A Guide to Your LancashireLibrary Catalogue

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Catalogue Home Page

Helpful links

Search box

Advanced Search

My Account: here you can see what you have

on loan and on order, you can renew your loans, change your PIN and

check any finance owing.

Searching the Catalogue

Searching the catalogue

A search for “Charles

Dickens” will find items about

Charles Dickens as well as by

him, but you can Refine Your

Search.

Searching the catalogue

On the left are ways to Refine Your Search. For instance, scroll down the page and click on “Charles

Dickens” as Author.

Searching the catalogue

Now you see only items by

Charles Dickens...

... but you can continue to Refine Your

Search...

Searching the catalogue

For instance you can scroll down the page and

select Audio as Format.

Searching the catalogue

Now you see only items by Charles Dickens which are in Audio

Format.

Searching the catalogue

You can backtrack, eg.

remove “Charles Dickens” as

Author by clicking on the x...

Searching the catalogue

...and now you see items

about Charles Dickens as well as by

him, in Audio Format

Searching the catalogue

You can display your search results in a

different order, eg. by date or A-Z, etc.

See more details

See more details

Click on a title or the “Check

Availability” button to see more

details...

See more details

... you can see which

libraries stock the item...

...and you can click a link to

see other items by this author, or other books on the same

subject.

Reserving an item

Reserving an item

When you’ve run a search, click on a title or the “Check Availability” button. (NB. The “Save”

buttons DO NOT reserve items.

See slides 26-34.)

Reserving an item

Click the “Reserve” button and you will be asked to log in with your card

number and PIN.

Reserving an item

Select your collection site from the drop-down list and

then click “Reserve”.

Reserving an item

There is usually a charge of 60p for

reservations, payable when you collect the item, although some

people are exempt.

We will notify you by email, text,

voicemail or post when your

reservation is ready to collect.

More search options/Advanced

search

Advanced search

Advanced Search can be really useful for specific searches,

such as DVD...

Advanced search

... music books...

Advanced search

... or a combination of

terms.

More help

More help

You’ll find further help with

searching, under the “Help” button.

Creating a list

Creating a list

You might want to create a list of titles to

make a book list or bibliography.

To select a title click Save to My Lists.

Creating a list

Give your list a name and save it.

Creating a list

Save as many titles as you wish to your

list.

Creating a list

You can make more lists in the same way, just give each one a

different name.

Creating a list

Now when you save a title you can choose which of your lists to

add it to .

Creating a list

You can see your lists by clicking “My

Lists”...

...and you can export them in

various formats.

Creating a list

You can view your lists

throughout your current session...

Creating a list

...or if you want to keep your lists for future use, log in via “My Account”.

My account

My account

You can renew one of your

loans or all of them at once.

My account

You can view any finance on your account.

My account

You can see what you have on order, and

cancel a reservation if you no longer need it.

When an item’s ready for you to pick up its status changes from “Placed” to “Ready to

collect”.

My accountYou can view

your Loan History

My account

You can change your

PIN if you wish.

FAQs

FAQs• Q. How do I join the library?• A. In person at any library or online. If you are under 16 you can join

the library by yourself – we will send your parent/carer a letter to tell them about the services you are entitled to.

• Q. I have forgotten or don’t have my PIN. • A. Contact a member of the Library staff. They will be able to tell

you what your PIN is providing you give satisfactory confirmation of personal details against the information we hold, or by providing proof of identification such as driving licence, passport.

• Q. How do I renew my items?• A. Unless your books are reserved by another customer, they can be

renewed up to 10 times without returning them to the library. You can renew your library items in person, by phone or online.

FAQs• Q. Do I have to pay to request a book?• A. Reservation charges apply for most book requests although some people

are exempt. Charges do not apply for CDs or DVDs in stock in Lancashire.

• Q. I have not received notification of my reserved items. • A. You can login to your account and check if the item is ready for collection. 

Please contact us and confirm that we have your preferred method of notification (email, text message, automated phone message, or post) and correct contact details.

• Q. Can I request an item not listed or suggest a book for stock?• A. Items not listed in the catalogue can be requested but we cannot

guarantee the item can be supplied.  We will consider all recommendations, but it may not be possible to purchase all suggested items.

• Q. Why is there no image on the catalogue for some items?• A. Because the image suppliers don’t have access to all the covers.