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Default
search profiles or custom profiles, as many as you’d like
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Sorting
results by title, author or date
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Save searches
for future use
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Update your
MORE user account with a default pickup location and an email address,
eventually we will have the ability to send notification by email
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Direct links
to all participating libraries’ web pages and catalogs
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Access Ohio
Libraries Share: MORE through our web catalog by using the “MORE” tab
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Click on the
“Sign In” button on the left hand side of the screen
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Enter your
complete (all the numbers) library card number
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Enter
your PIN number (if applicable)
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Choose Your
Library in the “Authentication Service” drop-down box
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Begin
searching
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Click on
“Account Details” on the left side of the screen
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Click on
“Edit”
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You may enter
an email address if you’d like, eventually Ohio Libraries Share: MORE will be
able to send email notification. Until
then, your email address will be used by the MORE staff to contact you if there
are any problems with your request
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You may also
choose a default pickup location, this will be where your books are delivered if
you ever forget to choose a pickup location when placing your request
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We do not
recommend entering a password at this time, if you ever forgot your password,
staff at the libraries would not be able to help you retrieve it
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There are
several default profiles already set up or you may create your own – to see
the default profile choices, click on the drop down box next to “Current
Profile”
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If you click
on the library name in the profile list, another window will pop up and you will
be directed to that library’s web page
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To set up
your own profiles, click on “Search Profiles” on the left side of the screen
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Click on the
“Create” button
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Name your
profile, you may add a description if you’d like, check the boxes next to the
libraries you’d like to add and click on the “Submit” button
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You may edit
or delete your profiles from this page as well
Searching
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Be sure to
search our library catalog first!
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Choose either
standard search for a simple keyword search or advanced to combine search keys,
like author and title
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Choose a
profile or place a check in the box next to the library catalogs you want to
search
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Type in your
search and click the “GO” button to start the search
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If you would
like to sort your search results, click on “Sort Options” on the left side
of the screen – you may sort by title, author or date
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You may save
individual titles to a list that is cleared when you log out; to view this list
click on “Saved List” on the left side of the screen
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You may save
entire searches for future use, just click on “Save Search” at the top of
the Search Results screen. This
stays in your profile until you delete it.
To view these searches at a later date, click on “Saved Searches” on
the left side of the screen
Placing
a request
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After
locating the desired item, click the “Request it!” button
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Choose your
pickup location (where you want to check the item out)
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To monitor
the status of your request, click “My Requests” on the left side of the
screen
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Please be
sure to only request each title ONCE,
the system does not recognize duplicate requests and they cannot be cancelled
easily
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The requested
item could take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks to arrive.
When the status changes to “Received,” the item has arrived in our
library system and will be available for pick-up in a day or two
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If you have
placed a request in Ohio Libraries Share: MORE and the request does not appear
in your account in Ohio Libraries Share: MORE, your request has been sent to our
Interlibrary Loan service to be filled. If
your request cannot be filled through the second system (after several attempts
to order it), you will be notified that the request was unable to be filled