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Enter Maryland Digital eLibrary Consortium / Overdrive

eBook Guided Tour

Quick Start Guide     

Troubleshooting

Instructional video for using your Nook (or other ebook reader)

Maryland's Digital eLibrary Consortium / Overdrive

While our catalog and circulation system are being upgraded over Labor Day weekend, you will most likely be unable to access your account in the Maryland Digital eLibrary.  If a title you have placed on hold expires before you can pick it up, please fill out the Support Form  so we can restore your place in the queue.

eBooks in Adobe PDF and Adobe EPUB format for adults, young adults, and children from Overdrive. Requires free Adobe Digital Editions software, available for both Windows and Apple computers. 

• See Overdrive's Compatible eBook Devices to find portable readers that will work with these books. 
• The lending period can be 7 or 14 days, whichever you choose.  Items cannot be renewed, but you can check them out and download them again if they are available when your loan expires. 
• You may have 4 items checked out at one time.  These 4 can be eBooks or audiobooks.
• Checked-out items return themselves when the loan period ends.  They are never overdue.   eBooks (but not audiobooks) can be returned before the expiration date.  Read how to return PDF and EPUB books early.
• You may have 4 holds at a time.  When a hold becomes available, you will receive an email, and you'll have 72 hours to check out the title.

Safari Tech Books Online

eBooks on information technology, computing, and business from major publishers within the last 2 years. Complete content of over 1000 books, with charts, graphics, and cut-and-paste code segments.

These titles are not downloadable.  Read them from within your browser.  They are not available to mobile Internet devices, such as an iPhone, through the library's subscription.

Troubleshooting

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Full-text reference books on topics including business, history, law, philosophy, psychology, religion, and science. Fully searchable and browsable.

These reference titles are not downloadable.  Read them from within your browser.

Do a quick search within our GVRL titles by typing your search terms into this box.

Career Insider from Vault

Vault publishes many career guides, and Career Insider provides them as e-books.  Titles include Vault Guide to the Top Government and Nonprofit Employers; Vault Guide to the Case Interview, Vault Guide to Veterinary and Animal Careers, Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms, and many more. 

Go to the Download Guides tab. Vault's downloadable eBooks open with free Adobe Reader software.

This site also has career, industry, and company profiles, plus job hunting advice, an internship database, social features, and advice about colleges.  You must create a user name and password to use Career Insider.

NetLibrary

Our NetLibrary collection is almost all audiobooks, but it does include Cliffs Notes and out-of-copyright eBooks for reading as well.  These titles are not downloadable.  Read them from within your browser.

On May 18, 2010, we simplified the sign-in procedure for NetLibrary.  You no longer need a user name and password to access NetLibrary.  You need only your MCPL library card number and its PIN.

Testing & Education Reference Center

Features eBooks from Peterson's and Gale for over 100 examinations, including  GED, SAT, ACT, AP, CLEP, TOEFL, GRE, LSAT, GMAT, MCAT, civil service, military, nursing, the new citizenship examination, and many more.  The eBooks open in Adobe Reader and cannot be saved locally to your machine. You must create a user name and password to use the test preparation books and online tests.