My Lists

Posted by dawn on December 22, 2008

Ever wish you could make a list of books you’d like to read sometime, or movies you’d like to watch?  Well, now you can!  The new My Lists feature in the online catalog allows you to make multiple lists and save catalog records to those lists.  When you’re ready to read that book, you’re just one click away from finding the call number and shelf status.  If it’s checked out, you can easily request it from your list.  Creating lists and saving records is easy when you follow these simple steps.

• Search the online catalog for the title you want to add to your list
• Click the box above the word Save; click the Save box as many times as you like on the page **
• Click the Save to My Lists button located at the top and bottom of the record list
  
• You’re taken to the login screen for My  Account; log in with your library barcode number and PIN (If you don’t have a PIN you will be asked to create one.  Find out more about PINs.)
• You’re prompted to select a list but the only choice is to Create a New List.  After you create the first one, you can select it again or create another one.
• Name the list, enter a description if you like, then click the submit button.

That’s it!  Your records have been saved.  Now that you’ve logged in to your account, you can search and save titles without logging in again. 

Click Return to Your Record at the top of the screen to go to your library account.  See the My Lists button on the right?  Click it to see your lists and the items you’ve added.  You can sort the lists by name.  Click on a list to see the items in the list.  You can sort the items by title, author or date added.  You can even export your list to print, save or email.  To remove a book from your list simply click the box to the left of the entry, then click the Delete Marked button.  You can also delete them all by clicking the Delete All button.  You don’t need to click the check boxes first.

You can do a lot with your library account.  See some of the other features by clicking on the category My Library Account.

** If you would like to save items on different pages click the Save boxes on one page then click the Save Marked Records button.   Continue to click the Save boxes but remember to click the Save Marked Records button before going on to a new page.  When you’re ready to place them in a list, click the View Saved Records button  at the top of the page.  From this screen, click the Save to my Lists button to save all the items you’ve chosen.  They all have to go in the same list.  Don’t forget to click the Clear Saved Records button when you’re done.

  

Comments

3 Responses to “My Lists”

1. Cathy Gottlieb says:

   March 27, 2009 at 4:48 pm

   Is there a way to save the call # on my list? I want to create a list at home, print it and then bring it to the library to look for the books. When I created my list, it has the title and author, but no call #. That isn’t very helpful for non-fiction books. Otherwise, I like the ‘save to list’ tool.
   Thanks.

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2. eileen says:

   March 31, 2009 at 2:39 pm

   Thank you for your question, Cathy. The head of the Tech. Services Dept. is currently looking into this.

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3. dawn says:

   March 31, 2009 at 5:55 pm

   Hi Cathy! You asked such a good question that I decided to answer it in a separate post called Call Numbers in My Lists. You can see it here: http://wheatonpl.org/techblog/?p=59

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