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Mobile: Download Libby to access McGill Library OverDrive content on mobile devices. See instructions on Signing into Libby on iOS, and on Android. Looking for more info on Libby? See their help pages. Website: Access to the McGill OverDrive website or McGill Libby website is also available. See Signing into OverDrive via website. See also information on How to find your OverDrive reading history and Hold redelivery. |
McGill students, faculty and staff sign in to OverDrive using a McGill Username and password. Alumni can also sign into OverDrive using a McGill username and password. If you do not yet have a McGill username or yours is no longer active, please register with the McGill Alumni Online Community.
| For students: firstname.lastname@mail.mcgill.ca For staff: firstname.lastname@mcgill.ca Note: your username may have numbers in it, an initial or your middle name, in order to make it unique. |
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McGill Libraries offer OverDrive to McGill faculty, students, alumni, or others in our community with a McGill username. For Alumni who were previously signing in using their library card, please register for a McGill username here.
The process for signing into Classic Overdrive is similar for all operating systems and the browser programs. Access the McGill Libraries Overdrive home page.
Click on the sign-in link on the top right.
You should see this page after you have clicked on the link from the previous step. Enter your McGill Username and password. Your username and password may appear automatically depending on your browser settings. Click "Log In".
If your sign-in has been successful, you will see this page, and the "Sign In" link on the top right will now say "My Account".
Download the Libby app onto your device. On the welcome screen under "do you have a library card?" press 'Yes'
On the next screen "Search for a Library"
Type "McGill" into the search box and McGill University Library should come top of the results. Click on this link.
Click on "Sign In With My Card"
Click on "Next", at which point you will be prompted to login via the usual McGill Shibboleth login screen using your McGill username and password.
You should see a successful login and "Linked Card" with the McGill logo display. Click on "Next".
You are now ready to start searching for content on McGill Library.
See OverDrive's support page for instructions on installing and signing-in to Libby on Android devices.
The history of books downloaded to an OverDrive app can be viewed within the app. At this time, the borrowing history of books viewed, read or borrowed through OverDrive's web interface is not available.
To see the history of the books you have downloaded to the OverDrive app, follow these steps:
In March 2020, Overdrive introduced a new option called hold redelivery (or the "deliver later" option) for available holds. This feature gives you more control over your holds, so you can borrow and read titles when it is most convenient.
To support this feature, the automatic hold checkout setting is no longer active and any current holds will be updated to the new redelivery mechanism. This means you will need to manually borrow your new holds as they become available.
How does hold redelivery work?
How can I see my holds?
Your holds appear under "My Account", just underneath Loans.
For more information and instructions on how to manage your available holds, please see the OverDrive holds help page.
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