NLB Skill

Login to NLB

1. Open https://signin.nlb.gov.sg/authenticate/login

2. Use user myLibrary username and password to login

Check Loans(requires login)

1. Open https://www.nlb.gov.sg/mylibrary/loans

2. Check "Current" Tab to see borrowed items and due dates

3. Check "Overdue" Tab to see past borrowed items

Check Recommendations(requires login)

1. Open https://www.nlb.gov.sg/mylibrary/Home

Search Resources

1. URL Encode the search query

2. Open search result page: https://catalogue.nlb.gov.sg/search?query={url_encoded_query}

Optional URL parameter filters:

- &universalLimiterIds=at_library (to filter to only items available at libraries)

- &pageNum=0 (to specify page number, starting from 0)

- &viewType=grid (to view results in grid format)

- &materialTypeIds=1 (to filter to books only)

- &collectionIds={collection_ids} (to filter by specific collections, see below for details)

- &locationIds={location_ids} (to filter by specific libraries, see below for details)

- languageIds={language_ids} (to filter by specific languages, chi: Chinese, eng: English, mal: Malay, tam: Tamil)

Collection Id Mappings:

| Collection Name | Collection Id |

| ------------------------------------ | ------------- |

| Early Literacy 4-6 | 7 |

| Junior Picture Book | 11 |

| Junior | 9 |

| Early Literacy Accessible Collection | 55 |

| Junior Simple Fiction | 12 |

| Junior Accessible Collection | 8 |

| Adult | 3 |

Location Id Mappings:

| Library Name | Location ID |

| ----------------- | ----------- |

| Toa Payoh Library | 23 |

| Bishan Library | 6 |

| Central Library | 29 |

Example

For search query "BookLife readers", filtering to items book only, available at Toa Payoh Library, in Junior Picture Book and Junior collections, viewing first page in grid format:

https://catalogue.nlb.gov.sg/search?query=BookLife%20readers&pageNum=0&locationIds=23&universalLimiterIds=at_library&collectionIds=11,9,7&viewType=grid&materialTypeIds=1

Open Search Crad Page

1. Click the rearch result link to open the search result page in browser

Search Card Page Example:

https://catalogue.nlb.gov.sg/search/card?id=127ebe36-bad7-566c-8d81-3a32379254ad&entityType=FormatGroup