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Guide 1: Borrowing and Reading with OverDrive on Computers 1. Go to http://onlib.lib.overdrive.com/ Or From the DCL homepage: http://dewlib.org - Put your mouse on Catalogs at the top left of the page but don’t click it. - Click on Downloadables Catalog that appears in the dropdown menu. 2. Find an item that is checked in or place a hold on an item for later. See Guide 2 for some great search tips to help you find a book. See Guide 9 to take advantage of OverDrive Advantage titles available to DeWitt Community Library cardholders. 3. Borrow an item that is checked in. - Click the cover of the title you want to borrow on the main page or from a search results page. - Click the Borrow button. - Sign in with your library card barcode and PIN. If you forgot your PIN, talk to a staff member to reset it. - From this Bookshelf screen you can click the Download button to save or open the book on your device or computer. 4. Using OverDrive Read: works best in the Google Chrome Browser. - You can start reading immediately on computers and some devices by clicking Read. - Click or tap the right or left edges of the ebook to turn pages. - Follow the on-screen tutorial which shows you how to access the controls and help, and how to move or seek through the book. The menu has four buttons to access the contents, bookmarks that you create, a search option, and readability options. On larger screens, the menu should show up on the right. On smaller screens, the menu will be hidden. If this is the case, swipe down from (or click on) the top of the page to show the menu. - Select Contents choose a section to jump to. - Select Bookmarks to see bookmarks in the ebook. - You can use Search to look up a word or phrase in the text. - Change the Readability options to control how the text looks. Tap or click on an option to change the setting. Click the name of each option to return to the default setting. - Click or tap the bookmark icon in the upper-left to save your position and the date. 5. Placing a Hold - Click on a title to open its details page, and then click Place a Hold. - Sign in with your library card barcode and PIN. If you forgot your PIN, talk to a staff member to reset it. - Enter your email address and click Place a Hold. - You will receive an email notifying you when the title is available. - Follow the link from your email to get to your Holds list on your library's digital collection website. Or, you can browse directly to the library's website and find your holds list on your account page. - Click the Borrow button to check out the title and follow the on-screen steps to complete the checkout process.
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Guide 2: Searching for Items in OverDrive 1. Go to http://onlib.lib.overdrive.com/ Or From the DCL homepage: http://dewlib.org - Put your mouse on Catalogs at the top left of the page but don’t click it. - Click on Downloadables Catalog that appears in the dropdown menu.
2. Find an item that is checked in or place a hold on an item for later. We know it can be frustrating if you cannot find or check out a title you want. Here are some tips: 2 a. If you are looking for a specific item: - Use the search box at the top right of the page to look up the title. Click on Advanced Search right below the search box. It is often more convenient. Remember to choose the format(s) that work on your device from the format drop-down box and consider clicking the only titles with copies available box. The easiest way to narrow your search is to enter an author’s name, or title. 2 b. If you are browsing: - Use the browsing menu at the top to pick a subject, like fiction or nonfiction and a format. - Try an advanced subject search for mystery, historical fiction, cooking & food, or other topics you are interested in. Try reading something by an author you have not read yet. The librarians are always willing to recommend authors similar to your favorites! - You can also browse the collection of classics ebooks that are always available.
3. ALWAYS check the availability of an item. eBooks and audiobooks are checked out just like regular books and may be unavailable. Bestsellers are the first to go. If an item is on your must-read list, opt to Place a Hold and you will be notified when the item is available. See Guide 1 Section 4 for instructions on placing a hold. If you are a DeWitt Community Library cardholder, see Guide 9 to take advantage of OverDrive Advantage and find additional popular titles you can borrow. 3 a. How to tell whether or not a title is available for checkout: The website shows which titles are available to borrow and which are not using the format icons in the top-right corner of each jacket. The icon also denotes the media type for each title. In our example, the icon is a pair of headphones, indicating an audiobook. - When a title is available for checkout, the icon in the corner is filled in. - When a title is unavailable, the icon is greyed out.
