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Searching for Books in the NLU Library Catalog
From the library's homepage click on Research to search for print and electronic books
Use the NLU Library Catalog to search for books available at the NLU Library Campus locations.
Use the I-Share Catalog to search for books available at over 70 academic libraries in Illinois.
Click Login in the upper right corner of the screen to log into your I-Share account
to request items, renew materials, and check the status of your account.
Type what you are searching for in the search box.
Use the drop down menu to search for your search terms as
Keyword - anywhere in the item record
Title - just the title of the item.
Author - just the author of the item.
Subject - specific subject assigned to the item.
Or ISBN/ISSN - the ISBN number for the book.
You can limit your search to Local Catalog Only, which will search the catalog of all of the NLU Campus Libraries,
or All I-Share Libraries, which will search the library catalogs of over 70 academic libraries in Illinois including NLU.
Click the find button to search the catalog.
The search results are sorted by Relevance. Those items that most closely match your search terms are at the top.
You can change how your results are sorted by using the Sort drop down menu.
Use the narrow your search option to help narrow down your search results by
Format, Campus Location, Author, Topic, Subject Area, etcetera.
By narrowing your search you will reduce the total number of results,
and find items that more closely match your search.
These are the brief records for the items.
Click on the title of an item you are interested in to get more information.
This is the detailed record for the item.
Click on the More Details tab
and the Table of Contents tab to get more information about the book.
Click the Request Item tab to request for the item to be sent to your preferred pickup location.
Note: In the I-Share Catalog this tab is called Request First Available.
You will be prompted to log into your I-Share account if you are not already logged in.
If you do not already have an I-Share Account click Create New Account
and complete the form.
Once you login, or create an account, you will be taken back to the record of the item you want to request.
Choose your preferred pickup location from the drop down menu
Once you have selected your preferred pickup location click the request button.
You will receive an email notifying you when your request is available to be picked up.
Questions? Please contact NLU Library and Learning Support
at 800-443-5522 extension 3376
or email library@nl.edu