1) Call your library to request library materials.
Give us a call and tell us an author, title or subject you are interested in.
2) Use our online catalog to place a hold request.
2) Place a Hold Request on the title you'd like.
Hold Requests are fulfilled in the order in which they are received.
You can place requests from home or work 24/7 by visiting our Online Catalog at www.earlibrary.org to search for titles, authors or subjects.
TIP: Click the PUSHPIN (not the white box) next to the item you want to request, or, at the detailed screen for that title, click on Hold Request on the top menu bar. Then enter your Library Card Number, then PIN, then click Submit Request.
Search the Online Catalog for New Books
To learn how to find and place a Hold Request on New Books in your library, or even On Order titles that all the libraries have ordered, click here.
Put a Hold Request on an item that shows Available at your “home" library
It is on the library shelf, ready to be checked out; no waiting for delivery from another library. As soon as library staff selects the book, you will be notified via email or phone call.
Place a Hold Request on the title you'd like to get the Next Spot in the Holds Queue
Items that show "Available", but at a different library than your "home" library, will take longer because they have to be delivered.
"On Order" means the book has not yet arrived from our vendor. Place a Hold Request to reserve your spot in the Holds Request queue so that when a copy becomes available to you, we will contact you to schedule a curbside pickup.
"Checked Out" or "Hold Shelf" mean another customer has it, but you can still place a Hold Request.