This document provides instructions for using the Houston Public Library's interlibrary loan system to request books, media, and other materials not available in the HPL collection. It explains how to set up an ILLiad account, search the WorldCat catalog to find items, submit requests, and cancel or modify existing requests. Tips are provided on the types of materials most easily obtained through interlibrary loan and policies of different libraries regarding loans.

1. © 2008 by Robert de Berardinis OCLC WorldCat & Interlibrary loan How You Can Find Books, Microfilm, CDs, DVDs, and Other Neat Stuff Not at HPL and How to Get Them Through Interlibrary Loan

2. Before you get started you will need: • a valid (unexpired) Houston Public Library Power Card, • a computer with an internet connection, and • an ILLiad account (has nothing to do with the movie Troy ). Helpful to have at hand: • a teen-ager On the internet, go to: http://www.houstonlibrary.org ILLiad Account Practice • Practice • Practice

3. Practice • Practice • Practice Click Services

4. Practice • Practice • Practice Scroll down the page

5. Practice • Practice • Practice Let’s first set up an ILLiad or Interlibrary loan account—have your Power Card ready Click ‘Interlibrary Loan’

6. Practice • Practice • Practice HPL Power Card- You must have one Available For Free at all Library Branches 22 477 002 405 988 Power Card Number You’ll need a card for photocopies

7. Practice • Practice • Practice No ILLiad account? Click here

8. Practice • Practice • Practice Scroll down the page

9. Practice • Practice • Practice Click This Button

10. Practice • Practice • Practice Scroll down the page

11. Practice • Practice • Practice Click This Button

12. Practice • Practice • Practice After submitting your information, close this window, click “X” and return to library home page at: www.houstonlibrary.org You will be told what you did wrong Click “X” here

13. Practice • Practice • Practice Click Research

14. Practice • Practice • Practice Click ‘WorldCat-ILL Database’

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16. Practice • Practice • Practice Click SUBMIT From your Power Card

17. Practice • Practice • Practice Basic Library Vocabulary or Usage Author –should be entered last name first, first name last Title – ignore “A,” “An,” or “The” as the first word of a title Keyword – a word that describes the contents of a book, in librarian talk, called subject words ISBN – the unique ID number for books published during or after the 1970s Year – the year of publication, found next to the © symbol on title page or back side (verso side) of it Truncation – Using the root word with a symbol to find all items containing that root and different endings, e.g., “Cap* dynasty” for “Capetian dynasty” or Mero* for Merovignien Wild Card – A symbol used to represent any possible spelling within a word, e.g., “Sm*th” for Smith or Smyth, but not Smithe!

18. Practice • Practice • Practice More Vocabulary —Catalogue Page De Ville, Winston. The 1795 chimney-tax of New Orleans : a guide to the census of proprietors and residents of the Vieux Carré / Winston De Ville ; index by Ramona Amelia Smith. Ville Platte, La. : Smith Publications, 1994,1995. 31 p. ; 28 cm. Includes index. Hearth-money -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Registers. Taxation -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Registers. Vieux Carré (New Orleans, La.) -- Genealogy. New Orleans (La.) -- Genealogy. Subject Notes Descript. Rating Pub. Info Author Title (none) LIB USE ONLY 976.3 D494 LA Clayton Genealogy ADU REF Last Check-in STATUS CALL # PREFIX LOCATION See all these subject or keyword words

19. Practice • Practice • Practice Click “Maximize” here

20. Practice • Practice • Practice This is the WorldCat Basic Search window. See how the terms are like the library catalogue page.

