Visit Ohio Libraries Share - MORE's web-site

• Enter your library card number.
  
  
• Note: A PIN number is NOT required.
  
  
• Select "Dayton Metro Library" using the pull down menu next to the "authentication service" line.
  
  
• Click on the "Submit" button.
  
  
• Begin your search!

If you need additional assistance, please contact the Dayton Metro Library at 496-8610 or email us.

The limit applies to all active requests (new, pending, shipped, received, and check manual statuses). Inactive requests (not supplied or returned statuses) are not counted towards the request limit.

Ohio Libraries Share - MORE is a wonderful service, but the service is not completely automated. Each request requires staff time to fully process the requests. The limits allow for a faster processing time of each request.

Newer publications or releases (less than 12 months old) are not typically shared with Ohio Libraries Share - MORE libraries. Often, they are in demand and checked out at the owning libraries and will not be on the shelf at the time of the request anyway. Therefore, if you are seeking a new or recent release the Dayton Metro Library does not own, please click here to submit a request for the Library to purchase.

You will not be notified if your request cannot be filled. You may check the status of your request by logging onto the Ohio Libraries Share - MORE service and selecting the "My Requests" link. Commonly used statuses include:

• "Pending" - the request is awaiting a response from another library.
  
  
• "Check Manual" - the request is waiting for staff intervention before it can be processed.
  
  
• "New" - the request is between one status and another, often awaiting staff intervention before it can be processed.
  
  
• "Shipped" - the requested item is in transit.
  
  
• "Received" - the requested item has arrived at its destination, but may need further staff intervention before it is available for check-out.
  
  
• "Not Supplied" - the requested item was not available at any lending library at the time of your request. Further action on the request will not be taken. Because the Ohio Libraries Share - MORE service does not place reservations (or waiting lists) on items, you may have to try your request again later.
  
  
• "Returned" - the requested item has been returned to the owning library.

One Search is an online research tool, powered by Webfeat, that allows you to search many of the library's licensed database products at one time. The tool includes nearly all the subscription databases that the library offers both in house and remotely.

 

Some databases like LearnATest rely on a browsing interface where there is no search function. Databases like this cannot be integrated into WebFeat's DML One Search interface and cannot be included. Direct access to all electronic resource databases is available by selecting databases individually from the alphabetical listing page as well the subject pages.

 

Since DML One Search pulls results from multiple databases at the same time, the database that returns the results fastest for that particular search will appear at the top. This will vary from one DML One Search search to the next.

 

There is no perfect method for exact phrase searching in DML One Search since different databases have different parameters. However, using "Quotation Marks" around your search term will help limit most results to exact phrase.

 

On the entry page, click on the appropriate subject listing, then you may search all of the selected database at once by clicking the Select/Deselect All box, or you may customize your search by selecting one or more of the listed resources.

 

Underneath the DML One Search quick search option, there are links for subject groupings or an alphabetical listing of all the databases. In both listings there are individual links to use to go directly to the database without using the DML One Search search.

 

The number of results that appear under each database heading is governed by the individual database itself. Some databases may show 10 results, other 25, etc. However, you can always get to the next results set by clicking on "Next Set".

 

If you are using DML One Search inside one of our locations you do not need to enter your DML library card number. If you are using DML One Search from your school, home or office you need to enter your DML library card number because our license agreements with the database vendors require that these products are for DML card holders. There are exceptions, you do not need to enter your library card number to view the online catalog, the Dayton Metro Library Local Newspaper Index and the Dayton Obituary Index.

 

To view results in One Search it is recommended that you use Internet Explorer 5.0 or greater. If you are unable to view results from DML One Search, you can search the database product directly and still get results.

 

Look for information at the end of the article, such as copyright. When you have printed your article or you are finished viewing it, close it to return to the results list. Find the title of the article/image you were viewing (it might still be highlighted), and see what database the results are listed under.