Navigation and Display

Use only the iBistro toolbar buttons to navigate through iBistro. The following options may be available for navigation.

Cancel

The Cancel button allows you to cancel an existing request made in I Need Material, Contact Us, or Reserves (if available).

Change Display

The Change Display button takes you to the Change Display page, where you can change the library holdings that are displayed (from all branches or a particular branch), change whether full or brief records are displayed, or change the record format display to MARC format.

Go Back

The Go Back button returns the display to the activity screen that immediately precedes the current screen.

Help

The Help button accesses iBistro's online help.

History

The History button allows you to search again on a previous listing by displaying the Web resource or Z39.50 site search terms used during your iBistro session.

Holdings

The Holdings button is available from hit lists of URLs or hit lists of catalog records from other libraries. The Holdings button allows you to view relevant holdings in your library's catalog.

Kept

The Kept button takes you to the Kept page, which includes a listing of titles from the search results that you have chosen to mark for future reference. On the Kept page, you can sort item information by author, title, or call number. For multilibrary systems you can sort by library branch or by all branches. In addition, you can view, save, e-mail, or print the item record contents as follows.

Limit Search

The Limit Search button jumps you to the bottom of the Search Results page to the Search Again area. You may limit your original search in a number of ways, including by language, library shelving location, or publication year.

Logout

The Logout button logs you out of iBistro and returns you to the login screen. You must log in to iBistro again to activate functionality.

Modify

The Modify button allows you to modify an existing request made in I Need Material, Contact Us, or Reserves (if available).

MyBistro

The MyBistro button allows you to change preferences for Tell Me When and My Favorites.

New Search

The New Search button returns you to the main Search page.

Next

The Next button works with the Previous button and displays when information spans more than one page. Select the Next button to move to the next page. This button does not display on the final page of information.

If search results include several pages of item information, use the Pages function at the bottom of the hit list to jump forward and backward within the results pages.

Previous

The Previous button works with the Next button and displays when information spans more than one page. Select the Previous button to return to the previous page. This button does not display on the first page of information.

If search results include several pages of item information, use the Pages function at the bottom of the hit list to jump forward and backward within the results pages.

Top

The Top arrow returns you to the top of the iBistro window.

X-Refs

The X-Refs button displays when a record has cross-references attached to it and if a search term matches an entry in a thesaurus. Select X-Ref to display a list of terms related to the previous search expression on the Catalog Lookup By Cross Reference page. Select from these terms to continue browsing or searching the catalog. The X-Refs option may not be available at all libraries.

Contents

More About Navigation and Display

Build Your Own Bibliography
Change the Full Details Display
View Cross References
E-mail Record Information
Print Record Information
Search Again from the Search Results Display
View a Z39.50 Search History