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9.8. Item Details

Last Updated 05/17/2024

Reading the Item Details Page

The Record Summary, or Item Details page, shows details such as the cover image, title, author, publication information, and an abstract or summary, if available.

Near the top of the record, users can easily see the number of copies that are currently available, both in the selected library or system, and in the consortium as a whole, and how many current holds are on the title.

If there are other formats and editions of the same work in the database, links to those alternate formats will display. The formats used in this section are based on the configurable catalog icon formats.

Item information also displays the Call number and Copy Location for locating the item on the shelves in the library (or libraries if conducting a system wide search). Clicking on Text beside the call number will allow you to send the item’s call number by text message, if desired. Clicking the name of the library will reveal information about the owning library, such as address and open hours.

Copies are sorted by (in order): org unit, call number, part label, copy number, and barcode.

The Record Details view shows how many copies are at the library or libraries you have selected, and whether they are available or checked out. It also displays the Call Number and Copy Location for locating the item on the shelves. Clicking on Text beside the call number will allow you to send the item’s call number by text message, if desired. Clicking the location library link will reveal information about owning library, such as address and open hours.

Below the local details you can open up various tabs to display more information. You can select Summaries & More to see the book’s summaries and reviews, if available. You can select Shelf Browser to view items appearing near the current item on the library shelves. Often this is a good way to browse for similar items. You can select MARC Record to display the record in MARC format. If your library offers the service, clicking on Awards, Reviews, and Suggested Reads will reveal that additional information.

The record summary page offers a link to a shorter permalink that can be used for sharing the record with others. All URL parameters are stripped from the link with the exception of the locg and copy_depth parameters. Those parameters are maintained so that people can share a link that displays just the holdings from one library/system or displays holdings from all libraries with a specific library’s holdings floating to the top.

If configured by the library system administrator, you may send yourself the call number via SMS (text) message by clicking on the Text link, which appears beside the call number.

When you are viewing a specific record, you can always go back to your title list by clicking the link Search Results in the top middle or bottom middle of the page.

You can start a new search at any time by entering new search terms in the search box at the top of the page, or by selecting the Another Search or Advanced Search links in the left-hand sidebar.