You can browse books on the library’s homepage, or select a collection featured under Menu ( ).

Or, use the search bar ( ) to search by title, author, or keyword. For more search options, select Advanced Search.

The icon in the corner of each title tells you whether it’s an eBook, audiobook, or video.

Titles that are available to borrow have filled-in icons. If all copies of a title are checked out, the icon is grayed out.

1. Move your mouse over a title (or tap it on a mobile device), then select Borrow. Or, select more to see the title’s details page. From here, select Borrow to borrow the title.
2. If prompted, sign in to continue.
3. You can find borrowed titles on your Checkouts page (under your Account in the library’s digital collection).
4. On your Checkouts page , you’ll find options for the titles you borrowed, like:
   • Read now with Kindle (U.S. only; send an eBook to a Kindle device or Kindle reading app)
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   • Read (In your browser) (read an eBook in your web browser using OverDrive Read)
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   • Listen (In your browser) (listen to an audiobook in your web browser using OverDrive Listen)
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   • Play (play a streaming video in your web browser)
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   • Download or Add to app (available for most titles)
     Note: These options may require the OverDrive app (available in select app stores) or OverDrive’s desktop software (no longer available to install). If you can’t get the OverDrive app or don’t have the desktop software, you should be able to open the title in your browser instead.
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In the library’s digital collection, go to Account > Settings to change how long you can borrow each type of title. When you change a lending period, it will only apply to new titles that you borrow, not titles that you already have checked out.

Note: If you download an eBook, the Read now with Kindle option for that eBook will disappear.

To download an eBook, follow these steps.

First, install free software

You'll need to install free software before you can download eBooks.

• Tablets, smartphones, Chromebooks, and Windows 8/10: Install the free OverDrive app.
• Windows 7 or Mac computers: Install Adobe Digital Editions.

Then, download eBooks

To download an eBook, you’ll need Adobe Digital Editions or the OverDrive app.

1. Open the library's digital collection using the OverDrive app or your computer's web browser or the OverDrive app.
2. Go to your Checkouts page (under your Account in the library’s digital collection). If prompted, sign in.
3. Select Download or Add to app to download eBooks to the OverDrive app or Adobe Digital Editions or the OverDrive app.
   • If you're using the OverDrive app, you'll find your downloaded eBook on the app Bookshelf.
   • If you're using Adobe Digital Editions, you may need to "authorize" (sign into) it with a free OverDrive account or Adobe ID the first time you download an eBook.
   • If you're using the OverDrive app, you'll find your downloaded eBook on the app Bookshelf.
   • Some eBooks come in more than one download format (like EPUB, Open EPUB, or PDF). All EPUB formats work in the OverDrive app, and all EPUB and PDF formats work in Adobe Digital Editions. Once you choose a format, you can't change it.
   • Some eBooks come in more than one download format (like EPUB, Open EPUB, or PDF). All EPUB and PDF formats work in Adobe Digital Editions, and all EPUB formats work in the OverDrive app. Once you choose a format, you can't change it.

From your Checkouts page (under your Account in the library’s digital collection), select Read (In your browser) to begin reading eBooks in your web browser right away using OverDrive Read.

OverDrive Read is a browser-based eBook reader that works on most computers, tablets, and mobile devices with up-to-date web browsers.

OverDrive Read has many features, like the ability to add bookmarks, search for terms, add notes and highlights, look up words, and adjust the font.

In OverDrive Read, you can:

• Click or tap the right or left edges of the eBook to turn the pages.
• Click or tap and hold a word to define it, make a note, or highlight some text.
• Click or tap the middle of the screen to bring up the timeline, which you can use to move backward or forward in the eBook. You'll also see chapter breaks, bookmarks, and highlights here.
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  In the navigation bar, you can access these features and settings:

• On larger screens, click or tap to place a bookmark.
• On smaller screens, tap the top-right corner of the screen to place a bookmark.
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• Click or tap or to switch between a one-page and two-page display. On a tablet or phone, tap the middle of the screen first to show this button.
• Click or tap to zoom into the current page. This feature is only available for picture books, graphic novels, and other fixed-layout ebooks.
• Click or tap to change the appearance settings, like the text size, book lighting, or book design. These settings aren’t available for picture books, graphic novels, and other fixed-layout eBooks.
• Click or tap to search for a word or phrase in the book.
• Click or tap to see your saved bookmarks, notes, and highlights.

On any computer or device, you can install free software to download audiobooks.

