var status = "pass";

function validate() {
   checkrequired(); {
      if (status == "failed") {
         return false; } }
      document.notification_form.submit();
      return true; }

function checkrequired() {
   if ( (document.notification_form.First_Name.value == "") || (document.notification_form.First_Name.value == " ") ) {
      alert("Please enter your first name.");
      document.notification_form.First_Name.focus();
      status="failed";
      return false; }
   else if ( (document.notification_form.Last_Name.value == "") || (document.notification_form.Last_Name.value == " ") ) {
      alert("Please enter your last name.");
      document.notification_form.Last_Name.focus();
      status="failed";
      return false; }
   else if ( (document.notification_form.Street_Address.value == "") || (document.notification_form.Street_Address.value == " ") ) {
      alert("Please enter your street address.");
      document.notification_form.Street_Address.focus();
      status="failed";
      return false; }
   else if ( (document.notification_form.City.value == "") || (document.notification_form.City.value == " ") ) {
      alert("Please enter your city.");
      document.notification_form.City.focus();
      status="failed";
      return false; }
   else if ( (document.notification_form.State.value == "") || (document.notification_form.State.value == " ") ) {
      alert("Please enter your state.");
      document.notification_form.State.focus();
      status="failed";
      return false; }
   else if ( (document.notification_form.ZIP_Code.value == "") || (document.notification_form.ZIP_Code.value == " ") ) {
      alert("Please enter your ZIP code.");
      document.notification_form.ZIP_Code.focus();
      status="failed";
      return false; }
   else if ( (document.notification_form.Bar_Code.value == "") || (document.notification_form.Bar_Code.value == " ") ) {
      alert("Please enter your library card number.");
      document.notification_form.Bar_Code.focus();
      status="failed";
      return false; }
   else if ( (document.notification_form.email.value == "") || (document.notification_form.email.value == " ") ) {
      alert("Please enter your email address.");
      document.notification_form.email.focus();
      status="failed";
      return false; }
   else if ( ( document.notification_form.telephone.value == "patapsco" ) || ( document.notification_form.telephone.value == "PATAPSCO" ) || ( document.notification_form.telephone.value == "Patapsco" ) || ( document.notification_form.telephone.value == "patapsco " ) || ( document.notification_form.telephone.value == "PATAPSCO " ) || ( document.notification_form.telephone.value == "Patapsco " ) || ( document.notification_form.telephone.value == " patapsco" ) || ( document.notification_form.telephone.value == " PATAPSCO" ) || ( document.notification_form.telephone.value == " Patapsco" ) || ( document.notification_form.telephone.value == " patapsco " ) || ( document.notification_form.telephone.value == " PATAPSCO " ) || ( document.notification_form.telephone.value == " Patapsco " ) ) {
      status = "pass";
      return true; }

   alert("Please complete step 5 before submitting this form.");
   status = "failed";
   return false; }