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Dragonfly, Winter 1999 Try being a Loansome Doc USER! Nancy Press

Whether you are the library director, an ILL technician, or at a one-person library, this little exercise is sure to give you insight into NLM's fast-growing Loansome Doc service. It's free, and it could be very educational! Find out what your patrons do when they request articles from you.

Start by doing a search in PubMed and selecting an article to order -- just click in the little box next to an article. You can just follow the instructions on the screen, but I've also listed all the steps here:

1. Click on the [Order] button ("ORDER documents on this page through Loansome Doc").
2. Loansome Doc preview screen shows what documents you have selected. Click on the [Order] button to procede."
3. Under the "If you are new... Learn about registering," select "USA," then click on the [Go] button.
4. Click on the [Registration] (at the bottom of the page).
5. Fill out the registration form. Use your own library's ID as the Ordering Library ID, and make up a patron--make up whatever you want for the name, address, userid and password. Then click on [Register].
6. You will get a Loansome Doc Confirmation Screen that says, "Registration Successful."
7. Click on [Send Order].
8. You will get a Loansome Doc Confirmation Screen that says "Order Accepted."

The request will show up in your library's DOCLINE. To read the request choose DOCLINE menu option #7: LD Receipt.

Do another search, order, and enter your userid and password--as a patron does when he or she is already registered. You will find out how simple it is for your patrons to request articles.

Since these are fake requests, just update as FILLED. (Your statistics will improve!)

URL: http://nnlm.gov/pnr/news/199901/tryld.html