Title: Finding and Requesting Print Books
Course: Library - Library Sandbox > Section: Ontario Tech Library Online: Searching Omni for Books, Articles & More

Request a Print Book in Omni - Transcript

Request a Book

Sometimes you need to find and request physical items like books from the library.

In your search results print books will be identified as Book. In the brief book result record you can see availability, item location and the call number. To access complete details for print books and make a request for an item you need to open the item record. To open the item record you can click on Available at or select the title in your search results.

You can see if the item is available at the top of the record. In the How to get it section you will find additional details for items, including additional information for items with multiple copies. The How to get it section also has a prompt to sign in to access item request options if you are not signed into your Library Omni account.

When you sign into your Library Omni account additional request features will appear in the How to get it section, including Request and Digitization.

Place a Book Request

To request an Item choose Request and fill in the request form with your desired pickup location. Location options include multiple library locations and Home Delivery, if you would prefer to have items mailed to your home. After submitting the form you will receive an email to the address listed in your Omni Library account notifying you when the item is available for pickup in the library.

Place a Digitization Request

To request a digitization of part of a print item choose Digitization and fill in the form with the specifics of the chapter or page range you wish to have digitized and sent you. Digitization are limited short excerpts of books in keeping with Fair Dealing and the Canadian Copyright Act. This generally means digitization is limited to a single chapter of 10% of a book.

If all the library's copies of a particular print book are checked out you can look in the Omni Libraries that own this item section of How to get it to view and request the item from another library. You will find out more about requesting items from other Omni Libraries later in this module.

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