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Guide 3: Accessing Your OverDrive Account
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1. Basic OverDrive Borrowing Information As part of the OCPL system, DeWitt Community Library patrons can borrow up to 5 * items simultaneously. OverDrive ebooks, audiobooks, music, and videos are checked out for 7, 14, or 21 days, depending on your preference. The default length to borrow an item is 14 days, but this can be changed in your account. Items will return automatically after the borrowing period. You can return books early. As a DeWitt Community Library cardholder, you have access to the OverDrive Advantage books when you are logged into your account (see Guide 9 for details). http://onlib.lib.overdrive.com/ You can also place a hold on an item (see Guide 1 Ssection 4) or add an item to a wish list of records you may want to borrow in the future. Your holds and lists are accessed through your OverDrive account. Accessing and Editing your Account 2. Go to http://onlib.lib.overdrive.com/ Or From the DCL homepage: http://dewlib.org - Put your mouse on Catalogs at the top left of the page but don’t click it. - Click on Downloadables Catalog that appears in the dropdown menu. 3. Sign in to OverDrive. - Click Account in the top right navigation bar. - Enter your library card barcode and PIN. If you forgot your PIN, talk to a staff member to reset it. Your library Bookshelf opens. Titles you are currently borrowing are listed here until they expire. The Read and Download options are available here. See Guide 1 Section 3 for more specific instructions and check out the other guides to transfer items to devices like ereaders and MP3 players. 4. From this Bookshelf page, you can also return books early. This can only be done with OverDrive Read ebooks and with titles that have not yet been downloaded or transferred in a specific format. 5. Use the menu at the right of the screen to view the status of your Holds and edit them. You can also view your wish list items in the Lists section of the menu. List items are mainly used to keep a record of items you are interested in borrowing or recommending to someone else but don’t necessarily want to borrow right away. 6. The Settings option in the menu allows you to set how long you would like to check out items. You can also change this for a specific item right before you borrow it on the item record screen. Sign out of your account in the upper right corner of the OverDrive page by clicking Sign Out. *The squiggly box is a QR-code. Scan is with a QR-code reader on your phone to go right to the website
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Guide 4: Taking Advantage of OverDrive Advantage About OverDrive Advantage 1. DeWitt Community Library cardholders have access to a special collection through OverDrive which allows you to borrow exclusive copies of popular titles which shortens wait time for holds! OverDrive Advantage also provides DCL-only copies of ebooks.
Accessing OverDrive Advantage Items 2. In order to see which items are available through OverDrive Advantage for DeWitt Community Library cardholders , you must Sign in to OverDrive. - Go to http://onlib.lib.overdrive.com/ - Click Account in the top right navigation bar. - Enter your library card barcode and PIN. If you forgot your PIN, talk to a staff member to reset it. - Browse or search for titles with the OverDrive Advantage symbol in the corner. - Borrow titles. See Guide 1 Section 3 for borrowing instructions.
Finding OverDrive Advantage Items 3. Check out the Library’s Facebook page to get eBook of the Week recommendations every Tuesday from our OverDrive Advantage collection. See Guide 2 for some great searching tips to help search or browse for items, including Advantage items, in OverDrive. https://www.facebook.com/DewittCommunityLibrary
Some examples of OverDrive Advantage items:
Guide 5: Transferring OverDrive Items to App Devices 1. Go to http://omc.overdrive.com/ Install OverDrive Media Console for your device. - Tap your device name from the list at the top. - Tap the button to download OverDrive Media Console to your device at the top of the next screen. - OverDrive Media Console app will launch in your device’s app store. Install the free app from there. Depending on your connection speed, this may take some time.
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2. Authorize and Add a Library in the app. The OverDrive Media Console app may prompt you to authorize. If it does: -
Create a free Adobe ID with your email address at: https://www.adobe.com/account/sign-in.adobedotcom.html
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Enter your Adobe ID username and password into the app at the authorization screen. Tap Auhtorize. Next, add your library in the app. - Select Get Books to access your library list. - Select Add a Library to open the 'Library Finder' screen. - Enter your library's name, city, or postal code in the 'Search' box. Select Search. - Tap the white star to turn it yellow and add the library to the list or select Add to “Get Books” list. - Select a library from the 'Get Books' list to go to the library's digital collection. 3. Find an item that is checked in. (see Guide 2) 4. Borrow an item that is checked in. (see Guide 1 section 3) 5 a. To transfer Kindle Books to the Kindle Reading App, see Guide 6. 5 b. From the borrowed item screen in your browser: - Click Download to use the title on a device. If the title appears in more than one format, click the checkbox next to the format that works on your device. Click Confirm & Download. - The item will open and download in the app that was - installed in section 1. Depending on your connection speed, this make take some time. - To read or listen to a title. Tap the name of the item in your bookshelf. 5 c. You can also start a download from the App by going to your library’s website. Tap Get Books and sign in with your library card barcode and PIN. If you forgot your PIN, talk to a library staff member to reset it. - Click Download to download a title you have checked out. If the title appears in more than one format, click the checkbox next to the format that works on your device. Click Confirm & Download. - The item will open and download in the app that was installed in section 1. Depending on your connection speed, this may take some time. - To read or listen to a title. Tap the name of the item in your bookshelf. *The squiggly boxes are QR-codes. Scan them with a QR-code reader on your phone to go right to the websites
NOOK Color, NOOK HD, Kindle Fire, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Blackberrys with apps, Playbook, Windows Phone, Android phones and tablets
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Guide 6: Transferring a Kindle Book from OverDrive AN AMAZON ACCOUNT IS REQUIRED TO TRANSFER KINDLE BOOKS TO ANY DEVICE.
