You can browse books on the homepage, or select a category from the Subjects, Collections, or Levels menus.

Or, if you know what you want to look for, use the search bar. This is good for searching by title, author, or keyword. For more search options, select Advanced Search.

You can also add titles that your school doesn't own yet to your search results. Then, you can recommend those titles to your school.

The icon in the corner of each title tells you whether it's an eBook, audiobook, periodical, 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.

Note: Magazines and newspapers have a Send to NOOK app button instead of a Borrow button. Click here for more information about how magazines and newspapers work.

2. If prompted, sign in to continue.
3. You can find borrowed titles on your Checkouts page (under your Account).
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)
   • Read (In your browser) (read an eBook in your web browser using OverDrive Read or MediaDo Reader)
   • Listen (In your browser) (listen to an audiobook in your web browser using OverDrive Listen)
   • Play (play a streaming video in your web browser)
   • Download or Add to app (available for eBooks, audiobooks, and some videos)
   • Note: Depending on the format, these options may require Adobe Digital Editions, the OverDrive app (available in select app stores), or OverDrive’s desktop software (no longer available to install). If you don’t have or can’t get this software, you should be able to open the title in your browser instead.

In OverDrive Read, you can look up word definitions, highlight words or sections of an eBook, and add notes. To look up a definition or add a highlight, click (or tap) and hold a word, then select from the panel. To add a note, click (or tap) the highlighted words again.

Your borrowed titles will automatically expire when they're due, which means you'll never be charged a late fee. You can also return titles yourself if you finish reading them early and want to make room for more checkouts.

If you haven’t downloaded a title (or added it to the OverDrive appOverDrive app) yet, you can return it right from your school’s digital collection. Just select the Return Title button below the title on your Checkouts page (under your Account).

If you have downloaded the title, its Return Title button will disappear from your Checkouts page, but you may be able to return the title using the software you used to download it.

Renewing digital titles works a little differently than renewing physical books from a library. When you renew a digital title, it lets you borrow the title again right after your current checkout expires.

The Renew link becomes available three days before a title is set to expire and appears next to the title on your Checkouts page (under your Account). If the title already has holds, you can't renew it, but you can request it again.

Follow these steps to renew a digital title:

1. On your Checkouts page, select the Renew link next to the title you'd like to renew.
   Note: This link doesn't appear until three days before the title is supposed to expire.

2. If prompted, enter your date of birth.


3. If you’re over 13 years old:
   Enter and confirm your email address, then click Renew.
   If you’re under 13 years old:
   A copy of the title will be placed on hold for you, so you can borrow it again right after your current checkout expires.


4. 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.

5. If you’re over 13 years old:
   As soon as your current checkout expires, you'll receive an email with a link to borrow the title again from your Holds page.
   
   If you’re under 13 years old:
   As soon as your current checkout expires, you’ll see a notification next to the Account icon on this website. This means that the title is available for you to borrow again from your Holds page.


Once the title is available for you to borrow again, you'll only have 3 days to borrow it, so please check this site often to make sure you don’t miss any notifications.

Please note that renewing a title does not mean that it is automatically re-downloaded to your computer or device. If you would like to re-download a renewed title, you'll have to go back to your Checkouts page and select Download (or Add to app) again.

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.

The Request Again link becomes available three days before the title is set to expire and appears next to the title on your Checkouts page (under your Account).

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 does not appear until three days before the title is supposed to expire.

2. If prompted, enter your date of birth.


3. If you’re over 13 years old:
   Enter and confirm your email address, then click Place a Hold.
   If you’re under 13 years old:
   A copy of the title will be placed on hold for you, so you can borrow it again as soon as it’s available.


4. 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.

5. If you’re over 13 years old:
   As soon as the title is available, you'll receive an email with instructions or to borrow the title again from your Holds page.
   
   If you’re under 13 years old:
   As soon as the title is available, you'll see a notification next to the Account icon on this website. This means that the title is available for you to borrow again from your Holds page.


Once the title becomes available, you'll only have 3 days to borrow it, so please check this site often to make sure you don’t miss any notifications.

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 icon 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 under your Account > Lists > Wish list.

You can see how many titles from your wish list are available by looking at the “My Account” box that appears on any page under your Account. Click or tap the number next to “Wish list items available” to view and borrow your available wish list item(s).

To rate a title, click or tap the stars on your Checkouts page (under your Account), your History & notes page (also under your Account), 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.