What You Can Do Using Our Web-Based Catalog

·        Request books to be put on hold

·        View items you have checked out or have a hold on

·        Renew your books

·        Check whether you have any fines

·        See when your card expires

 

To make use of these on-line services, just stop by the desk and request a PIN (personal identification number).

If you have an e-mail address (and haven’t already provided it), we’d like to have that for our records.

 

How to Access Your Account

1. Go to www.badaxelibrary.org

2. Click on “On-Line Catalog”

3. Click on “My Account” (from the buttons along the left-hand side)

4. Enter your Library Card Number and your PIN

5. Your account information will come up on the screen in a separate box

6. To renew a book, click on the “Renew” button next to the book title

How to Place a Hold on a Book

(Sorry, no holds on 3-Day Items)

Locate the book title you want using a title, author or subject search (buttons are on the left side)

Check the “Status” of the book

If it shows “available”, the book is on the shelf at the library.  You are welcome to come in to the library to get it!

If it shows a due date, click on “Request a Copy” above the title

Fill out the information in the “Request Form” box and press “Submit”

The Library Staff will place a hold on the requested item.

MeLCat IS HERE!!

Michigan Statewide Catalog and Interloan Service

Patron-Initiated, Quick Delivery and Free!

How to Borrow an Item Using MeLCat

Go to www.badaxelibrary.org

• Click on “On-Line Catalog”.

• Click on “MeLCat” (near the bottom of the buttons along the left-hand side)

• Type in title, author or subject; click the corresponding radio button above the search box

• Click “Find It!”

• Check the icon to the far right to be sure it’s the right media (book, sound disc, DVD/VHS)

• Click on the title for more information about the item

• If it’s the right item, click “Get This for Me!”

• Click on Bad Axe District Library from the list of libraries

• Type in your name and library card number and click “Submit”

• Next screen will say “Your request was successful” or you will get a message that the item is not currently available; unfortunately you may not place a hold on the item

    How to Check the Status of Your Request

 

• Click on “MyMeL” in the gray bar near the top of the screen.

• Click on Bad Axe District Library from the list of libraries.

• Type in your name and library card number and click “Submit”

• Your patron information will appear along with a link “You have x items checked out/requested

• Click on the link and detailed information about requested or checked out items will appear

• You can check the appropriate box to cancel a hold or renew an item

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