Lower Macungie Library is proud to announce it will be offering you best-selling and classic eBooks and audiobooks available 24/7 through its digital library website, the Carbon Lehigh Downloadable Library (OverDrive) starting Friday, January 6th.
You can browse the collection, check out with your library card, and download to PC, Mac®, and many mobile devices. To get started, you will need to install free software. For audiobooks: OverDrive® Media Console™. To read eBooks, you’ll need Adobe® Digital Editions. Titles can be enjoyed immediately or transferred to a variety of devices, including iPod®, Sony® Reader™, and many others. Some audio titles can also be burned to CD to listen on-the-go.
This new service, powered by OverDrive, is free with your LML library card. To get started downloading eAudiobooks and eBooks, please click here. So, for all of you who own some type of e-reader, or even have a tablet, smartphone or iPod touch, you will be able to borrow eBooks and eAudiobooks for FREE. Titles will automatically expire at the end of the lending period, so no late fees! With best-selling novels, well-known classics, self-improvement guides, and much more to choose from, the new collection will have something for everyone.
If you already have a device you’d like to use or plan on getting one in the future, here is a list of compatible devices.
**You will have to use your home library to access the Carbon Lehigh Downloadable Library site. There is a drop-down that lets you pick a library, and you’ll have to choose your home library. Since this is a consortium, don’t worry, we all have access to the same collection. If you’re a Lower Macungie Library home patron (meaning you live in either Lower Macungie Township or Alburtis Borough), you’ll enter your full barcode number and then your 4 digit on the CLDL site.
We hope you’re as excited as we are for this new collection!
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eBooks on EBSCOhost
eBooks on EBSCOhost provides more functionality for you to take advantage of, including:
- Integrated searching of eBooks and journal articles
- Enhanced eBook viewer
- Improved research tools (folder, citation exports, powerful EBSCOhost features)
- Easily narrow result list by subjects, categories, authors, and more
- Enhanced notes feature
- Enhanced download experiencee
- eBook and Audiobook landing pages for enriched browsing
- Select-your-own checkout duration
To access this collection, click the eBooks on EBSCOhost icon above and you'll be taken to the Power Library login where you will be prompted for your Lower Macungie Library card number. After login, you will have access to EBSCOhost's eBook collection.
What this means to NetLibrary users
When the migration of eBooks and eAudiobooks from Netlibrary to EBSCOhost and OneClickdigital, your current NetLibrary account information, checkout/download history, current checkouts, downloads, any information on holds you may have placed on eBooks/Audiobooks, and any notes that you have created did not migrate to the new systems and are no longer be available to you.
If you have an existing My EBSCOhost account, you will be able to use this same account for eBooks on the EBSCOhost platform going forward. If you do not have a current My EBSCOhost account, you can create one within EBSCOhost.
If you have any further questions about the migration to the EBSCOhost platform, please contact your librarian.