On a mobile device:

You need the OverDrive app to download audiobooks on a mobile device. If you can’t get the OverDrive app, you can listen to audiobooks in your device’s browser using OverDrive Listen.

To download audiobooks with the OverDrive app:

1. Install the free OverDrive app from your device’s app store or overdrive.com and follow the prompts to sign in.
2. Sign into the OverDrive app.
3. In the app, open the library's digital collection.
4. Go to your Checkouts page (under your Account in the library’s digital collection). If prompted, sign in.
5. Select Add to app or Download next to the audiobook.
6. After the audiobook downloads, you can find it on your Bookshelf in the OverDrive app.

On a Windows or Mac computer:

You need OverDrive’s desktop software (which is no longer available to install) to download audiobooks on a computer. If you don’t have this software, you can listen to audiobooks in your browser using OverDrive Listen.

To download audiobooks using OverDrive’s desktop software:

1. Install OverDrive’s desktop app from overdrive.com.
2. Open the library's digital collection in your web browser.
3. Go to your Checkouts page (under your Account). If prompted, sign in.
4. Select Download next to the audiobook.
5. After the audiobook downloads, you can find it in your media library in the OverDrive's desktop app software. From there, you can burn it to CD or transfer it to an MP3 player or iPod.

From your Checkouts page (under your Account in the library’s digital collection), select Listen (In your browser) to listen to borrowed audiobooks in your browser using OverDrive Listen.

You can use OverDrive Listen on most devices, as long as you have an active internet connection.

OverDrive Listen offers features like the ability to skip forward or backward in the audiobook, adjust playback speed, set a sleep timer, and add bookmarks, notes, and highlights.

In OverDrive Listen, you can:

• Click or tap the Play/Pause button to start or stop the audiobook.
• Use the skip buttons to jump forward or backward by 15 seconds.
• Click or tap to adjust your playback speed.
• Click or tap to set a sleep timer.
• Click or tap to add a bookmark.
• Hold while audio is playing to record a highlight.
• After placing a bookmark or highlighting, select again to make a note, choose a highlighter color, or delete the bookmark or highlight.
• Click or tap to see your saved bookmarks, notes, and highlights.

No, your borrowed titles are automatically returned on their due date.

If you’d like to return a title early to make room for more checkouts, you can do so from the app or software you used to download it, or from your Checkouts page (under your Account in the library’s digital collection).

You can return titles using the app or software you used to download them:

Amazon (for Kindle Books):

1. On Amazon’s website, go to your “Manage Your Content and Devices” page.
2. Find the title under the “Content” tab and select .
3. Select Return this book, then select Yes to confirm.

Adobe Digital Editions (for eBooks transferred to eReaders):

1. Connect your eReader to your computer.
2. Open Adobe Digital Editions and select Library.
3. Click your device under “Devices.”
4. Right-click (Command-click on a Mac) on the eBook, then click Return Borrowed Item.

OverDrive app:

OverDrive app:

• OverDrive for Android, iOS, and Chromebook: On your app Bookshelf, tap and hold the title, then select Return to library.
• OverDrive for Windows 8/10: On your app Bookshelf, right-click or swipe down on the title, select Return/Delete from the bottom ribbon, then select Delete and return.
• OverDrive for Windows (desktop): Select the audiobook you want to return, click Delete, then click Return/Delete.

Adobe Digital Editions (for eBooks transferred to eReaders):

1. Connect your eReader to your computer.
2. Open Adobe Digital Editions and select Library.
3. Click your device under “Devices.”
4. Right-click (Command-click on a Mac) on the eBook, then click Return Borrowed Item.

You can return any title right from the library’s digital collection. Just select the Return Title button below the title on your Checkouts page (under your Account in the library’s digital collection).

When you renew a digital title, it lets you borrow the title again right after your current checkout expires.

You can renew a title starting three days before it expires, as long as there are no holds on it. If the title has holds, you can't renew it, but you can request it again.

Follow these steps to renew a digital title:

1. On the library Checkouts page, select the Renew link next to the title you'd like to renew.
   Note: This link appears three days before the title is supposed to expire.
2. Enter and confirm your email address, then click Renew. A copy of the title will be placed on hold for you, so you can borrow it again right after your current checkout expires.
3. You can tell that you’ve successfully renewed a title when you see a checkmark and the word Renewed next to that title on your Checkouts page.
4. As soon as your current checkout expires, you'll receive an email notification and have three days to borrow the title.

