Check in Single or Multiple Issues from the Find Tool

Checking in multiple issues from the Find Tool is useful if you are doing centralized check in. Sorting by the issue’s designation (enumerationThe designation reflecting the alphabetic or numeric scheme used by the publisher on an item or assigned when the holdings statement is created to identify the individual bibliographic or physical parts and to show the relationship of each unit to the unit as a whole. and chronologyThe date(s) used by the publisher on a serially-issued bibliographic unit to help identify or indicate when it was published. The chronology may reflect the dates of coverage, publication, or printing.) lets you quickly identify the correct issue and check in multiple copies of the issue for various locations. To check in issues from the Find Tool:

Tip:
You cannot check in standing orderAn order placed with a vendor or the publisher directly for all publications in a series, all volumes in a set, or all publications of a single publisher. parts from the Find Tool.

  1. In the Polaris Find Tool, select Issue records in the Object box, select Title in the Search by box, select Exact match (implicitly truncated) in the Type box, and select Designation in the Sort by box.
  2. Press Enter or click Search.

The issues appear in the Find Tool results list sorted by designation.

Tip:
If the publication has a SICIThe colloquial name for Serial Item and Contribution Identifier. The SICI is the SISAC bar code. The SICI incorporates the ISSN and is used on scholarly, technical, medical and other subscription based serials. barcode, you can scan it to locate the issue.

  1. Select the issue or issues you want to check in, right-click, and select Check-In from the context menu.

Note:
If the serial holdings record is set to create item records and prompt for barcodes, a message box appears, and you can enter the barcode. If you are checking in multiple serial issues, the check in process pauses when a message box appears, and the issue is highlighted in the list. When you respond to the message, the check in process continues where it left off.

  1. If the Enter Barcode dialog box appears, type or scan the barcode number, and click OK.

The issue or issues are checked in.