Ares Help for Students

Ares is a web-based electronic reserves management system. With it you can view course material on the web. You can view electronic content online, but for a book, you will need to check it out from the library where it is available. Ares will indicate the library location for reserve books.

Ares URL: http://ares.wustl.edu/ares
Library Catalog (search for standard reserve material): http://catalog.wustl.edu/screens/reserves.html

Go to the Ares homepage and click on "Search Classes". Search by department or instructor and then select your course.

Ares course web sites are password protected. Ask your instructor for the password.

PRINTING PROBLEMS: Printing Adobe PDFs will sometimes result in pages that print as mirror images. This is a compatibility issue with your print driver. The solution is to use a Postscript driver. If you can't easily change to a Postscript driver, try the Adobe Acrobat printing option "Print as Image". To do this:

SAFARI ACCESS PROBLEMS: If you are using the Safari web browser and cannot login, logout, or access coursepages, please try the following instructions:

1. Open your Safari browser, and then select "Preferences" from the "Safari" menu.
2. In the "Preferences" window click the "Security" icon and then the "Show Cookies" button.
3. Click the "Remove All" button and then click "Done".
4. Close the "Preferences" window and then quit Safari.
5. Restart Safari and try to recreate the problem by logging in or going to a coursepage.

Do not give the course password to anyone not currently enrolled in the class. The following excerpts are from the University Computer Use Policy:
"Do not access or intercept files or data of others without permission. Do not use the password of others or access files under false identity... Systems managers or other individuals within an academic or administrative unit may be empowered to suspend some or all privileges associated with computer use in cases of misuse or threat to the integrity of all or part of the University's information management resources."

See the full policy at: http://www.wustl.edu/policies/compolcy.html

The following statement applies to all copyright protected material on Ares:
Warning Concerning Copyright Restrictions
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17. United States Code) governs the reproduction and distribution of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to reproduce materials. One of these conditions is that the reproduction not be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." Any person who copies or re-distributes this material in any way inconsistent with Title 17 and its "fair use" provisions may be liable for copyright infringement.