How to use
- Introduction
- Registering with COLOMBO
- Accessing COLOMBO (registered users)
- Ordering an article
- Ordering other documents
- Checking your request status
- Optimizing your search
Ordering other documents
Complete your request
- Connect to COLOMBO
- Choose from one of the following two options.
Option A: fill in the request form in COLOMBO
- In the left-hand menu, click on Demande PEB.
- Choose your document type (choose Monographie if the request is for a book).
- Enter all the known details: author, title, date, ISBN, etc.
Option B: automatic search and retrieval in COLOMBO
- Choose a library catalogue profile (default: Universités du Québec).
- Enter the search terms (without accents), preferably the ISBN number.
- DO NOT use abbreviations.
- Locate the reference(s) in the results list. Click on Afficher for more information.
- Click on Demander and complete the form.
Choose your delivery mode
- Under Point de cueillette (pick-up location), choose :
- "École Polytechnique" to pick up books or photocopies at the circulation desk, OR
- "Copie-Livraison par courrier" to have photocopies delivered to your office (specify your room number in the field "Recommandations particulières").
- To make a new request, click on Demande PEB again.
- Click on Fin de session when you're done.
For multiple requests, click on Conserver, then on Liste conservée to the left, and then Demander.