21. Practice • Practice • Practice WorldCat Basic Search What is it good for? • Simple keyword, author, or title searches • “ Author-Title” Searches—you know both the author and title • When doing searches for materials when the “Keyword” is very specific, e.g., Battle of Shiloh What is it not good for? • Compound field searches • Compound record searches

22. Practice • Practice • Practice Last Name First, First Name Last Omit ‘The’ in foreign languages also Click ‘Search’ when done

23. Practice • Practice • Practice 327 Libraries! WOW! Click ‘Libraries Worldwide’

24. Practice • Practice • Practice TexShare means Texas circulating libraries must share (for free most times) Scroll down the page

25. Practice • Practice • Practice Click ‘Request an Interlibrary Loan’

26. Practice • Practice • Practice Click “Maximize” here

27. Practice • Practice • Practice Type Username here Type Password here

28. Practice • Practice • Practice user •••• Click ‘Logon to ILLiad’

29. Practice • Practice • Practice TexShare = Free Otherwise, what is it worth to get this? Very important

30. Practice • Practice • Practice TexShare = Free Otherwise, what is it worth to get this? $$ Scroll down the page

31. Practice • Practice • Practice Free book please This is important Click Here

32. Practice • Practice • Practice Let’s cancel your ILL order before returning to WorldCat Lookee Here!! Everything worked!! Click ‘View/Modify Out- Standing Requests’

33. Practice • Practice • Practice Click the Transaction Number

34. Practice • Practice • Practice Click ‘ Cancel Request’

35. Practice • Practice • Practice Lookee Here!! Everything worked!! Scroll down the page, See whati is there

36. Practice • Practice • Practice Return to WorldCat Click ‘X’ to close window

37. Practice • Practice • Practice Scroll up the page

38. Practice • Practice • Practice Click ‘Searching’

39. Practice • Practice • Practice Click ‘Advanced Search ’ We interrupt this boring program for an important message—please stay tuned.

41. Practice • Practice • Practice Robert’s Rules on Interlibrary Loan 1. Be nice to Inter Library Loan Department. It is cheaper than you driving or flying to somewhere else. 2. If HPL has the item you want, they will not interlibrary loan another copy. ( This is really an HPL rule on interlibrary loan ) 3. Remember bribery in small doses works. Bribes and compliments can be interchangeable! 4. Texas universities must share with you for free. Always use them first. 5. Genealogical materials are rarely loaned by public libraries, but universities usually will. 6. Microfilm (not fiche or microcard) is usually only loaned by universities, almost never by public libraries.

42. Practice • Practice • Practice Robert’s Rules on Interlibrary Loan 7. Always inquire about buying copies of fiche (usually 25¢ or 50¢ per sheet of fiche). 8. Books (and other stuff) made before 1900 generally do not get loaned (Hint: they may be on microfilm!). 9. Library of Congress may loan if they are only source and they have two copies and you send a groveling and pleading e-mail. They will make copies (reasonably priced) or microfilm (very expensive). 10. If book is simply unavailable for loan, inquire of stingy library to check index or photocopy names in index of interest. Then order pages from index. Good to have unlimited long distance phone plan.

43. Practice • Practice • Practice Robert’s Rules on Interlibrary Loan 11. Most of the time map photocopies are available for cheap. Some universities, if map is very rare, they will stick it to you. It’s not personal, they stick it to everyone. If alumnus or alumna, send ugly letter to Alumni Association after you get photocopy. Otherwise, accept fate. 12. For maps, microfilm, and manuscript collections (even on microfilm) from university libraries, chances are very good they have developed finding aids or even indexes on their own (undergraduate and graduate students are cheap slave labor). E-mails cost nothing and may work, but a sweet, unctuous, and solicitous phone call, completely ignoring the words genealogy or family , works better. A food thank you gift insures your questions will be welcome in the future.

44. Practice • Practice • Practice What’s this stuff? Erase these terms Scroll down a little bit

45. Practice • Practice • Practice Sound and Video Recordings The next set of 27 slides are on how to get LPs, CDs, TV Shows, Movies, and Sheet Music. If this bores you, please skip to next section on Maps.

