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Libby by OverDrive: Overview

Learn how to access eBooks and audiobooks via the Libby app and website with your Advocate Health credentials.

Libby Overview

Special Features

  • Mobile app
  • Integrates with Kindle eReaders

Using Libby

When you see "Sign In With My Card," enter your Advocate Health - Midwest single sign on (SSO) credentials. After you are logged in, you can start borrowing books!

You can view or listen to books within a web browser or through the Libby App, and Kindle Books can be read on a Kindle eReader - learn how

 

Checkouts and Holds
  • The default borrowing period for audio and eBooks is 14 days, but this can be changed to either 7 or 21 days. 
  • A maximum of three (3) audio or eBooks can be borrowed at a time. 
  • A maximum of three (3) holds can be placed on audio or eBooks. 

Loan periods are subject to change.

 

Return Your Books Early!

When you are finished with a book, you can return it early so that other people can borrow the book and so that you can check our more items.

On the website or app:

  1. Click/tap the shelf icon at the bottom of the screen
  2. Look for "Manage Loan" near the book cover. Click/tap this button and select "Return Early."

Return books early

Do You Use Libby Through Your Public Library?

You can have more than one library card associated with your Libby account.

To add another card: 

  1. Click/tap the three-line menu icon at the bottom of the screen 
  2. Select "Add Library" and search for the other library.

Libby App: How to add a library