If you are in the Newbury College Library, the catalog searches and displays
its resources first. You can search other locations by going
to Select Location and scrolling to the location
of your choice.
My Account
My Account (http://library.minlib.net/patroninfo)
allows you to request items, renew items, view fines, establish
a PIN, update your email address, and do other related activities.
To get a PIN:
select My Account in the upper right corner of the catalog screen.
enter your library card number without any spaces.
enter between 3 and 30 alpha-numeric characters.
re-enter your PIN and click SUBMIT.
NOTE: To avoid being prompted to enter your library card number and PIN each
time you request an item, log in to My Account before
searching.
My Account displays the following options:
Modify your PIN—use to change your PIN.
Modify Personal Information—use to update your email address.
Search the Catalog—use to search for items in the catalog.
Logout—click on after you have finished viewing your account or searching the catalog to protect your privacy when using public or shared computers.
The following options may appear based on borrowing activity:
# Items Currently Checked Out—use to renew titles.
Click on the small box to the left of the title and select
Renew Selected Items or Renew All. The new
due date will display unless a message appears stating that
the item cannot be renewed.
Request(s) (Holds) Outstanding—use to view the
status of your requests. To cancel a request, click on the
small box to the left of the title and select Cancel
Selected Items. To cancel all requests, select Cancel
All.
Unpaid Fines and Bills—use to view titles and respective fines.
Searching
There are various ways of searching: choosing one of the
radio buttons on the search screen or going to Search Help
& Options to use other search strategies, such as Advanced
Keyword or Author/Title. You can search a specific
library or all locations by using Select Location and
scrolling to the location of your choice.
Simple search options include:
Keyword
Enter words to search. Put quotation marks around multiple words to conduct a phrase search.
For example:
“United States Supreme Court”
You may also combine words with and, or, near, or and
not. And is the default operator. For example:
Hemingway and Sun Also
Hemingway sun also
Author
Enter the author’s last name followed by first name. For example:
Hemingway, Ernest
hemingway e
Title
Enter as much as of the title you know beginning with the first word. For example:
The Yellow Wallpaper
French chef cookbook
Journal Title
Enter as much as you know of the journal title beginning with the first word. For example:
Atlantic
Harvard Business Review
Subject
Enter subject to search. Subject searching uses a controlled vocabulary. Ask for help at the Reference Desk or try keyword searching.
For example:
Cookery Italian
frost robert
Search Help & Options
The Search Help & Options screen provides some tips on various search strategies for finding items in the Minuteman catalog. Each option has its particular advantages and disadvantages.
Advanced Keyword search provides you with the most flexibility by letting you limit your searches by library location, language, date, and material type (book, large print, DVD, and other formats).
Author/Title search allows you to combine the author’s last name with as much of the title as you know.
ISBN/ISSN search allows you to search by the book, serial, music, and publisher standard number.
To view your previous searches, click on (Search History). To protect your privacy when using a public or shared computer, click on (Clear Search History) or (End Search Session) when you finish searching for items.
Requesting a Title
While searching the Minuteman catalog, you may identify items
that are not owned by the Newbury College Library or are not
currently on the shelf. You may request an item, by clicking
on Request Item. If you have not already logged into
My Account, Minuteman will prompt you to do so:
Enter your Library card number and PIN—see My Account for more information.
Select the location where you will pick up the item.
Select the Request button. The first available copy is selected, and
you should see a hold confirmation message stating that
your request has been successfully placed. NOTE: If you
are requesting a multi-volume work, you will be prompted
to enter the specific volume you want.
Select Return to Searching or Logout.
You will be called or emailed when your requested item arrives. NOTE: Most
item requests take approximately three days to be delivered,
therefore, you need to plan accordingly. You cannot request
items that display the following status: LIB USE ONLY.
To check the status of any items that you have requested,
go to My Account and select Request(s) (Holds) Outstanding.
If the status displays IN TRANSIT, it means that the
item you requested is being sent to the location that you
specified. READY FOR PICKUP means that the item has
arrived and is waiting for you.
