​​​​One Title at a Time

Today, Tri County LMC has several catalogs that you and/or can use:
  • Destiny by Follett                    (username and password required for key features)
  • Axis 360 by Baker and Taylor             (username and password required for key features)
  • BiblioBoard by BiblioLabs      (I.P. authentication required)
  • EBL                                         (username and password required for all access)
  • Worldcat-                                 (No authentication required)
  • Library of Congress-                (No Authentication required)
  • Commonwealth eBook Collection       (No Authentication required)
Each one of these catalogs have many key features and I can’t go over all of these at one time. What I would like to do this month is make sure you know how to access each of these, since certain catalogs require username and password and some require I.P. authentication. From my brief poll it has come to my attention that many staff members are not taking advantage of many features of each catalog. This is why I will give you a brief overview of each catalog and how to access key features.
 
All of the 18 catalogs available to the Tri County community can be accessed at the LMC portal under the catalogs menu.
​Destiny by Follett is the primary catalog to use when you are looking for physical items in our collection.
 
Destiny is our school web based circulation manager. You can use Destiny in many different ways:
  1. As a catalog- search TCRVTSD collection the same way you would search any online catalog (ie; by keyword, title, author, subject, etc.) And once you have found what you would like, place a digital hold.
  2. As a record keeper- Want to know what you have checked out in the past or what you have overdue? Circulation details can be found under "My Info"
  3. As a search engine -Universal Search is a powerful tool to help you find many resources. Click the video to learn more.
  4. As an influential tool. Write a review for any print, audio, visual, digital, title you have completed and publish your review for all to see. (Check out many more features in Destiny Quest)
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Please watch the Library Manger video I have placed here to get an overview of the feature you may use as a classroom teacher. You need to have a username and password to use these features.
To access Destiny:
  1. Please click on the purple text “click here” on that page.
  2. You will reach a page where you will have to click the Tri-County RVTHS  hyperlink. Please do not try to log in on this screen’s right hand side where it indicates District Users ...  Log In. Please click the hyperlink.
  3. Only when you reach the screen that has the catalog search engine in the center of the page, go to the top right of the page to log in.
  4. At this point you will enter your user name and password.
  5. You will find yourself within the Destiny Quest application ( in a future bulletin I will focus on Destiny Quest) click exit on the top right menu to access the catalog tab or you can remain to search from with Destiny Quest.
  6. Search for any title and click hold it to place a reserve and have me deliver it to you.
Axis 360 by Baker and Taylor provides access to digital titles that you can read or hear. I highly recommend you search Axis 360 since each month approximately 25,000 titles are added by Mass Library Systems (This is a resource shared throughout our state through Commonwealth eBook Project.
 
At this time Axis 360 should be used on your digital device using Apple /iOS or Android and in addition, Kindle Fire may be used.
In September you received an email with access information and a link to the ItsLearning guide to help you learn more about using this great resource.
Your user name is the same as you use to log on to your workstation and your password (only for staff) is Axis360!
  • The Axis 360 app lets you read and listen to digital content with a single tap.
  • Place items on hold and see at a glance where you are in line.
  • Add digital content to your Wish List for later check out.
This guide on ItsLearning will help you better understand how to use this catalog. Please also watch this video. It is a visual walk through the login process:.
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EBL by Proquest aggregates relevant and recent titles to provide access to content across academic and professional subject areas. EBL offers titles from the largest number of university press partners. With over half a million ebooks from more than 600 leading publishers encompassing more than 1,200 imprints, it covers all academic subject areas including Social Science, Medicine, Technology and Language & Literature.
Subject coverage found in EBL:
Agriculture, Architecture, Business/Management, Computer Science/IT, Education, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Fiction, Fine Arts, General Works/Reference, Geography/Travel,  Health, History, Home Economics, Journalism, Language/Linguistics, Law, Library Science, Literature, Mathematics, Medicine, Military Science, Museums, Nursing, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Publishing, Religion, Science, Social Science, Sport & Recreation, Tourism/Hospitality and more.
You may choose to create your own account with user name and password.
  1. To begin, click on create new account once you are on  the EBL home page
  2. Select our organization from the list
  3. Follow prompts: First Name, Last Name, User Name: (Must not include spaces), Password, Confirm Password, E-mail address (use your Tri-County email please), Password Recovery Question
Enhanced functionality
  • Full-text search across catalog
  • Access ebooks online or download to read offline on computers, tablets and other mobile devices
  • Personalized bookshelf provides access to reading history and current loans
  • Create bookmarks and add notes
  • Read aloud feature for all titles
  • Many titles available in ePub and PDF