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Read OverDrive eBooks and Audiobooks on Mobile with Libby

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libby app

Do you read ebooks and audiobooks on OverDrive? If so, the free Libby app allows you to read and listen on your mobile device. It’s easy to get started. Here’s how.

Step 1: Download the app

    1. Go to your mobile device’s app store.
  1. Install the Libby app for free.

Step 2: Add UC Berkeley to your list of libraries

  1. The app will ask you if you have a library card.
  2. Click “Not Yet.”
  3. You will be prompted to search for a library branch. Click “Find Libraries Nearby”  and then click “No, I’ll Search For A Library”.
  4. Type in “University of California Berkeley,” and select “University of California Berkeley.” You will be taken to the Library’s OverDrive collection.Searching the website for the "university of California Berkeley"

Step 3: Log in with CalNet ID

  1. Add a library card by selecting “Enter Library Account Details.” You will be taken to the CalNet authentication page.
  2. Sign in.
    Add a library card

Step 4: Borrow Books!

  1. To check out a book, select the book and click “Borrow.” (If a book is already checked out, you can click “Place a Hold.”)
  2. The app will then show you a virtual library card and you will be able to see how many books you have checked out and how many holds you have. You’re all set!

Borrow books

Still using the original OverDrive app? OverDrive is discontinuing it. You’ll want to use Libby instead. Click here for more.

Women’s History Month 2023

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Women's History Month

“Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.” – Malala Yousafzai

Happy International Women’s Day! March is Women’s History Month, and at the Library we’re rejoicing in the achievements women have made and celebrating a future full of promise.

Read about feminism and progress in these nonfiction books.

Catch up on fiction with these bestsellers by women.

Try these poets for fresh insights and moving words.

Still looking for more books by wonderful women? Try our Overdrive collection for books like Lady Justice by Dalia Lithwick, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and National Book Award Winner All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir. Is there a book by a woman that you want to read, but is missing from our collection? Let’s fix that.

Happy reading, and happy International Women’s Day!