Someone has left a book on a table, and you are not sure if it is check-out or not.
In doubts, try a simple “catalog search” to obtain the item status and/or the borrower’s name.
Item status check
1 In Koha homepage, click on “Search the catalog”
![](https://inlibro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cat_search.png)
If you do have search index options on this page, select the “barcode” search
![](https://inlibro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/barcode_index.png)
If you do not have search options, click in the search box and type “bc:” followed by the barcode number (without space)
example: bc:1234567
![](https://inlibro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/bc_search.png)
” bc ” stand for “barcode.”
2. Click on “Submit” to search
3. Find the barcode
Record with multiple copies
Tips: School manual record may contains several copies. Use the search filters to isolate results.
In the record holdings, click on “Activate filters”
![](https://inlibro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/filters-1024x657.png)
In the barcode column, scan the barcode in the filter
![](https://inlibro.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/barcode_search_filter-1024x190.png)