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Tutorials & Tip Sheets for Using the OverDrive Media Collection
New to using the OverDrive portion of our downloadable materials collection?
Check out some of our tutorials and tip sheets. The Tutorials are short videos that show you the screens you will see along with some tips to help you with your downloads. The tip sheets are instruction sheets you can either print out and follow or open in a separate Internet Explorer Window and follow along.
Tutorials
Tutorials are Flash files each running 2-3 minutes long. (Requires headphones)
Testing
your MP3 Player
Connect your MP3 player to a computer and run this short test to make sure it
will download audio books or music.
Downloading
an Audio Book
A brief demonstration of how to download an OverDrive Audio Book using
a library computer.
Downloading
the Remainder of a Book
This demonstration shows how to download additional parts of an audio
book and how to clear items from your MP3 Player.
Downloading
OverDrive Music
OverDrive makes music available for download. Most of this music
is classical music. Note: It can take as long as
15 minutes to download a CD.
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Tip Sheets
Tip sheets require the Adobe Acrobat Reader
Downloadable Formats
A brief description of the various formats, what type software they are compatible with and if items can be downloaded only at the library or also at home (1 page).
Installing
OverDrive Console on Your Computer*
If would like to download OverDrive materials at home, you
will need to install this small program first. (2 pages)
*cannot be installed on library computers.
Checking Out and Downloading
an OverDrive Audio Book
Step by Step instructions. (2
pages)
Testing OverDrive eAudio
Books Download at the Library
Not sure if your MP3 player will work to download files at the library? Here
are step-by-step instructions for testing your player.(2 pages).
Last Updated:
February 18, 2009