Card Catalog Instructions
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CARD CATALOG

Madison Valley Public Library
Card Catalog Instructions

To access your account, first ask the librarian to set up your alternate ID.
It can contain letters and/or numbers.  

  1. Go to the library’s website at www.3rivers.net/~ennislib
  2. Click on the Card Catalog link
  3. Click “login to my library account”
  4. Type in your Alternate ID (it will be all capital letters)  (Leave card # blank)
  5. Type CHANGEME (all one word) in the place for the PIN.

Now you are logged in!  But, you’ll want to change your password.

  1. Go to “my library account”
  2. Go to “user PIN Change”
  3. Type CHANGEME where it says PIN
  4. Where it says “enter new PIN” type in your unique PIN (letter and/or numbers). Be sure to write it down.
  5. Re-enter your new PIN in the next box and click “change PIN”.  If you forget your PIN, just ask the librarian for help.

When you want to log in again, click “login to my library account”, type in your Alternate ID and your new, unique PIN. 

In “my library account”, you can:

Review my account:

See what items you have checked out and when they are due.

Renew my material:

Renew the items you have checked-out.

Change my address

User PIN Change

To place a hold on an item:

  1. Search for the item you want
  2. Click on the “Full Details” tab
  3. Click on the “Place hold” link
  4. Make sure it says “pickup at Madison Valley Public Library” and click “Place hold” again.
  5. A thank you message will be displayed.

Just for your information:

All the functions under “Ask us” (such as Interlibrary Loan) will send a message to the librarian that you would like a particular item.  Then the librarian will attempt to find the item you need.

Another way to send us a message is to use the “Contact us” tab.

To see the reply to any of the above messaged, go to “my library account” and a new tab will appear with the reply.

Searching in the Montana Shared Catalog:

Search/Home:  You can search for the item you’d like by author, title, subject, word or phrase.  Then click the “Full details” tab to find where the item is located and if it is available.

Kid’s Library:  A listing of Easy and Junior materials.

More Resources:  Has many reference links and card catalogs from other libraries.

New Books:  (Under library info.) Shows all new items that have come into the library recently.

Please ask the librarian
if you have any questions
!


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