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Through the use of your circulation record, you may now do the following:
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:
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:
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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