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hoopla Digital - Apps on Google PlayHoopla Digital
Hoopla Digital is a free resource through the Davidson County Public Library. Users have access to ebooks and audiobook.
Students can download the Hoopla Digital app OR read online on their Chromebook! Whether using the app or website, students will create an account (I suggest they use their Davidson County student gmail. They will also create a password). Once logged in, they will be prompted to link their library card in order to connect to a library. Their username is their RapidIdentity username and the password should be the last four of their username. Choose Davidson County Public Library as your library! 
 
 
Libby, by OverDrive - Apps on Google Play
Libby by Overdrive 
Libby is a free resource through the Davidson County Public Library. Libby gives digital access to ebooks and audiobooks. Read on the Libby app or sync it to your Kindle reading device. 
Anyone with a library card can download the Libby app. Use your library card and pin to connect to Davidson County Public Library. Students can sign in to the Libby app using their RapidIdentity number as their username. The password will be the last four digits of their RapidIdentity username. 
 

8 STEPS

1. The first step is to open Home - NC Cardinal and click My Account.
NOTE: NCcardinal can be used without signing in, but you cannot place books on hold.

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2. STUDENT LOGIN:
Username: RapidIdentity #
PIN: last four digits of RapidIdentity #

Click Log in.

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3. Click Enter search query: and type in the item you're looking for. This can be a book, audiobook, DVD, etc.

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4. You can change your library. Click the dropdown menu to see all libraries in NC.
This will filter your item selection to whichever library you choose.

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5. Click Search

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6. My searched book has a status of available at North Davidson Public Library. This is the library I chose when I entered my search keyword.

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7. Click Place Hold to request the librarian to check this book out under your name.

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8. Add/Change the pickup location to anywhere in the state. If you live closer to the Lexington library, but the book isn't available, they will send it to your pickup location.
The checkboxes indicate how you will be notified.
Click Submit. That's it!

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Here's an interactive tutorial

** Best experienced in Full Screen (click the icon in the top right corner before you begin) **

https://www.iorad.com/player/2152298/Nccardinal-org---How-to-Place-Books-on-Hold-at-the-Public-Library



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NCCardinal.org by Megan Lanning