Using the iMediaSource Online Catalog

• Go to www.imediasource.org and proceed to Online Catalog.

• Sign in by using your personal four-digit client code and your school’s seven-digit phone number (without area code and hyphen) as the password.

• On the Media Catalog Search page, enter a title or keyword to find an item or do a search.

Clicking on the highlighted title will take you to its full description.

A search can be done by Keyword, Title, Title #, Series, Subject etc.

• You may select audience level and other options i.e. date - see drop-downs - and choose from these format types:

DV = DVD

VH = VHS
 

digital titles:
      DB = BioMedia streaming - 333 Biology titles for Middle and High School

DZ = Soundzabound - royalty free music and sounds

DU = Discovery Education streaming - over 5,000 streaming titles

DP = PowerMediaPlus over 3,900 streaming titles
      DN = Learn360 = over 21,000 videos and video clips
      DA = Digitized Audio by EdVideoOnline from PowerMediaPlus - over 6,000 audio recordings

• To reserve a title follow the green buttons. First click Pick, which will take you to the order page. Continue by choosing the desired date, click Check Availability and if acceptable, press Submit.

• The Options Menu (bottom of the page) takes you to other choices:

Display Bookings

Extend/Renew

Cancel

Re-Book

Purchasing Recommendations

Extensions can be made online and reminders about items due back are sent automatically by email.

Items that have been reserved in the past can be found and re-booked easily under Re-Book.

• To play/download digital titles click on the title, then the media icon.

For Discovery Education streaming (DU) and PowerMediaPlus (DP) and (DA), a first time sign up may be required asking you to create a unique user name (at least 6 digits) and a password. For the school passcode, please contact your Librarian or iMediaSource.       

Press Play to view a short segment or download to your local computer (recommended).

 

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