SHARE - Library Catalog
SHARE – this is the site that you can use to find what books we have available.
Request Materials
Follow these steps to request any copy of a title listed in your search results.
1. Search for the title you want to request.
2. Select the title in the search results, and click Place Request.
The log-in form appears.
3. Type your barcode number (library account number) or user name and password in the
appropriate boxes, and click Log in.
The request form appears.
4. Select the name of the library where you want to pick up the item in the Pickup Library box.
5. If you want to activate your request at a future time, type the date in the Activation Date box.
The request will be activated immediately if you do not change the activation date.
6. Click Submit Request.
** Please order books at least 7 days in advance of when you will need them!
View and Manage Your Requests
Follow these steps to view, suspend, or reactivate your requests.
1. Click My Account on the menu bar, and click Requests on the My Account menu.
2. Log in if necessary. The list of your current requests is displayed.
3. Select the check box by the title for each request that you want to suspend or reactivate.
4. Click Suspend/Reactivate Selected Requests, or click Suspend/Reactivate All Requests
to suspend or reactivate all your requests.
5. The Suspend/Reactivate Hold Requests dialog box appears.
6. Type the date when suspended requests should be reactivated or type today’s date to
reactivate an inactive request.
7. Click Submit.
8. To cancel one or more requests, do one of the following actions:
· Select the check box by the title for each request that you want to cancel, and click
Cancel Selected.
· Click Cancel All to cancel all your requests.
Renew Items Out
Follow these steps to renew the items you have checked out.
1. Click My Account on the menu bar, and click Items Out on the My Account menu.
2. Log in if necessary. The Items Out list displays information about the items you have currently checked out.
3. To renew one or more items do the following actions:
· Select the check box by the title for each item that you want to renew, and click Renew selected items. (If an item cannot be renewed, there is no check box for
the item.)
· Click Renew all items to renew all the items.
A message tells you which items have been renewed, and whether any renewals have been blocked.
Do a Keyword Search - Follow these steps to find titles containing specific words.
Do a Subject Search - Follow these steps to find titles about a specific subject.
Working with Search Results
You can do the following actions from the search results list:
- Visit http://search.illinoisheartland.org
- Click on My Account and log in before searching
- To log in, you must provide barcode/username and password
- Barcode/Username = Your student ID number (the same one you use for lunch)
- Password = Graduation Year (2015, 2016, 2017, or 2018)
- You can place request on books, renew books that you currently have checked out, and see what fines you owe!
Request Materials
Follow these steps to request any copy of a title listed in your search results.
1. Search for the title you want to request.
2. Select the title in the search results, and click Place Request.
The log-in form appears.
3. Type your barcode number (library account number) or user name and password in the
appropriate boxes, and click Log in.
The request form appears.
4. Select the name of the library where you want to pick up the item in the Pickup Library box.
5. If you want to activate your request at a future time, type the date in the Activation Date box.
The request will be activated immediately if you do not change the activation date.
6. Click Submit Request.
** Please order books at least 7 days in advance of when you will need them!
View and Manage Your Requests
Follow these steps to view, suspend, or reactivate your requests.
1. Click My Account on the menu bar, and click Requests on the My Account menu.
2. Log in if necessary. The list of your current requests is displayed.
3. Select the check box by the title for each request that you want to suspend or reactivate.
4. Click Suspend/Reactivate Selected Requests, or click Suspend/Reactivate All Requests
to suspend or reactivate all your requests.
5. The Suspend/Reactivate Hold Requests dialog box appears.
6. Type the date when suspended requests should be reactivated or type today’s date to
reactivate an inactive request.
7. Click Submit.
8. To cancel one or more requests, do one of the following actions:
· Select the check box by the title for each request that you want to cancel, and click
Cancel Selected.
· Click Cancel All to cancel all your requests.
Renew Items Out
Follow these steps to renew the items you have checked out.
1. Click My Account on the menu bar, and click Items Out on the My Account menu.
2. Log in if necessary. The Items Out list displays information about the items you have currently checked out.
3. To renew one or more items do the following actions:
· Select the check box by the title for each item that you want to renew, and click Renew selected items. (If an item cannot be renewed, there is no check box for
the item.)
· Click Renew all items to renew all the items.
A message tells you which items have been renewed, and whether any renewals have been blocked.
Do a Keyword Search - Follow these steps to find titles containing specific words.
- Click Search on the menu bar, and click Keyword in the Search menu.
- Type the text to search for in the Keyword search for box.
- If you want to limit the search to a specific format, select a material type in the Limit by box. For example, if you want to find only DVDs, select DVD in the Limit by box.
- If you want to search for your text in a specific field, select the field in the Search by box. For example, if you know the title contains the word Yankee, you enter Yankee in the Keyword Search for box, and select Title in the Search by box.
- Click Go.
Do a Subject Search - Follow these steps to find titles about a specific subject.
- Click Search on the menu bar, and click Browse in the Search menu.
- Select Subject, Title, Author, or Series from the Search For list. Type the text to search for in the search for box.
- Click Go. The search results list displays the browse listings and the number of titles associated with each listing.
- If you want to limit the search to a specific format, select a material type in the Limit by box. For example, if you want to find only DVDs, select DVD in the Limit by box.
Working with Search Results
You can do the following actions from the search results list:
- Click a Sort option at the top or bottom of the page to sort your results.
- Click a page number or the arrow at the top or bottom of the page to move through the list.
- Click Availability to see availability information.
- Click Full Display to see detailed information.
- Click Add to My List to add the title to a list that you can save, print, or send by e-mail.
- Click Place Request to request that the library obtain and hold the title for you to check out.