions here. Then, if you still have problems, I suggest you send an email to ARES using the address listed in the instructions. Let me know how it goes.

  11. Vanessa Coicou on August 27th, 2009 8:11 pm

    It turns out i was doing the search thing wrong, but i got the course added. Thanks!! :-)

  12. Kimmy Hudon on August 27th, 2009 9:49 pm

    I have tried all the different kind of Windows clients, even though i have a xp windows that i tried and didn’t work. Is there anywhere on campus that i can go to that web site and read it before class? I am really sorry. Thank you and see you tomorrow.

  13. Lance Gravlee on August 27th, 2009 10:32 pm

    @Kimmy: You have a few options: (1) try the proxy login instead of VPN — see my comments above; (2) access ARES from any campus computer; (3) call the UF Computing Help Desk at 392-HELP to see if they can help you get the VPN set up on your computer. Let me know if you aren’t able to find a workable solution.

  14. Alicia on August 27th, 2009 11:52 pm

    I have tried numerous attempts to log on to Ares, but it’s not working out well for me. After I made my account I tried to sign in and it wouldn’t let me and I decided to wait a day and try it again but that didn’t work either.

  15. Lance Gravlee on August 28th, 2009 7:37 am

    @Alicia: I can’t tell from your message whether you are on or off campus. If off campus, have you connected through VPN or the library remote proxy? Once connected, have you followed the step-by-step instructions I linked to above? If you’ll provide more detail about exactly what you’ve tried and where it’s going wrong, it will help us identify the problem.

  16. Alicia on August 28th, 2009 11:52 am

    Okay I got it to work. There was a minor problem with my password so I decided to reset it a couple of times and it’s working okay now. Thanks ;^)

  17. jennifer on August 28th, 2009 4:29 pm

    hey dr. gravlee, quick question: would you recommend us taking notes of what is in the reserves, and the text for that matter?

  18. Lance Gravlee on August 29th, 2009 11:55 am

    @Jennifer: It depends on your learning style, but in general, I think note-taking increases reading comprehension and long-term recall. When you take notes on what you read, you have to process it more and distill the important points. You may want to check out the resources at UF’s Reading and Writing Center for more about study skills.

  19. Alicia on August 29th, 2009 5:31 pm

    Hi Dr. Gravlee,

    I am still having difficulties accessing the required online articles. I get to the point where I log in through the remote login and then I have the option of choosing which library I would like to get the article from. I looked through the above posts but for some reason I can’t connect to the ares website to add the class. Thanks for your help, I appreciate it!

  20. Lance Gravlee on August 29th, 2009 7:18 pm

    @Alicia: Once you log on through the proxy, you’ll see a drop-down menu for UF Smathers Libraries; choose “Library Course Reserves.” That will take you to the ARES system, and you can follow the instructions above from there. Hope that helps.

  21. Alicia on August 30th, 2009 11:24 am

    Thanks for the help! I finally got it to work :)

  22. Kimmy Hudon on August 30th, 2009 8:52 pm

    Sorry i have to keep bothering you. But i can not find out where to register my clicker. I went to TurningTechnologies, but i think it wanted me to buy a new clicker thati already have. So do i need to buy one of those plans to get registered to us the clickers?…Thanks

  23. Lance Gravlee on August 30th, 2009 9:08 pm

    It’s no bother, Kimmy. You don’t need to register your clicker for this class. The reason is that I will use the clickers to ask some sensitive questions, and I want you to be assured that your answers are anonymous.

    Once you have the clicker, you don’t need to buy anything else.

  24. Kimmy Hudon on August 30th, 2009 9:25 pm

    Aww thats a relief. Thank you very much.

  25. Asami Wright on August 30th, 2009 9:35 pm

    Hi Dr. Gravlee,

    Would you like us to have read the required readings by the very first class of the week or by the end of the week? Looking forward to learning more in your class.

  26. Lance Gravlee on August 30th, 2009 9:37 pm

    @Asami: There is no hard and fast deadline for completing the readings. But my advice is that you read the required material as early in the week as possible — but definitely before your discussion section. The reason is that you will get more out of my lecture if you have already done the background reading, and your discussion section will often be focused on the week’s readings.

  27. Tommy Mou on August 30th, 2009 9:48 pm

    Dr. Gravlee,

    Do you take notes on the reading? or you just read them to prepare for the lecture and discussions?
    This class seems like a good one to be into, and hoping to learn new things!

  28. Lance Gravlee on August 30th, 2009 10:08 pm

    @Tommy: See my response to another student who asked this question above.

  29. Jennifer Wilson on August 31st, 2009 12:52 pm

    Dr. Gravlee,

    I know I will have to miss class on October 9th when a reaction paper is due, is it okay if I turn it in earlier?

    Thanks, Jenn

  30. Lance Gravlee on August 31st, 2009 1:02 pm

    @Jenn: Yes, just make sure you coordinate with your TA ahead of time.

  31. Kara Wiecjorek on August 31st, 2009 1:42 pm

    Dr. Gravlee,

    If I wasn’t able to find the second edition of the book at the bookstore but found the first edition online, is there that much of a difference between the texts to need the second or will the first be ok?

  32. Lance Gravlee on August 31st, 2009 1:48 pm

    @Kara: This is the first time I have used the Hock textbook, so I can’t say how much it has changed since the first edition. What I can say is that, in writing the exam questions, I’ll assume that you have access to the second edition.