Library Catalog Features

The catalog gives you:

• the choice to maintain a reading history and keep track of the books, CDs, DVDs, and other items that you've checked out
  
  
• the ability to save searches and receive email when new books are added in areas of interest or by authors you enjoy
  
  
• access to book and movie summaries, reviews, tables of content, author biographies, excerpts and first chapters, and images of book jackets
  
  
• suggestions for books similar to those listed in the catalog
  
  
• the option to create and print lists of titles to take with you to the stacks, or save the lists for later within your account
  
  
• the choice to suspend holds while on vacation, so that you never miss out on your favorite books, DVDs, and musical recordings
  
  
• a children's catalog that searches only materials in Children's Services
  
  
• the power to renew items online
  
  
• search features that allow you to limit your search by format (DVD, music CD, etc.), by year of publication, or by library branch
  
  
• the option to pay fines and fees online with a credit or debit card
  
  
• the choice of self-checkout using our ExpressCheck stations
  
  
• the ability to set up an RSS feed so that you can keep up as new books, videos, and sound recording are added to the collection
  
  
• a built-in dictionary and thesaurus
  
  
• a search interface that makes spelling suggestions
  
  
• a Spanish-language interface