Search My Library's Catalog

Also known as "Hooks To Holdings"

General Information
How to establish a profile
How this feature works
Troubleshooting

General Information

This is a feature that any library with a Z39.50 compliant library catalog can sign up for. When library staff members or patrons highlight a title and click Search My Library’s Catalog from booksinprint.com, they can find out whether their library owns the highlighted title – and its availability or location within the library if this information is provided in their catalog. If a library has a consortium account and has several catalogs, users can choose which catalog to search.

When users select a title, they arrive either at a drop down menu that lets them choose a catalog (if more than one is available) or at a screen that lists the library's holdings for that title. Users can view search results in a list, in the full description format, or in USMARC format -- simply by clicking a tab.

This functionality is available to libraries that have Z39.50 compliant catalogs with ISBN searching capabilities.

How to establish a profile:

Your Licence Administrator will need to do the following:

(1) Click on MY ACCOUNT on the top navigation bar.

(2) Click on the Detailed Account Information link and log on using the license administrator user name and password, if prompted.

(3) On the new page that appears, click the link for create or modify your Z39.50 Catalog Profile for Hooks to Holdings (Search My Library's Catalog) Profile.

(4) Complete the profile page (shown below) and choose SAVE. For consortium accounts with multiple catalogs, select the ADD PROFILE button to create additional profiles.

Once a profile is saved, users can select Search My Library's Catalog on the Search Results page, Full Description area and its tabs, andthe LISTS area to launch a search of their catalog.

Currently, booksinprint.com can only search Z39.50 compliant catalogs that allow remote searching on ISBNs. For this reason, if your Z39.50 compliant catalog does not support remote searching of ISBNs, "Hooks to Holdings" will not function. Also, if records selected for search do not contain ISBN numbers, "Hooks to Holdings" will not function. We are currently enhancing "Hooks to Holdings" to search on catalogs that allow remote searching on ISBNs, ISSNs, and/or LCCNs.

How this feature works:

From the Search Results screen:

You'll arrive at a screen like the one below giving you information about the title listing(s) available from the library you selected.

From the Full Description screen:

You'll arrive at a screen like the one below giving you information about the title listing(s) available from the library you selected.

From within a list:

You'll arrive at a screen like the one below giving you information about the title listing(s) available from the library you selected.

Troubleshooting:

First, contact your account’s License Administrator. (To find out who your License Administrator is, simply select the MY ACCOUNT button on the top navigation bar.)

If a "Hooks to Holdings" profile was created, License Administrator’s should verify that the profile information was filled out completely and correctly. We strongly suggest that License Administrators review this profile information with their Z39.50 staff expert or library automation vendor. If the profile information is correct, there may be several reasons why the search does not work:

The local server at the library could be down, busy, or experiencing heavy use.
The local catalog may not support ISBN remote database searching.
Records chosen to search do not contain ISBN numbers.
The port number in the profile is not an accessible port number.
The site is experiencing heavy use, creating response time delays.

For more information, please call our tech support line at 1-800-323-3288