Search by ISBN

Find A Book allows multiple ways to find the item you are researching.  Search by ISBN displays the title information and, after selecting the respective ISBN, a list of people and their respective distribution status matching the desired ISBN number.

Find A Book can search partial ISBN numbers and will display all relevant titles and their respective details.

Search by ISBN

1. Click on Find A Book, located on the Navigation Bar.

2. Select ISBN using the Search By drop down menu.

3. Search for the desired ISBN number. The search results appear in the upper half of the screen.

4. Click on the desired Title.  The row highlights to orange and populates the lower half of the screen with distribution information.

5. On the Details tab, take action regarding a specific accession number using the following available options:

   • Collect - performs the collection of an item in the status of DIST (distributed) from the individual and changes the status to CLTD (collected)

   • Change Status - opens the Change Status screen to change the status of an item, except CLTD (collected) and XFER (transfer)

   • Assess Charge - opens the Assess a Charge screen to assess a charge to the item (regardless of status)

   • Export Grid Data to Excel -  located above the blue Detail tab's header bar, exports Details grid information in XLS (Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheet format. XLS files contain rows and columns of cells and each cell can hold a data point.) format

6. On the Summary tab, review the Detail tab's information displayed in summary format.

7. Click Refresh to refresh the grid data and start another search.

8. To leave the Find A Book page, use the Navigation Bar.