Please note that if you downloaded the title to your computer or device, you’ll need to re-download it from your Checkouts page when you renew it. If you renewed a Kindle Book, you’ll need to return it from your Amazon account before resending the eBook from your Checkouts page to your Kindle.

If a title that you've borrowed has holds, you won't be able to renew it. Instead, you can use the Request Again link to place a hold on it, so that you can borrow the title again as soon as it's available.

Follow these steps to request a title again:

1. On your Checkouts page, select the Request Again link next to the title you'd like to borrow again.
   Note: This link appears three days before the title is supposed to expire.
2. Enter and confirm your email address, then click Place a Hold.
3. You can tell that you’ve successfully requested a title when you see a checkmark and the word Requested next to that title on your Checkouts page.
4. Once the title becomes available, you'll receive an email notification and have three days to borrow it.

If a title isn’t available, you’ll see a Place a Hold button instead of a Borrow button. Follow the steps below to place a hold and be notified when the title is available for you to borrow.

1. Move your mouse over the title (or tap it on a mobile device), then select Place a Hold.
   Or, select more to see the title’s details page, then select Place a Hold.
2. If prompted, sign in to continue.
3. Enter and confirm your email address, then click Place a Hold.
4. Once the title becomes available, you’ll receive an email notification and have three days to borrow it.

You can see your holds on your Holds page (under your Account in the library’s digital collection).

1. In the library’s digital collection, click or tap Account.
2. Select your Holds page.
3. Select the Borrow button next to your available hold.

Suspending a hold lets you choose a window of time where you'll continue moving up a title's holds list, but the title won’t become available for you to borrow. For example, you might want to suspend your hold on a popular eBook if you’re getting near the top of its holds list, but you know you won’t be able to read it soon because you're in the middle of reading another book.

To suspend a hold:

1. In the library’s digital collection, click or tap Account.
2. Select your Holds page.
3. Select Suspend hold in the “Options” menu next to the title.
4. Choose the number of days you’d like to suspend your hold, then select Submit.

Follow the steps below to change your email address for hold notifications.

Note:You need to update your notification email address individually for current holds. Once you update any title's hold notification email, the new email address becomes the default for future holds.

1. In the library’s digital collection, click or tap Account.
2. Select your Holds page.
3. SelectEdit email addressfrom the Options drop-down menu next to the title that needs a new email address for your hold notification.
4. Enter and confirm your new email address, then select Update.

If you no longer want a title you have on hold, you can remove the hold:

1. In the library’s digital collection, click or tap Account.
2. Select your Holds page.
3. Select Remove hold in the “Options” menu next to the title.

You can browse through titles that the library doesn’t own yet, then recommend them for purchase.

1. After you run a search, select Additional Titles to Recommend in the search filters.
2. Once you select the filter, the site will run your search again, adding titles the library doesn’t own yet into your results. Then, you can sort and filter your results to find exactly what you’re looking for.
3. To figure out which titles you can recommend, look for the recommend icon.
4. To recommend a title, mouse over it (or tap it, on a mobile device) and select the Recommend.
5. Enter your email address and click or tap Recommend this title.

Once you’ve recommended a title, its button will change to Recommended.
To see all the titles you’ve recommended, open the library’s digital collection and go to Account > Lists > Titles you recommended.

You can use your wish list to make a list of titles you want to borrow later.

To add a title to your wish list, mouse over the title (or tap it on a mobile device) and select the ribbon in the bottom-left corner.

When a red ribbon appears on the cover, the title has been added to your wish list.

You can find your complete wish list in the library’s digital collection under Account > Lists > Wish list.

You can see how many titles from your wish list are available to borrow in the “My Account” box in your Account. Click or tap the number next to “Wish list items available” to view and borrow your available wish list items.

To rate a title, click or tap the stars on your Checkouts page (under your Account in the library’s digital collection) or on a title’s details page. To remove your rating, click or tap the X next to the stars.

You can find your rated titles under your Account > Lists > Rated titles.

Under your Account > Settings in the library’s digital collection, you can set options for:

• Lending periods: Set a default lending period for each format offered in the collection (this may include eBook, audiobook, and video).
• Maturity level(s): Select the range of content you’d like to see while browsing (for example, Juvenile to General Adult).
• Cover images: Select Yes to show mature adult covers, or No to replace them with basic covers.
• High contrast: This makes the site high contrast to help visually impaired users.
• Dyslexic font: This changes the font on this site to help users with dyslexia.

Note: You can’t use both high contrast and dyslexic font at the same time.