Our library catalog's Home page is your main access point to library features. For example, you might want locate library materials using the search bar or sign in to your library account to renew a loan. Some features are available in all of our library catalog pages, such as catalog search or the Sign In/Sign Out links. Other features are only available on certain pages, such as renewing checkouts or placing a hold. Familiarize yourself with each of the features of the Home page before continuing on to other topics.

 You need to Sign In into your Library account to do certain library actions like cancel reservations and renew loans. You can Sign In/Out of your library account from any page within our library catalog. If you do not know the credentials for your library account, please ask a librarian for help.

 Your Library profile allows you to do some specific actions in Library catalog.

How to Pre-Register

  1. Click on New Account in top-right on within page of Library catalog(1)

  2. You will be redirected to a 'pré-registo de leitor' page, where you can find a form. This form is subdivided in some field groups: Identificação do Leitor (2), Contactos (3), Morada (4) e Habilitações Escolares e Profissionais (5). You can open each them by clicking on the arrow and the end of each one (6). After filling all the fields click in 'Enviar' (7) and if everything is Ok you will recieve the message (8) on the screen as also you will recieve in your email the credentials to Sign In.

 You can search our library catalog for titles and resources using the search bar. Terms that you enter into the search bar are matched with an item's title, author, subject, ISBN, or other fields.

This flexibility allows you to enter multiple terms to get more targeted search results before using facets and other tools.

For example:

   If you wanted to search for books by J. K. Rowling, you could start by entering "J.K. Rowling" into the search bar.

   If you wanted only J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books, you could try entering "J.K. Rowling Harry Potter".

   If you wanted to narrow the search further to just DVDs, then you could enter "J.K. Rowling Harry Potter DVD".

  On the search fields located on the search screens can be used some boolean and parentheses operators, to restrict your research.

The avaiable operators are:

  &   corresponds AND (1)

  |   corresponds OR (2)

  &!   corresponds AND NOT (3)

 Sometimes after performing a search you still don't see the items that you're looking for.

Search facets can help you narrow your search results without modifying your search terms.

For example, if you had just performed a search for:

"Harry Potter", you could use search facets to quickly narrow my search by author to only those materials which are authored by J. K. Rowling.

You could then narrow my search further by format to only those materials which are books. Facets that apply to your search results are listed on the left side of the search results page.

 After performing a search, the Search Results page loads with all the results that match your search query.

Clicking on a search result's title displays that title's details (for more information see Viewing a title's details). You can also narrow your search results using the facets on the right side of the screen (for more information, see Using search facets).

There is some more options you can perform. Such as print the page, email/export the search (all or current page) aswell s sharing the research.

  You can add items to My list by selecting one or more references on the list of search results. (1).

How to add on My list

1. By selecting the box close to the title's item (2), the item will be added to the list;

2. To check the added records, click the value between parentheses. That value means the number of records on your list (3);

How to delete from My list

1. To delete an specific item, go to My list and uncheck the record you want to delete.

2. To delete all the records added to My list click on garbage icon (4) (This will remove the records added before). The value field (3) will change to 0.

  This option saves the last 9 performed searches. its a circular list, this meaning it will keep the lasts 9 searches.

How to see or run an search from search history

  1. Click on the link (1)

  2. Check the terms to search

  3. Click on Search

  This option allows you to export the list of records by sending the content by email.

How to send by emails

  1. Click on

  2. Write the email(s) adress(s) between ; if more than one (1).

  3. Select the format HTML or XML (2).

  4. Click on send (3).

  5. Success Message (4).

 This option allows to save the list of results in one file.

How to Export

  1. Click on export

  2. Select the format you want ( HTML or XML) (1).

  3. Click on send (2).

  4. Save the file; The option 'save': save the file to download folder (3). The option 'save as': save the file allowing you to rename it and save in another folder (4).

 Subscribe one feed allow the user to stay informed about the updates on that website being notified always when the content get updated.

How to subscribe to a feed

  1. Click on

  2. Click on (1)

  3. Click on the button (2)

  4. You will recieve an notification on the screen (3) and will be shown where you can check the updates (4)

 The print option allows you to print the page.

How to print:

  1. Click on

  2. Click on the button Print (on the small window) (1)

 The option allows you to share the page on social networks.

How to Share:

  1. Click on

  2. Choose the social network where you want to share it (1)

 When you click on a title's cover image or title, details for that title are displayed. Title Details pages display the full details and information about a title.

  Managing your library account menu gives you some options like personal data, loans and reservations. You must Sign In to get full access on those options. For more informations about how to Sign In, see Login and Logout.

  1. Consult the personal data and change of password os Dados pessoais e mudança de password (1)

  2. Consult your Loans and Reservations (2)

For more informations ,see 'Related topics' (on the right).

  If you want to renew an item you can do it on loans tab (1) in 'Reader'.

Renew loan

  1. Select each box (2) close to the item you want to renew and click Reload Loan (3).

  If you want to cancel an item you can do it on Reserves tab (1) in 'Reader'.

How to cancel an reservation

  1. Select each box (2) close to the item you want to cancel and click Cancel reserve (3).

 Quando descobre nas pesquisas um item que lhe desperta interesse, e o quiser marcar, para mais tarde efetuar um empréstimo ou uma reserva, deve selecionar, a caixa

 No separador "Os meus Interesses" permite visualizar os seus Interesses (1).

A lista não é atualizada após ter efetuado uma reserva. Apenas o Leitor pode retirar um item da sua lista, selecione a caixa ao lado do Item e depois clique em Retirar da lista (2).

Como reservar um item que está na lista dos seus Interesses

  If you want to consult your personal data or change your password you can do it on Personal data option in 'Reader' menu.