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My Library Account in Omnivore
Self-Service Features:
~ View the books you have checked-out from the Library
including Holds and Overdues
~ Renew your borrowed books
~ Save & Create Personal Lists of books & articles
to share, and to use for bibliographies and works cited
~ Click Here to Sign In to My Account
You will login to MainMenu and be redirected automatically to Omnivore
How to Access Your Account within Omnivore
Sign In : click the button on the top right corner
Enter CIA username & password on MainMenu Portal screen
you will be returned automatically to Omnivore
Your name will be appear on the Sign In button
Click your name to view the drop-down menu
Select from the menu: My Account, My Personal Lists, or Sign Out
How to Renew Your Books
Click on your name on the top far right button
Select "My Account"
The list of books you have borrowed will appear
Each book will display Status and Due Date
Under Status, click Renew
How to Create and Save to a Personal List
Save books & articles to "My List"
Records are stored temporarily and will clear when the session ends
See instructions below to save records to your account
Save up to one hundred records
Privacy notice : If you are using a public computer and you leave the terminal, your list will be visible to others until the session times out
To clear entries from your temporary list:
Remove one record at a time by using the red icon beside each record
Delete all records by clicking Select All
Click the Gear icon and select Delete Records
A message opens to confirm this action
Click Delete Records to continue or Cancel to return to the list
Create and Save Records to a New Personal List
Search for the records you would like to include in a list.
Click the Save icon to add the citation to the list
Click My List in the upper left corner to display the list
Select items or Select All
Click on the Gear Icon
Select Create Personal List
Provide a List Name (required) and List Description (optional)
Click Save
To Save Records to an existing Personal List
in My List, click on the Gear Icon
Select Move Records
click on a list name
Click Select List
Cite Tool
Select some or all items
Click Cite to create a citation list of all selected items
Copy & paste into your document
Omnivore OneSearch
Google Scholar with links to CIA resources
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