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e-Books: OverDrive e-Books

Tomahawk School District e-Book formats, options, and user directions.

Quick Guide

OverDrive

OverDrive E-Books can be accessed and read on the web and downloaded onto the Chromebook for off-line reading.

Enter OverDrive here or click on the logo below.

 Students Log-in:

Username: use the same username for logging onto the computer at school
Password: your year of graduation (example: 2014)


 

Staff Log-in:
Username: lastnamefirst initial (example: Tim Jones username is jonest)
Password: hatchets

 

How to borrow eBooks from your library on a Chromebook

You can borrow OverDrive Read eBooks or Kindle Books (U.S. only) and read them from your web browser.

What you need  

Your username and password  (located in box to the left)

 

Borrowing titles  

1. Open your library's digital collection website - see box to left.

2. Find an available title to borrow. You can:  

  •    Click a title from the home page  
  •    Use the menu at the top of the page to browse categories  
  •    Run a search    

3. When you find an eBook you'd like to borrow, make sure it's available in OverDrive Read or Kindle Book format (U.S. only) by checking the “Available formats” listed on its details page.    

4. Click Borrow to check out the eBook.  If prompted, sign in.    

5. Your bookshelf opens, displaying title(s) you have checked out. From here, you can click Read to start reading eBooks in your browser or select Kindle Book (U.S. only) from the Download list.    

6. If you selected the Kindle Book download option (U.S. only), Amazon's website opens so you can complete checkout and send the title to your Kindle device Kindle reading app, or Kindle Cloud Reader.                           

      See more at: Kindle Cloud Reader

 

NOTE: If you want to read with no Internet, you need to look below to download and bookmark the book by selecting "Bookmark this Page."

How to read OverDrive Read e-Books Offline

You can download (cache) an OverDrive Read eBook on your Chromebook, computer, or device so you can read it later without an internet connection using your web browser.  You need to go into READ in order to download the book.  Then at the top of that screen there is a menu. At the bottom of the OverDrive Read menu, there is a cloud with a circle around it, along with the cover of the book you are reading.

Note: Not all browsers are compatible with offline reading mode. 

Once you click on the cloud, the book you're reading is saved to your browser's cache. Please note that if you clear the cache, you'll also clear any books you've downloaded through OverDrive Read. There is no download limit on these eBooks, however, so you can download them again whenever you need to during the lending period. 

If you need to save some space on your device, click the X next to “Downloaded” to clear a book from your browser cache. 

To read offline, you'll need to open your web browser and go to the URL of the OverDrive Read eBook to keep reading it. This can be done without an internet connection. 

You can save the URL for a downloaded book by bookmarking it in your browser or saving it to your desktop or home screen so that you can quickly open it later to continue reading. - See more device options at: http://www.overdrive.com/drc/

If you are trying to figure out if Overdrive will work on your device, you first need to make sure your device is compatible with Overdrive.  You can test your device for compatibility by visiting www.overdrive.com/resources/drc/Default.aspx#test . 

You then can download the app and sign in with the same account you already have made on your Chromebook.  That way, you have all the books on your device that you have on your Chromebook.  Overdrive is then used the same way you would use it on your Chromebook.