Learn how to filter search results and understand title information in Marketplace.
Once you perform a search using any of the methods we've discussed, you can refine your results to get the titles you really want for your collection.
Across our search results you'll see along the top there are sorting options.
You can view more or adjust the number of titles that will appear per page.
To note: the popularity at my site,
Popularity across libraries, and popularity by sales sort options refresh twice a week based on accumulated checkouts and holds or sales from the past ninety days.
Use the filters on the left hand side to narrow your search.
Filter by lending model
Or formats,
Language, audience.
You can even filter by publisher or sale status or price.
You'll see the number of titles that your search will yield and you can tap apply.
Moving over to the right hand side you're going to see our results.
Let's scroll through our results and find a title that we own.
Looks like we own Lessons in Chemistry so we can elaborate on what this information means. So first we're seeing the title
And author.
You can actually click on the jacket cover to view title details.
This will allow you to read the description and see premium reviews.
Underneath you can see which formats this is available in.
This is hyperlinked so you can see all of the formats.
Underneath you can read a sample or preview the full title based on your Marketplace permissions.
You may see some additional information here letting you know if this item is fixed layout,
Has any Kindle limitations or is a read-along.
Once you confirm that this is the title and format that you're interested in
You can move over to the right hand side.
Starting at the top you'll see shelf talker.
This is the feature where you can add comments or notes for your patrons to view in Libby, the library reading app.
You'll see the option to share. You can share this title with your end users .
And you'll see pending in cart.
This means one or more copies of this title has been added to somebody else's cart at your library. If you click on it, you can see additional information.
Beneath you will see the price.
You are going to see two to three boxes underneath.
The first box will show the lending models that are available for this title.
If it's available in multiple lending models, you can select your preference.
You can choose how many units you would like and you can add it to a new
Or existing cart.
In the second box we're going to see title metadata.
You'll see information such as language, street date, publisher, ISBN,
Series information, the audience, subjects,
BISAC subjects and more.
For the BISAC subjects, you're going to see the first one and then you can click
To see the additional subjects.
You'll also see things like reading levels or age and grade.
This third box here only appears if you own the title.
The third box highlights ownership information. This is where you can see if a title is already owned at a consortium or Advantage level. So if you are a member of a consortium or an Advantage library, you may have one row like we have here today.
If you have an Advantage collection, as well, you may see two rows.
If you would like to see figures for your Advantage collection
Only, make sure that you're signed into Marketplace with your Advantage account.
The first column talks about copies.
This is going to show you how many copies of this title are in your collection and it's broken down by lending model.
We have One Copy One User, Metered Access,
Cost per Circ, and Simultaneous Use.
Here we can see that we own one Metered Access copy of this title. The hyperlinked numbers here show you additional information
Like when you purchased it and how many checkouts may be remaining or when the title expires.
The second column shows reserved. This is going to appear for public libraries and it will display the Lucky Day feature. Lucky Day is a feature for public libraries to disable holds and renewals on popular titles so users can borrow them instantly.
The Lucky Day option here will show if you have designated any of these copies towards Lucky Day.
The third column talks about holds.
Active shows how many copies of this title actively have a hold.
Suspended refers to how many copies of this title have suspended their holds or been delivered later by your users.
And holds ratio is the number of holds placed on a title divided by the number of copies that you own.
This exclude any preorder titles.
The fourth column is going to talk about checkouts.
Out shows how many copies of this title are currently checked out of your collection. Last shows the last most recent checkout.
Past year shows the total number of checkouts from the past year.
And total shows the total number of checkouts the title has received during its lifetime in your collection.
Underneath you can see that this title has been assigned a content access level.
Content access levels can dictate which users can borrow each title based on age appropriateness.
Now let's find a weeded title. I see one here.
If a title is weeded, you can choose to unweed it at any time.
Once you do you'll see all of the relevant information and the option to add it to a new cart.
Knowing how to refine and understand search results will ensure you pick the right titles for your digital collection. To learn more about searching and shopping in Marketplace, you can watch the other videos in this series on the OverDrive Resource Center
Or contact your Account Manager for questions.