Your Illinet Online Account

You will log into your account to request items from other libraries, renew materials you have checked out, or check on the status of your requests and cancel requests.

Logging In

You can view your Illinet Online Account from any internet accessible computer. Simply open the catalog and click on My Account link in the navigation bar at the top (circled in the image). You can access it from either the DACC catalog or the group catalog, Illinet Online.

Illinet Online Navigation Bar with Link to My Account Screen

You will log in just as you would if you were placing a request. You will need to provide 3 pieces of information:

Your home library (selecting from a drop-down list)
Your library bar code
Your last name

Click on Login.

Illinet Login Screen Showing Where to Select Home Library and Type in Bar Code and Last Name

The Account Page lets you review:

Your personal information (make sure our information is up to date — you need to inform us about changes in phone number or address separately from notifying the records office)
The list of materials you have checked out
Your pending requests
Information regarding saved search strategies or searches in progress

Renewing Library Materials

You MUST renew items checked out from Illinet system libraries other than DACC using your Account Page. The staff at the DACC library cannot renew these items for you.

Renewing the materials you have checked out from one or more of the Illinet libraries is easy. After you have logged in, simply look through your list of Items Checked Out. Check the boxes by those you wish to renew.

Illinet Renewal List Showing How to Select an Item to Renew

Click on the Renew Selected Items button.

The system will let you know whether the item was successfully renewed or not:

Illinet Renewal List Showing a Successful Renewal

Checking on the Status of Requests

Following the list of Items Checked Out is Request Information. This section allows users to see where any particular request is in the process.

Illinet Request List Showing Status of Requests

Users can tell if a request is:

Outstanding - No action has yet been taken on it
In process - A library is retrieving or checking on the item or it has moved to the next library in the sequence
In transit - The item is being shipped
Available for pickup - You can come to the library to pick it up

Canceling a Request for an Item

From their Request Information, users can cancel a request for an item they no longer want if it is "Outstanding". All they need to do is:

Check the appropriate box
Click the cancel button

If you cannot cancel a request for any reason, simply wait until we tell you the item has arrived and let us know that you no longer need the material and we will be happy to send it back so others can use it.

And REMEMBER, if you have trouble with this, or any other stage in the research process, you can ask for Help! Ask your teacher! Ask Librarians! If you need to, just hit the PANIC button!

For information about this, or any other Library Web Page, contact the Library.
©Ruth B. Lindemann, 2004 Danville Area Community College
Created 7/20/04