Quick Click
Finding Items

The many different types of library “things” makes finding the ones you want confusing. This pages helps sort out the ways to find what you want.

Catalog
MyAccount
Off Campus?
Ask us
Library Menus
Popular Links
Activities
Books

Quick Fact—A library book is a written composition that has been published on pages bound together. A librarian may call a book a monograph.

More about books ...

Articles

Quick Fact—An article is a standalone part of a larger written work such as a scholarly journal, magazine, or newspaper.

More about articles ...

Journals

Quick Fact—A journal is a periodical dedicated to a particular subject, for example, “She reads the pharmacy journals.”

More about journals ...

Magazines

Quick Fact—A magazine is a periodical with pictures and stories of general or popular interest, for example, “He reads ‘Time’ magazine.”

More about magazines ...

Databases

Quick Fact—A database is an organized collection of data for a specific purpose. For example PsycInfo is a database of articles and books published in the psychology literature.

More about databases ...

Music

Quick Fact—Music may mean scores for playing on an instrument or recordings for amplified playback.

More about music ...

Videos and other media

Quick Fact—Video recordings are available in several formats such as tapes (VHS) or disks (DVDs)

More about videos ...

Instructions for Library Borrower ID

Services
Find
About Us

NOTE! Material on this page refers to the original type of Cougar One Card. See this page for current borrower card information

  1. Search the CSU or I-Share Libraries’ catalog for your book or other item.
  2. Select the item.
  3. Check availability. If the item is available, click the REQUEST button at the top of the page.
  4. Carefully fill the Library Borrower ID field as follows:

    Enter 20411 plus your CSUID number from your card up to the sequence number.

    This will result in a 16 digit number, such as 2041198765432101

  5. Enter your last name (it is not case sensitive).
  6. Click the "Login" button.
  7. Follow the instructions to complete the request. You will have to enter your libprev.borrower ID number, i.e. 2041198765432101, again.

Example

In the example above, the card carries a CSU ID number just below your name.

The parts of that CSU ID number you will use are

  • 987654321
  • 01

Make the Library Borrower ID as follows:

+ 98765432101

Keep this new number as your Library Borrower ID for use with the libprev. online public access catalog (OPAC) and for I-Share. Based on the ID Card example above this number would be 2041198765432101.

This number is composed of the CARLI member identification number (20411), a student ID number (987654321), an issue number (01), and a site number (278) [not on newer cards]. The site number is not used to form the Library Borrower ID. The number 20411 is the CARLI member identification number.