I am so happy that this was one of the learning activities. I have always wanted to use this service. I tried to download the Overdrive program when HPL first got it and it was not easy – and I gave up. This time it took minutes. The tutorials were very helpful. I played around with the search options – title, author and published date. I really like the fact that the series number is added in many cases. For example, Double Cross by James Patterson is listed as #13 in the ‘Alex Cross’ series. I downloaded Abduction by Mark Gimenez on Overdrive. I had to upgrade my Media Player but this did not take very long. I love the Overdrive program! I just needed my library card number. Net Library included an extra step - create a free account – and you needed your library card plus password to access the program. The selection was very strong for nonfiction but not as good as Overdrive for popular fiction. I downloaded The Cemetery Yew by Cynthia Riggs. Searching was not as easy as Overdrive which offers an alphabet ‘jump to’ option at the bottom of the page. However, I must say the language option for Net Library is a great feature.
