View and change the information stored in your record.
You can now view and make changes to the information that is a part of your NIH Library Record, such as your building and room number, your institute, telephone number and email address. It is important to keep this information current since you will receive overdue notices via e-mail or at the address listed in your record. You will also be notified by e-mail when a new book or journal, in an area of interests to you, is added to the NIH Library's collection. If any of the information is incorrect, go to the following link: http://ned.nih.gov .  Enter your first and last name and then click on search to locate your record.  Click on your name to display your record.  Locate the box at the bottom of the screen that says Update and click on it.  You will be prompted for your ITAS password.  Once that is verified, then you can proceed to make changes to your record.  Any problems should be reported to your administrative officer.
**Personnel in FDA CBER who are not yet in the NED system, should contact the Circulation Desk at 496-5612 to report changes to the information in their record.**

View items checked out to you, sort by due date and even renew them.
If you have items checked out, a button similar to  6 Item currently checked out  will display indicating the total number of items charged out to you and their due dates. You may sort this list by Due Date or Date of Checkout. If an item is Overdue or ON HOLD for another patron, the status will be displayed in red. Clicking on the title link button will give you a brief display of the item's bibliographic record.

Search the catalog and save it so that you can go back to it later.
To search the catalog, click on Search the Catalog from within your patron record. The message "You are logged onto the NIH Library's Catalog and your name will display at the top of every screen. This message will appear until you click on LogOut to disconnect from Your NIH Library Record. Clicking on Patron Record will take you back to a display of your record.

Save Searches  
You may save up to 10 searches to a special file associated with your patron record and then rerun them at a later date. If you have entered an e-mail address in your patron record, you may also request email alerts when the library acquires an item or items that match your search criteria. To do this, take the following steps:

• Click on Search the Catalog from within your circulation record to search the catalog from within "your NIH Library"
• Enter a search and click on Save as a Preferred Search which now appears on all search result pages.
• Click on Patron Record to view your list of preferred searches.

Updating your List of Preferred Searches
From within your patron record:

• Click on Preferred Searches to view the list of your saved searches

• Click on any search in your list to re-run it

• To remove a search from the list, put a check in the "Mark for Remove" column next to the search to be removed, then click on UPDATE List

• Click on "Remove All" to delete all preferred searches.

Requesting an Email Alert
Associated with the Saved Searches feature, this is the ability to receive email messages whenever the NIH Library catalogs an item or items that match the search criteria in your saved searches. The procedure for setting up an email alert is as follows:

• Display the list of your preferred searches. Place a check in the "Mark for Email" column next to the searches you want to generate an alert and then click on UPDATE LIST.
• Every Monday morning the system will search the database to find items that have been cataloged during the past week that match your saved search criteria.
• An email alert will be sent to you providing you have an email address in your patron record.

Create/email/download your own bibliography of books on a topic of your choice. This feature can be done any time you use the NIH Library's Online Catalog. The steps for this are as follows:

• Search the catalog for books on a topic of your choosing

• Mark any of the titles you want to save by checking the box in the Mark column

• Click on the Save Marked Records button at the bottom of the display

• Click on the View/Export Marked Items button to email them to yourself or someone else, print them or download them.

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