Overdrive Tips: Checking Items Out From the Catalog


You can check items out and place holds on eBooks and audio books directly from out catalog.

Many of you enjoy the convenience of our "paging" service for traditional items like books, videos and other resources.  You can request the item from the catalog and then stop by the library when it's more convenient to pick it up.  We have that functionality for eBooks and eAudioBooks too.  While searching through our catalog, you may happen upon an eBook that you would like to read.  Or perhaps the book you are looking for is only available in an electronic format.  You can either reserve or check the item out without having to go through the steps to open up the Overdrive app on your mobile device, log in to your account and find it again.  It will just show up on your online bookshelf the next time you use Overdrive.

Although this is an added convenience, it can also lead to confusion.  There isn't at this time a way to automatically download the item right from the catalog.  For users who have not set themselves up on our Overdrive service, this can be confusing: "I checked it out, so where is it?"  This is just due to current limitations in the technology for eBook platforms.  We hope that in the future you will be able to push the item right to your device.

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