46. Practice • Practice • Practice Click drop down menu after typing “Beethoven”

47. Practice • Practice • Practice Click drop down menu after typing “Ninth Symphony”

48. Practice • Practice • Practice Click drop down menu after checking ‘Sound Recodings’ Check ‘ Sound Recordings’ Scroll down a little bit

49. Practice • Practice • Practice Click ‘Search’ when finished Click ‘Search’ when finished

50. Practice • Practice • Practice Scroll down the page

51. Practice • Practice • Practice Scroll up the page

52. Practice • Practice • Practice Click on ‘ Libraries Worldwide’

53. Practice • Practice • Practice Scroll down the page

54. Practice • Practice • Practice Click ‘Request an Interlibrary Loan’

55. Practice • Practice • Practice Click “Maximize” here

56. Practice • Practice • Practice Practice • Practice • Practice user •••• Fill in User Name And Password Click ‘Logon to ILLiad’

57. Practice • Practice • Practice $$ Scroll down the page

58. Practice • Practice • Practice This is important Click Here

59. Practice • Practice • Practice Let’s eliminate your ILL order before returning to WorldCat Lookee Here!! Everything worked!! Click ‘View/Modify Out- Standing Requests’

60. Practice • Practice • Practice Click the Transaction Number

61. Practice • Practice • Practice Click ‘ Cancel Request’

62. Practice • Practice • Practice Let’s return to WorldCat Lookee Here!! Everything worked!! Click ‘X’ to close the window

63. Practice • Practice • Practice Click ‘Searching’

64. Practice • Practice • Practice Uncheck Sound Recordings Check Musical Scores

65. Practice • Practice • Practice Click ‘Search’ when finished Select “Any Format”

66. Practice • Practice • Practice Click ‘Searching’

67. Practice • Practice • Practice Type “Black Sabbath” Type “Iron Man” Check Sound Recordings Check Musical Scores Click ‘Search’ when finished

68. Practice • Practice • Practice Click ‘Searching’

69. Practice • Practice • Practice Type “Spiderman” Uncheck Sound Recordings Uncheck Musical Scores Check Visual Materials Select “DVD/Video” Click ‘Search’ when finished

70. Practice • Practice • Practice Click ‘Searching’

71. Practice • Practice • Practice Type “Casablanca” Select “VHS/Tape” Click ‘Search’ when finished

72. Practice • Practice • Practice Click ‘Searching’

73. Practice • Practice • Practice Type “In Living Color” Select “Any Format” Click ‘Search’ when finished

74. Practice • Practice • Practice Click ‘Searching’

75. Practice • Practice • Practice Try on your own A CD of the “White Album” of the Beatles. A cancelled TV show, like the Sopranos. Sheet music of Cats .

76. Practice • Practice • Practice Old Maps The next set of 5 slides are on how to get old Maps. If this bores you, please skip to next section on Books.

77. Practice • Practice • Practice Change to ‘St Christophle’ Change to ‘or’ Change to ‘St Kitts’ Click on ‘Maps’ Click ‘Search’ when finished

78. Practice • Practice • Practice Click on ‘Isle de St Christophle’

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80. Practice • Practice • Practice 25¢ plus Postage, Cheap!

81. Practice • Practice • Practice Try on your own A map of the “Thirteen Colonies” from 1775. A map of Texas between 1835 and 1845. A map of South America from 1840.

82. Practice • Practice • Practice Books The last set of slides are on how to get Books. If this bores you, you are done.

83. Practice • Practice • Practice Change to ‘Nursing’ Change to ‘Catheters’ Change to ‘Infection’ Uncheck ‘Maps’ Click ‘Search’ when finished Change to ‘and’

84. Practice • Practice • Practice Click URL

85. Practice • Practice • Practice Scroll down the page

86. Practice • Practice • Practice Click Back when finished

87. Practice • Practice • Practice Click Title

88. Practice • Practice • Practice Click URL

89. Practice • Practice • Practice Click Back when finished

90. Practice • Practice • Practice Click ‘Searching’

91. Practice • Practice • Practice Change to ‘trauma patients’ Change to ‘2004-2008’ Click ‘Search’ when finished

92. Practice • Practice • Practice Scroll down the page

93. Practice • Practice • Practice Click for next page

94. Practice • Practice • Practice Click for next page

95. Practice • Practice • Practice Scroll down the page

96. Practice • Practice • Practice Click Title

97. Practice • Practice • Practice Click ‘Searching’

99. Practice • Practice • Practice OCLC WorldCat & Interlibrary loan The End Applause Wildly Throw Money