Frequently Asked Questions - Catalog tips

• Select the item you want
• Click the place a hold button
• Enter your last name
• Enter your library barcode
• Choose your pickup location
• Click submit

• Login to My Account using your last name and library card number
• Click on items currently checked out
  (you’ll see a list of items and their due dates)
• Click on the boxes of the items you wish to renew
• click the selected items button

You may also renew items at the Checkout Desk or by calling 847-506-2626.

Yes, by using the "cart" feature of the catalog:

• Click on add to cart as often as you'd like
• Click View bookcart
• Click Place holds
• Enter your last name
• Enter your library barcode
• Choose your pickup location
• Click submit
• Click the box next to each item for which you want to place a hold
• Click Request selected

Going on vacation? Do you have items on hold? Use Freeze to keep your place in the hold queue. When you return from vacation, simply remove the freeze from those items to get back in queue. To Freeze a hold item, do the following:

• Log in to My Account
• Click the link under Library Materials indicating how many holds you have
• Scroll down in the window to view all items on hold
• Click the Freeze check box next to each item you wish to freeze
• (The Freeze check box is on the right of the display)
• Click the Update List button

To remove a Freeze from a hold item, do the following:

• Log in to My Account
• Click the link under Library Materials indicating how many holds you have
• Scroll down in the window to view all items on hold
• Uncheck the Freeze check box next to each item you wish to unfreeze
• (The Freeze check box is on the right of the display)
• Click the Update List button

Keyword Searching
Unless you choose the advanced search functions, you are searching by keyword. What you type in the search box is searched for exactly as you typed it. Unsure about spelling? Use an asterisk. If you type "wom*n,"  the catalog finds women or woman. You may use "and," "or," and "not" to further refine your search: - soviet and Russian (finds records where both words appear) - soviet or Russia (finds records where either word appears) - Mexico not new (finds records including Mexico but not New Mexico)

Searching by Subject
Type as much or as little of the subject as you want: - sports medicine - sports med - sports.  If your subject search is for a person, type the last name first - Lincoln, Abraham.

Searching by Title
For this search to work, you must know the first word of the title. Type as much or as little of the title as you want: - Merchant of Venice - Merchant of V - Merchant. Note: If you do not know the first word, try Keyword searching.

Searching by Call Number
Type the first character of the call number, followed by as many characters of the call number that you want. Call number search results will display only those items beginning with the first character typed. Dvd/comedy will not bring up han/dvd/comedy.

Searching by Author
Type the author's or artist's last name first: - Shakespeare - Shakespeare, William - Sinatra, Frank - Beethoven. You may also type the name of an organization or governmental body: - American Medical Association - United States Congress.