bonnus account
Kontofunktionen im Suchportal bonnus
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In the password-protected "My Account" area you can see your outstanding borrowings, orders and fees, renewals you can do on your own and check and update your personal data.
You can also manage your permanently saved favorites (formerly 'watch lists') in this area, among other functionalities.
This video tutorial has an English voice-over only. A full English tutorial (text + voice) will be available soon.
It’s all new in bonnus?! — How do I log in?
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1.
To log in to your account in bonnus, click on "Sign in" at the top right on the website of the bonnus search portal.
Alternatively, you will find the "My account" button below the bonnus search slot on the USL homepage.
This video tutorial has an English voice-over only. A full English tutorial (text + voice) will be available soon.
2.
Type in your user number, including the leading zeros.
- Your user number can be found on the back of your library card.
3.
When logging into bonnus for the first time, you have to choose a new password
- Now either enter anything as password or click "Forgot my password" under "Need help signing in?".
4.
A new window opens. There you can either enter your library card number or your email address on file with the system.
- For staff and students this will generally be your University of Bonn email address.
- Please do not fill in both fields as this will result in a system error.
5.
You then receive an email sent to the email address on file.
- Follow the link sent to you in the email.
6.
Choose a new, secure password (minimum 8 characters).
You have now successfully set a new password and can log in to the bonnus search portal.
Please note that you will also need this information (user number and password) for inter-library loans and our booking system.
Once you have successfully logged in, you can access your account features by clicking on your profile name at the top right of the screen.
"My Account" will take you to an overview page of your account. Here you can see a quick overview of your loans, orders and fees.
Warning icons indicate urgent notifications, such as when borrowed materials soon have to be returned.
Loans
On the "Loans" tab you can track all the media you have borrowed. The due date for return is shown for each borrowed item.
Clicking the arrow to the right will display detailed information about your borrowed item(s).
Please note: Your borrowing period may be shortened if someone else has placed a reservation for the item in question. You receive email notification accordingly in such case.
From this menu you can renew due items, if renewal is available. You can also batch-renew all due items at once (renewable items only).
Requests and reservations
On the "Requests + Reservations" tab you can see all of your media orders, including closed stack materials, materials ordered per inter-library loan and reserved media.
An arrow located to the right of each item shows the current processing status, among other things.
There you can cancel any order or reservation for materials no longer needed.
After logging in to your account, on the Personal Details tab you can find important information on library card validity and your user group.
You can update your postal and email addresses there as well. Please note that you are obligated to ensure that the data entered here is correct and complete. This data is required in order to send you important notifications, such as when a borrowing period for materials will soon be ending.
Here you can furthermore switch the bonnus search portal language to English.
On this tab you get an overview of your accumulated fees due. You can conveniently pay these by funds transfer. Please use the following bank details.
This tab shows if your user account has been locked, for example, if your library card has expired.
Send any questions and comments you may have about the bonnus search portal by email to ebib@ulb.uni-bonn.de.