2. Find an item that is checked in. (see Guide 2) 3. Borrow an item that is checked in. (see Guide 1 section 3)
4. From the borrowed item screen in your browser: Click Download to use the title on a device. - Click the checkbox next to Kindle Book. - Click Confirm & Download. - You will be taken to Amazon's website so that you can complete the checkout and send the title to your Kindle device or reading app. - If you are not already signed into Amazon, click Get library book. You will be prompted to sign in. - After signing in, a page will open where you can select a device or reading app. Click Continue to send the book to your device or reading app. - Now go to your device and sync your books over a wi-fi connection. The title you just sent to your device will download. - When the book is done downloading, open it from the Kindle home screen to begin reading.
5. If you have a device that uses apps you can use Kindle Books with the Kindle Reading App even if it is not a Kindle. You can search for the Kindle Reading App in your device’s app store or on Google. - From the Amazon website, select your device, the app store will launch. - Install the free app from the app store. Depending on your connection speed, this may take some time. - You can now download items and transfer through Amazon.com. (see section 4 of this guide)
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*The squiggly boxes are QR-codes. Scan them with a QR-code reader on your phone to go right to the websites
NOOK Color, NOOK Tablet, NOOK HD, iPad, Blackberry Playbook, Android tablets, Kindle Fire, smartphones, PCs, Macs
* 1. Go to http://onlib.lib.overdrive.com/ Or From the DCL homepage: http://dewlib.org - Put your mouse on Catalogs at the top left of the page but don’t click it. - Click on Downloadables Catalog that appears in the dropdown menu.
Guide 8: Transferring OverDrive Kindle Books via USB
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AN AMAZON ACCOUNT IS REQUIRED TO TRANSFER KINDLE BOOKS TO ANY DEVICE.
2. Find a Kindle Book that is checked in. (see Guide 2) 3. Borrow a Kindle Book that is checked in. (see Guide 1 section 3)
4. Download the Kindle Book to your computer. From the borrowed item screen in your browser: - Click Download to use the title on a device. - Click the checkbox next to Kindle Book. - Click Confirm & Download. - You will be taken to Amazon's website so that you can complete the checkout and send the title to your Kindle device or reading app. - If you are not already signed into Amazon, click Get library book. You will be prompted to sign in. - After signing in, a page will open where you can select Transfer via Computer. Click Get library book again. - Choose the device or reading app you will use. If your device does not appear, you need to register it to your Amazon account. - Click Continue. - Select Save File. Click OK. For more information on downloading kindle apps to other devices, see Guide 6 section 5.
5. Transfer the Kindle Book to your device. - Connect your device to the computer via USB. - Copy the downloaded file from the folder it was saved to on your computer (usually the downloads folder or the Desktop) to the "documents" folder of your Kindle. - It will appear on the Home screen of your device and you can read it from there.
Kindle ereaders and devices using the Kindle Reading App when the book says it must be transferred via USB
1. Go to http://onlib.lib.overdrive.com/ Or From the DCL homepage: http://dewlib.org - Put your mouse on Catalogs at the top left of the page but don’t click it. - Click on Downloadables Catalog that appears in the dropdown menu.
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OverDrive Guides – Available at the Reference Desk Guide 1: Borrowing and Reading with OverDrive on Computers 1. Go to the Catalog 2. Find an item that is checked in 3. Borrow an item 4. Use OverDrive Read 5. Place a hold
If you need more help or want to sign up for a one-on-one help session please call or stop by the Dewitt Community Library. In the Shoppingtown Mall 3 Entrance - Regal Cinemas 3649 Erie Blvd. East DeWitt, NY 13214 phone: (315) 446-3578 http://www.dewlib.org/ rd
Guide 2: Search Guide 2. Find an item that is checked in 2 a. Searching for a specific item 2 b. Browsing 3. Check the availability of an item 3 a. How it tell if an item is checked in or out Guide 3: Accessing your Account 1. Basic OverDrive Borrowing Information 3. Sign in to your account to view your bookshelf 4. Returning Books Early 5. Holds and Lists 6. Checkout Length Settings Guide 4: Taking Advantage of OverDrive Advantage 1. About OverDrive Advantage 2. Accessing OverDrive Advantage Items 3. Finding OverDrive Advantage Items Guide 5: Transferring OverDrive Items to App Devices 1. Install OverDrive Media Console for your device 2. Authorize and Add a Library in the app 5 b. Download from a browser 5 c. Download from the app Guide 6: Borrowing and Transferring a Kindle Book 4. Borrow and transfer a Kindle Book through Amazon.com 5. Download the Kindle Reading app Guide 7: Transferring with OverDrive to a Device on Computers 1 a. Install OverDrive Meida Console on your Computer 1 b. Install Adobe Digital Editions on your Computer 1 c. Authorize your Software 5 a. Transfer eBooks 5 b. Transfer Audiobooks 5 c. Where to Find More Instructions for Macs Guide 8: Transfer OverDrive Kindle Books via USB 4. Download the Kindle Book to your computer 5. Transfer the Kindle Book to your device