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Bibliographic Catalogue

Personal Area

 

Authentication

 

The personal area of the bibliographic catalogue enables one to:

  • Renew loans;
  • Make and cancel reservations of publications;
  • Consult loans and penalties, personal data, and search and loan history;
  • Create and consult the lists per topic.

 

To access your Personal Area (personal account) of the library catalogue, you first have to access the ISEG catalogue.

  1. Select the "Authentication" option (upper right-hand corner);
  2. Choose the ISEG account and then enter your ISEG credentials (...@iseg.ulisboa.pt);
  3. Click on your name to access your account.

You’ll find the functionalities of your personal space on the left-hand side.

 

 

Renewing loans

 

It is possible to renew an existing loan, by using various methods:

  • In your personal area in the Libraries Catalogue:
  1. Select the "My summary" tab and click on the option "Loaned";
  2. Select the type of renovation that your require: "Renew selected", or "Renew all";

 

 

You can make up to a total of three (3) loan renewals, as long as the documents in question have not been
reserved by other users, or if they are overdue for return.

 

 

Reserving publications

 

It is possible to reserve copies, by using various methods:

  • In the Library Catalogue, at https://catalogo-iseg.biblioteca.ulisboa.pt/:
    • Access your personal area by clicking on "Sign-in" (top right-hand corner);
    • Select the option "Sign-in" to access your personal area, entering the ISEG credentials
      (….@iseg.ulisboa.pt);

    • Search for the required publication;

    • Click the "Reserve" option and confirm the reservation;

 

 

How can I cancel a reservation?

 

You can cancel a reservation by:

  •  Access your personal area;
  •  Select the "My summary" tab and click on the option "Reservations";
  • Click on "Cancel" (the red button).

 

Or you can cancel a reservation:

 

How do I know whether a book that I have reserved is already available for loan?

 

Access your personal area:

  • Select the "My summary" tab and click on the option "Reservations";
  • Consult the information in the "State"column, which can be:

"Pending" – which means that the reserved publications hasn’t been returned yet; or 

"Reserved copy" – which means that the publication is already available for loan.

 

You will also receive an email from the Library informing you that the reserved publication is now available for loan, and that it will be reserved for a period of two days.

 

 

 

History

 

It is possible to consult your search history and also your loan history:

  • On the "My search history", you can consult all the searches that have been made over time.
  • On the "My reading history", you can consult all the loans that you have made, and also those that are
    still on loan.

 

 

Bibliographic lists

 

The creation of thematic lists enables you to save blocks of bibliographic lists by area of interest/topic.

 

To create a list:

  • Access your personal area;
  • Select the "My summary" tab;
  • Select "My lists" and "New list";

  • Attribute a name for the new list and conclude by clicking on "Save";

 

  • Carry out the required search;
  • Select the entries that you want to add to the list;

 

 

  • Select the list that you created in the "Add to …" field, which can be found at the top of the list of search results, and conclude by clicking on "Save".

 

  • Select your list and review the books that have been added.

 

 

 

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