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Overdrive:
Using the App – Nook
Downloading the App
1. Open your device’s app store. For most devices, this is the Google Play Store App.
2. Search for “overdrive.”
3. Tap “Install.”
Getting Started
1. Open the OverDrive App.
2. Tap “Sign up.”
3. Fill out the text boxes and tap “Sign up,” or tap “Sign up with Facebook” to use your Facebook account for
OverDrive.
4. 3) Tap the OverDrive icon in the upper-‐left corner of your screen, then tap “Add a Library.” Search for your
library and then tap the star next to the library to add it to your account.
Finding Books
1. To search, tap the magnifying glass icon and enter your search terms.
2. To browse, tap the menu button to explore the pre-‐sorted categories.
3. When you’ve found a book you want to borrow, tap the book’s title to go to its page.
Overdrive App
Three Rivers Public Library District • www.trpld.org • (815) 467-6200 • [email protected]
Use this tip sheet if you have a...
Downloading the App 1) Open your device’s app store. For most devices, this is the Google Play Store App. 1) Search for “overdrive”
2) Tap Install Note: You must have Android version 4.0 (or newer) to install this app. This tip sheet uses version 3.2.2 of the OverDrive app; older versions of the app may have a different appearance.
Getting Started 1) Open the OverDrive App.
2) Tap Sign up. Fill out the text boxes and tap Sign up, or tap Sign up with Facebook to use your Facebook account for OverDrive.
3) Tap the OverDrive icon in the upper-left corner of your screen, then tap Add a Library. Search for “three rivers” and select Three Rivers Public Library District. Tap the star next to the library to add it to your account.
Google Play App
OverDrive App
Finding Books 1) With the OverDrive App open, tap the OverDrive icon in the upper-left corner, then tap Online Media of Northern Illinois Libraries.
2) To search, tap the button and type in your search terms.
3) To browse, tap the button to explore different pre-sorted categories.
4) When you’ve found a book you want to borrow, tap the book’s title to go to it’s page. Turn this sheet over to learn how to check out.