Shopping for e-books with the
3M Cloud Library
Once your library signs up to participate in the 3M Cloud shared collection, you will receive access to the
3M Content Acquisitions Tool (CAT) and a shopping cart in which to place your selections. These
instructions will walk you through the process of selecting titles to add to the shared collection.
Never fear, it couldn't be easier!
1) Once you provide us with an email
address to set up your CAT account,
you’ll receive in email from
[email protected]
with log-information. To start
shopping, log-in at:
https://cat.3m.com
2) You’ll be greeted by the CAT home page. You’ll see four tabs at the top: “Home”, “Shop”, “Shop by
eISBN”, and “Carts”.
3) Click on the “Carts” tab. We’ll need you to name the
shopping cart for your library. To do so, click on the pull
down menu in the left hand corner, under the “Shop
Cart” tab.
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4) Hover over “*My Cart” in the
pull-down menu, and a small
pencil will appear to the right,
click on it to rename your cart.
Type in the name of your library
in the “Short Name” field
(no spaces allowed) and click
save.
Now, you’re ready to shop!
There are several ways you can select books for purchase,
pick the option that works best for you.
To purchase titles from 3M Featured Lists, click on the “Home” tab at the top of the page. Choose a list to
select titles from and click on the “List View” button in the top right hand corner (see pic above). You can
then add all of the titles featured in the list to your cart OR select only the titles you want, and add those to
your cart.
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To shop for specific items, click on the “Shop” tab at the top of the page. You can then use the “Criteria
Builder” to search by Title, Author, eISBN, publish date, etc. If your results don’t show up right away, click on
the “Update Results” button and they should appear. Select your items, and add them to your cart.
You can also shop only by eISBN number.
Click on the “Shop by eISBN” tab at the
top. Then you can cut and paste a list of
eISBNs into the search box and click
“Search.”
To view what is currently in your
shopping cart at any given time, simply
click on the “Carts” tab.
See, we told you shopping with the 3M CAT tool was easy!
Once you fill your cart with titles you have selected, the e-book trainer/coordinator will document the amount of money you have spent and press the purchase button. Titles you have
selected will appear in the shared collection the very same day that the purchase button is
pressed. Carts will be reviewed and purchases finalized once per week.
Now that you’ve got the basics, feel free to play around and explore further. If you have any
questions, feel free to contact Lesley Zavediuk at: [email protected] or at:
618.656.3216 ext. 424.
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