• If you login with your library card number, you can save a list for future reference.
• Important: If you don't login, the list will be deleted when you log out, close the web browser, or your session times out. It is probably best if you always login when creating a list to avoid losing it. It is also important that you log out when you are finished using LINKcat. Due to a bug in the software, occasionally users have lost some items on their list because they let the session time out instead logging out of LINKcat.
• A saved list will remain available for 365 days from the last day you access it.
• You can save up to100 titles for future reference.
• Note: Adding a title to a list is NOT the same as placing a "Hold" on that item.

TO LOGIN

• Click on the Login icon on the Toolbar.
• Enter your library card number.
• Enter your PIN (Personal Identification Number) Note: PINs are required. If you are having difficulty with your PIN, see the Protecting Your Privacy in LINKcat page.
• Click on the Login button.

TO CREATE A LIST

While viewing a title you want to save in a list, click on the Add to my list button.

• Note: Adding a title to a list is NOT the same as placing a "Hold" on that item. You would click on the Request Item button to place a hold. However, once you have created a list, you can place holds on selected items from that list.

For more information on placing holds, see the LINK Placing Holds brochure.

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TO ADD ITEMS TO YOUR LIST

Continue to click on Add to my list for any other items you find in LINKcat that you want to add to your list. You can save up to 100 titles. Each time, the Add to my list button will change to a Remove button. If you change your mind immediately after adding an item to your list, click on Remove. Once you reach 100 titles, the Add to my list button will disappear and you will be unable to add additional items to your list.

• Note: It is important that you view your list after you have finished adding items to it. Due to a bug in the software, occasionally users have lost items on their My List because they did not view the list after adding items to it.

If you have logged in to your account using your library barcode number, you can continue to add to your existing list each time you login. Remember, it will be accessible for 365 days from the last time you view it.

TO VIEW YOUR LIST

Click on the My List icon on the Toolbar.

If you have not added any items to My List, the message "No items in list" will display. If you have added items to My List, the list will be displayed.

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TO REQUEST ITEMS ON YOUR LIST

• Click on the My List icon on the Toolbar.
• Click on the Request Item button in the right column of your list.
• Follow the instructions in the LINK Placing Holds Brochure.

TO DELETE ITEMS FROM YOUR LIST

• Click on the My List icon on the Toolbar.
• Click in the box to the left of the title(s) you want to delete. A check mark will appear in the box to the left of the title(s) you select.
• Click on the Remove button at the top or bottom of your list.

To delete an entire list, click on the box at the top of all the titles. A check mark will appear in all of the boxes to the left of all the titles in your list. Click on the Remove button. All of the titles will be removed. (Caution: This action cannot be undone. Removed titles cannot be restored.)

TO EMAIL YOUR LIST

• Click on the My List icon on the Toolbar.
• Click the Email this list link at the bottom of the list.
• Mark the style you would like for your list format. Tip: If you choose HTML format, your email list will be interactive with LINKcat if you are connected to the Internet.
• Enter the subject of the email message in the Subject: field.
• Enter the email address for the recipient of the emailed list in the Email to: field.
• Click on Send

When received in email, the list will be formatted in the style you selected.

More HELP

See LINKcat Help.

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This page last updated 2/27/2009.