BY BRENDA HOSTETTLER

Place a Hold Tutorial

Place a Hold Tutorial

The Holmes County District Public Library provides online access to the library catalog

Our web address is www.holmeslibrary.org

Access the catalog from home or at the library to search or place holds on items

Place a Hold Tutorial

Click on the Library Catalog icon to search the catalog

Once the desired title is located a hold can be placed on the title

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Click on the General Search tab

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Type Dracula in the search box “Any words from the Title”

The desired title is the new sequel to the original Dracula by Bram Stoker

The author’s name and complete title is unknown

Click Search button

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The result list offers too many hits

To save time we need to limit the results

This reduces the amount of records to search

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In the limit box scroll down to Holmes County District Public Library

Click on the arrowThis will limit the

results by showing items owned only by this library

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The new results list is easier to navigate

It will be easier to find the record of the desired title

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The green arrow indicates that the item is owned by our library

All titles in this result list will have a green arrow since we limited results to Holmes County

The first title in the result list is the desired title. Click on the title Dracula: the undead

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Check the date and description to identify if this is the correct title

This specific copy is in Large Print format

A new unlimited search is required to place a hold on the regular print format

Click Request any copy

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To place a hold, type complete library card number in the search box

Next type personal pin ID

Click on login button

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View information in Request Confirmation box

Select pick-up location drop down box

Click Request

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Title has successfully been placed on hold

Hold position in the queue is listed

To continue searching for other titles click Return to Searching tab

To quit searching click Logout and Return