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New iBuyNU tips and reminders

Searching for Items

  • When searching for items in iBuyNU, you Âé¶¹Éç the option to refine your search criteria to decrease the number of search results.
  • In the search drop down box in iBuyNU, you can select a category for the item you are looking for.  This will significantly improve your results.
  • Quick Find is another option that will allow you to improve search results.  Quick Find allows you to search a specific supplier real-time catalog by part number.

Logging into iBuyNU

  • Please remember to log into iBuyNU based on your profile.  If you are a requester and click on the Shopper link in the NUPortal, you will not be prompted with button to Checkout.
  • Accessing Punchout Catalogs
  • Many of us take advantage of the federated search functionality in iBuyNU.  Please note that if you do need to access a suppliers punchout catalog, you can access by clicking on Suppliers, locate the supplier and click on the gray circle which will route you to the suppliers catalog.


If you Âé¶¹Éç any questions, please contact Keith Paddy at 847.467.6963 or k-paddy@northwestern.edu.

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