Reserving materials right from home!

 

Did you know you can reserve library materials from home?  Let me show you how.

The first thing you will do is go to the Portland District Library’s website at https://www.pdl.michlibrary.org. 

To get to our online catalog, you will click “Search for Books and Other Library Materials” in the upper right hand side of the library website homepage.

  

In the upper right hand corner of the next screen, you will find the account log in area.  

 

When you click “Logon”, you will get a new screen asking for your login information.  Your username will be your first initial and last name.  (Example: Jsmith) The password will be the capital letter P and your library barcode number.  (Example: P10101) After entering your username and password, click “Log On".

 

You can then search the catalog for your book by keyword, title, author, subject, or series.

Once you have decided on a book, click on the green and white “+” button to add the book to your bookbag.

 

 

When you have added all your choices to your bookbag, click “View”, which is below the logoff button at the top right hand side of the page.

 

The books you have put in your bookbag will show on this page.  Click your mouse in the box to the left of the title of the books(s) you would like us to hold for you, and then click “Reserve”.  

 

 

You will get a showing the number of items you are reserving.  Click “OK”.

 

You will then get a message that says Item Reserved Successfully. Click “Close”.

 

You have now reserved your book!

You can either choose more library materials, or log off.

Portland District Library checks Reserve Requests at certain times of the day, and will notify you when your requested item is ready for pickup.   

We hope this feature makes using the library more enjoyable for you.