The Bancroft Public Library now has access to e-books through a book source known as Overdrive. Patrons are now able to browse and checkout titles from the digital collection at the Overdrive website. E-books can be checked out for 7 or 14 days (depending on the book). After that time you are no longer able to access them unless you renew it. Most titles can be renewed once. Audio books are also available for download.
Popular books may have a long waiting list (I am on hold for John Grisham's The Litigators" behind 42 other people). You will receive e-mail notification when the book is available. You can also check the website to see where you are at on the waiting list.
Getting started on Overdrive
1. Sign up for a library card at the Bancroft Public Library to get your library patron number.
2. Go to the Overdrive website http://nebraska.lib.overdrive.com (Save this site as a favorite)
3. Click on "Sign in" in the upper right hand corner.
4. Select your library from the list (Bancroft Public Library)
5. Enter your library patron number (Must get this from the librarian).
6. Use the search engine to check for books by title or author. Or you could scroll down and select a particular genre of book you are interested in and see what is available. (I prefer non-fiction)
7. Find the book you want and in the format you want. (audio, ePub, Kindle, PDF)
If it is available click on "add to cart."
If it is not available click on "place a hold."
8. When you are finished "shopping" and have books in your "cart", then you will need to click "Proceed to checkout" to finalize the download.
9. In order to open the book to read you will need to download Adobe Digital Editions which is a free download from Adobe. If you download using a computer other than a Mac, you will probably need to sign up for an Adobe account.
Happy reading!! Hope B-R students utilize this resource to read more books.
