Omni

Omni is our academic search tool. Search Omni for access to scholarly books, articles, and other material.

My Library Account

Always sign into Omni when you first start to search. Not only does that allow you access to all the resources you're entitled to, but it also remembers you and your history.

Once you've signed in, your name displays in the top right corner of the screen.  Click on your name to see options.

screenshot of the options when you click on your name

My Library Account provides a list of activity in your account. It shows your loans, requests, fines, fees, blocks, & messages you have.
 
My Loans shows only your current loans, along with their due dates
 
My Requests shows only your current requests and their status.
 
My Favourites shows the items you've previously pinned to your favourites. This is remembered between browser sessions, until you remove them.
 
Search History shows the searches you've run during this browser session. You can run them again, or pin them to favourites so they're remembered for later..

Renewing Items

You must be signed in to renew an item. Login at the top right of your screen.

screenshot of my library account dropdown menu

Click on your name in the upper right hand corner of the screen to see account options.
Click on "My Loans" in the drop-down menu to see items you currently have on loan.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
screenshot of my library account active loans
     Click on "RENEW" next to the items you wish to renew.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

screenshot of confirmed renewal in My Library Account

     If renewal is permitted you will see a confirmation note and new due date.