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Please note:

Reservation is up to one month in advance and 7 days at a time.
For a complete list of the DMC equipment and detailed item descriptions, go to https://library.rice.edu/equipment-checkout.

Search DMC equipment using Advanced Search
- Start on the library homepage
- Click on Advanced Search
  - Search for DMC Equipment
    - Click Search and a list of DMC equipment will appear below the search panel
  - Browse DMC Equipment
    - Click on BROWSE button on the advanced search interface
    - Select Browse by Series Title and type in "DMC EQUIPMENT", select DMC EQUIPMENT on the search result.
    - You will see a complete list of DMC equipment that you can browse over.
Reserve Your Item
- Select your equipment from the listing and sign in using your Rice NetID.
- Click the Request Item box
- Reservation is up to one month in advance and 7 days at a time.
- Under Start Date, choose the date you would like to begin your reservation from the calendar’s pop up window
- Choose the time of day by using the Hour and Minute drop down boxes
- Similarly choose the date that your reservation will end under the End Date section
- Note: Your reservation will not go through if the length of the reservation exceeds the limit of allotted time set for that item or if there is a conflict of availability with another request on that item
- Click Send Request.
  - You will see a message in green like below indicating your reservation has been fulfilled.
  - Or you will see a message in red like below indicating your reservation failed.
- Under your library account, go to My Requests, you can view all your equipment reservations and cancel any reservations.
Check Availability
- Select Check Availability
- If the item is unavailable, there will be red boxes highlighting when the equipment has already been reserved
- If the item is unavailable for the whole day, there will simply be a box at the top labeled Unavailable 00:00-23:59