Chapter 11. Searching Patrons


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To search for a patron, select Search → Search for Patrons from the menu bar.

The Patron Search screen will display. It will contain options to search on the following fields:

Last Name
First Name
Middle Name

Next to the Clear Form button there is a button with an arrow pointing down that will display the following additional search fields:

Barcode
Alias
Username
Email
Identification
database ID
Phone
Street 1
Street 2
City
State
Postal Code
Profile Group
Home Library
DOB (date of birth) year
DOB month
DOB day

To include patrons marked “inactive”, click on the Include Inactive? checkbox.

Tips for searching

Search one field or combine fields for more precise results.
Truncate search terms for more search results.
Search ignores punctuation such as diacritics, apostrophes, hyphens and commas.
Searching by Date of Birth: Year searches are "contains" searches. E.g. year "15" matches 2015, 1915, 1599, etc. For exact matches use the full 4-digit year. Day and month values are exact matches. E.g. month "1" (or "01") matches January, "12" matches December.

Once you have located the desired patron, click on the entry row for this patron in the results screen. A summary for this patron will display on the left hand side.

The Patron Search button on the upper right may be used to resume searching for patrons.

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