Using the library’s catalog

USING THE LIBRARY’S CATALOG

Erin Apostolos-Meredith Public Library

The Book River

Log In To Your Account

Log In To Your Account

Library Card Number and PIN, which is the last four digits of your phone number.

Or Create an “EZ Log On” with a User Name and Password.

See Your Loans and Renew

See Your Requests and Where You are in Queue

Choose to Suspend your requests until you have time for them. You will continue to move up in queue and will remain at the top until you remove the suspension. Once you remove the suspension, if you are number one in queue, you will be the next to get it once it’s returned.

Create Lists

Search for a topic or author that interests you. Check off the boxes next to each title to add them to your list.

Create Lists

Click on “Create New List”, name your list and click on the + Sign to save it. You can continue adding items to this list or create a new one. Create as many lists as you like! Click on “My Account” and then “My Lists” to access your list.

Create Lists

In the “My Lists” screen, click on the list you wish to see on the right. You can delete an item, request an item, or click on the title to view the full record from a list.

Limiting Your Searches

After searching, you can choose to limit it by format, New Titles, Author, Series, Collection, Publicatin Year, Subject, Audience, and Genre.

Sorting Your Searches

Searches are sorted by Relevance by default. Change to Title, Author, Publication Date, Borrower Rating or Newly Added.

Request an Item

You can choose to request an item that is in the catalog. If it’s out, you’ll be notified when it has come back for you.

If it’s in, a librarian will pull it from the shelf, and put it on the reserve shelf for you the next morning that the library is open. You will be notified when it’s ready.

Request an Item

Request an Item

Item Records

Every item has a record that tells you more about it. Some have reviews, some list characters and some show you the book jacket.

The record will tell you if the item is in and how many people are in queue if the item is out and on reserve.

Item Record

This item is out, has been checked out twice and has six requests on it. We own one copy.

Click on anything blue to learn more about this book or books like it.

Reviews

Read editorial reviews.

Read reviews from other borrowers like you!

Write your own review!

Get More Info on a TitleClick on “Next” to see the next Item Record in your search.

Save a Search

Save a Search to refer to it later, or create an RSS feed with it. Sort it by Publication Date.

Click on “Save Search”, name your search and then click on the + sign.

Save a Search

Click on “My Saved Searched” to access your search later or to create an RSS feed.

Click on the orange symbol to create the RSS feed. I am going to save this to Google.

Save a Search

Click on “Add to Google homepage”. You will see a new gadget box on your

Google homepage. As new items are added for your search, they will appear in the gadget.

Change Views

Click on “Grid” to change how you view your items. Click on “List” go back.

Advanced Search and Browse You can choose to search by author,

ISBN, Title, etc only in Advanced Search. You can Browse genres such as

Mysteries and movies. Find the options at the top of the screen.

Browse by Bestsellers, New Titles or a Rotating List.

Ebsco Ebsco is our magazine Database. When you are logged into your account, you can click on it to search over a thousand magazines for articles.

Ebsco

Click on the Persistent Link to read the article or abstract.

Newsbank

Search Newsbank for local newspaper articles including the Union Leader and The Concord Monitor.

Search in select papers from across the country and around the world.

Click on “Persistent Link” to view the article as you did with Ebsco.

Britannica

Search Britannica for encyclopedia articles, journal and magazine articles, Websites and other information.

Click on the link for an article that interests you.