Accessing
the Library's Online Catalog
The library's online catalog
is accessible from your home or office computer, or any other computer that's
connected to the Internet.
How to get to the catalog...
- Click here. (Clicking this link will open a new
browser window.)
Now that you are in the
catalog, you can...
- Search the library's
catalog
- You will start
out at the Basic search screen. Use the pull-down menu to select
the type of search you want to do, then type in the search box.
- You can also do a more advanced search
with limiting features by clicking on the Advanced link.
- Once you have your list of search results,
items owned by Lockport Public Library will be noted as such where it says
Location Lockport Public Library.
- Place a hold
- After completing
the steps listed above in "Search the library's catalog," you can now place
a hold on an item by clicking on the Request Item button.
- If the item
can be placed on hold, you will be prompted to enter the barcode
(Borrower ID) from your library card. After you type in your number,
click on the Login button. Note: If the item cannot
be placed on hold or you need to resolve something--fines, overdues, etc.--on
your library record before you can place a hold, you will see a message stating
so.
- On the Request
Confirmation screen, make sure that Lockport Public Library is selected
as the location will you will pick up the material, then click on the Request
button.
- Check your library
record
- Click on My
Library Card.
- Enter the barcode
(Borrower ID) from your library card and click on the Login button.
- You will see
your name (Welcome Doe, John) in the upper right portion of the screen.
- You will also
see an overview of your Items Out, Hold Requests, Blocks,
and Profile. Click on any of these links to get to more detailed
information.
- Renew items
you have checked out
- Go into your
library record as described above in "Check your library record."
- Click on Items
Out.
- From the list
of items that you currently have checked out, click in the box next to any
item(s) and then on the Renew button.
- If the item
can be renewed, you will note that the due date has changed.
(Note: Items can be renewed twice.)
- If the item
cannot be renewed, you will see a message stating so.
(Note: Items that are overdue or on hold cannot be renewed; please call the
Library for assistance.)
(There is a HELP feature built into the
catalog where you can get even more detailed assistance in using the catalog.
The instructions given here are intended to be an overview of the most frequently
used features.)
Frequently Asked Questions
& Answers about the Catalog