Request Items from Library Shelves

Source: "How to Place Requests for Items from Library Shelves" by Holman Library is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Learn how to place and cancel requests for items from library shelves.

Click on the item you wish to request:

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If you are not logged into your library account, you should see a yellow box that says “Sign in to see loan & request options and to access your library account". Click “Sign in” and sign in with your GRC student email address and password:

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After you log in, the yellow box should be replaced by a link to “Place a request to pick up this item”:

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The request screen will then ask for a date after which the item is no longer needed. You will also have the option to have the item sent to Kent, Enumclaw or Auburn Center rather than the main Auburn Campus. Click “Send Request”:

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You should then see a green confirmation box letting you know where you can pick up the item:

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You can cancel the request by clicking on your name at the top right corner of your screen and selecting “My Requests” and then clicking “cancel”:

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Using Course Reserves

Instructors sometimes put materials and textbooks for their classes on "Course Reserves" in the Holman Library for students to borrow. Usually, these items can be used only inside the library and only for short periods of time. 

Locate items put on "reserve" by Green River instructors by searching in the library's catalog. You can search by item title or the number of the class (example: TS 101). If you don't find your course listed in our Course Reserves search, ask your instructor to put your textbook on reserve.

Use the link above to open the catalog and then follow the instructions written below - also shown in the image below.

1. Select "Course Reserves" from the drop-down menu    
2. Search ADVANCED COURSE RESERVES by any one of these options:         

• Department  - such as:     Communication Studies  
• Course Name  - such as:     Interpersonal Communications      
• Subject - such as:     Persuasion
• Instructor  - such as:     Kelsey Denton  or    Denton Kelsey     
       [any combo of last and first names]  
• Title  - such as:     The Essential Guide to Intercultural Communication  
• Course ID - such as:     CMST 210             CMST& 210    
       (you can search either with or without the "&" )  

3. After a search, you can also browse and filter by Department, Course Name, Course ID, Subject, Instructor    
4. Go to the Circulation Desk on the first floor of the library to borrow course reserves

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Still need more help?

Consider chatting with a librarian who can help you search

Accessing Your Library Account

Use the instructions below to learn how to sign in to your library account to renew your checked out library items and see your loans, fines, saved items...etc.):

1. Go to the Holman Library main page and click on Advanced Search under the large Holman Library One Search box:

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2. Click on Sign In near the top right corner of your screen:

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3. Select Login using Current Students, Staff, and Faculty and log in with your GRC email address and password:

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4. You should now see your name near the top right corner of your screen. Click the drop-down menu next to your name and select My Library Account:

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Saving and Exporting Titles and Searches

Step-by-step written instructions on how to export saved items from your library account:

1. Click: Your Library Account: Loans, Renewals and Fines

2. Click Current Students or Current Faculty (depending on what applies to you)

3. Follow sign-in instructions on that screen

4. Click your name in upper right-hand corner

5. Click: Saved Items

6. Under "Saved Titles", click the checkbox at the top to select all saved titles

7. To the right of "My Favorites" click the ellipses (three dots)

8. Choose "Export to Excel" or "Email" depending on your preference

9. Under "Saved Searches" and "Search History" click on each saved search to perform the search

10. After you perform each individual search, click in the website address bar and copy the URL (the web address in the bar)

11. Paste that URL (web address) in a document and save that document.  Alternately paste that URL in an email to yourself.

Enabling LibKey Nomad

The LibKey Nomad browser extension gives you fast, one-click access to scholarly articles available from Holman Library wherever you are searching on the web.

1. FIRST:

2. AFTER YOU HAVE INSTALLED THE EXTENSION, click the LibKey Nomad extension (usually in the upper right corner of the browser window)

3. NEXT, in the box under "Select Organization" type Green River College in the box and choose it from the drop-down menu

4. THEN, you will see a green flame icon in your browser extensions that means LibKey Nomad is enabled

5. AFTER, when you search the web, look for the green flame icon and click to download full text of scholarly articles from the Holman Library wherever you search on the web

Example from Wikipedia:

Example from PubMed: