How to Download Audio & eBooks from most libraries…

Reading on portable devices has never been easier - and instead of running to your local library - most offer us the ability to download books from the comfort of our homes, office or anywhere we can access the Internet... 

Although the way in which can vary slightly from library to library, most work the same way – whether you want to download them to your computer, mobile device, iPod, iPad, Nook, Kindle or other eBook reader…  If you have a problem download, call or visit your specific library’s website, as most list their instructions for downloading…

WHAT DO YOU NEED:

1.   A compatible device with an internet connection – PC, Mac’s or mobile devices

2.   A current valid library membership card

3.   Free software, which is typically available at your library’s website, such as

•  OverDrive Media Console for Audio Books on PC, Macs & other mobile devices
•  Adobe Digital Editions, for PDF & EDUB eBooks on PC, Macs & other eBook readers..

 WHAT TO DO NEXT:

1.   Browse your library’s website, searching by title, subject, author or format

2.   Add selections to your “Cart” – Some libraries will allow you to place “a hold” on books currently not available and then you will get an email when they are available

3.   Click on the “proceed to checkout” link (similar to shopping online)

4.   Click “Download” or “get for kindle”

5.   Once it is downloaded, you are ready to enjoy your Audio Book or eBook

• For eReaders: You will Open “Adobe Digital Editions” and drag  drop the title onto the device name on the left panel-After the transfer is complete you may disconnect your device from the internet and enjoy your books..
• For audio and video, Open “OverDrive Media Console”, select your title an click “Transfer” to launch the Transfer Wizard – Follow the prompts to complete the transfer process
• For Kindles, click “Get for Kindle” to retrieve your download from Amazon.com, Select the Kindle or Kindle reading app in which o deliver the title and you are ready to go..

 REMINDERS…

·   The book “Titles” typically will automatically expire at the end of the lending period, avoiding any late fees.

·   Once you’ve downloaded these, many Audio Titles can be burned to CD, so you would insert you CD, then Click the Burn button in “OverDrive” and launch the Burn Wizard, Select the part you want to burn and when the burn is done, you can enjoy your title wherever you can play CD..

MohaveCommunity College Library

Hi All! 

My name is Wendi Birkhead and I am the Campus Librarian of the Hodel Library on the Lake Havasu Campus of Mohave Community College.  I want to invite you to visit us and find out about all the wonderful books, DVDs, audiobooks, and electronic materials we have to offer.  We carry bestsellers, fiction and nonfiction. 

Many people don’t realize that we are open to everyone – students and non-students, alike – and anyone in Lake Havasu can get a library card for free. 

Through our website, Mohave.edu/library , you have access to fantastic electronic resources such as Heritage Quest, Consumer Health Complete, Chilton’s Automotive online and more.  You can also use our databases to look at articles from journals such as Consumer Reports, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, PC World, U.S. News and World Reports, etc.  Use Ancestry.com for free on one of our community computers. 

Please give us a call at 928-453-5809 to ask for more information.  You can also come by and visit with us in person at Mohave Community College, 1977 Acoma Blvd. West (we’re located in Building 1220 (toward the back of the campus), not far from the 500 Building) where computer classes are held.  We look forward to talking with you.

Wendi

Wendi Birkhead, MLS

Campus Librarian

Hodel Library - Lake Havasu City Campus

MOHAVE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

1977 W. Acoma Blvd, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403

Tel 928-505-3311

Toll Free: 1.866.664.2832

wbirkhead@mohave.edu

www.mohave.edu/library

Protect each others privacy when sending emails

We’ve all received emails, where our email address is “published” along with many others… You and I know immediately that the email was obviously sent to that entire group of people whether their address was in the TO or the CC line… This not only looks odd and unprofessional, it also exposes the email addresses of people who may have wanted to keep their email addresses private.. 

Then you have the issue of seeing layers and layers of email addresses when you receive jokes, stories and other “’forwards”.. 

We all have a responsibility to protect each other’s privacy and that includes email addresses… When sending an email to more than 1 person, but especially when you are sending an email to a group of people - always use the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) LINE for addresses – this means everyone will get the email, but they will not see each other email addresses – therefore protecting their privacy… 

None of us have the right to share someone else’s email address with anyone else... Bcc (Blind Carbon Copy): recipients get a copy of the email, but their email address is automatically deleted at delivery. Nobody except you and the Bcc: recipient will know that they got a copy, and their email address will not be exposed for everyone to see. 

In some email services when you have opened the Write/Compose screen to create a new email message, you will see the 3 Send to list options automatically: TO – CC (Carbon Copy)  – BCC (Blind Carbon Copy).. But in some services, such as hotmail, you may only see the TO – so when you want to use the BCC, Click Show Cc & Bcc (right above the To: line and to the right) which then adds these two options to your screen…. 

Remember once an email is sent, you and I have no idea who or what the sender will do with that email… so protect the privacy of your friend, family and co-workers.

Rename digital photos quickly & easily

Summer is almost over – an no doubt we all have taken lots of photos – now to file them so we can find them in the future… As we all know when we take digital photos our camera names each photo with a number unique to that camera.. So once we’ve moved them to our computer, it’s helpful to rename them with a name that we can recognize. 

Personally I rename ever photo with the date it was taken and a brief name of the event… But it’s time consuming and totally unnecessary to do each photo individual – so let the computer do it for you – and that can be done using either Windows Explorer (open this with the Windows Flag Key & letter E) or for those who you Picasa you can do it there…  Here’s how…

In Windows Explorer - Use the Detail View and Sort by Date Created Or Modified so you can easily put your photos in order that they were taken before renaming them

• Select/Highlight your group of photos in your folder that currently have the camera numbers.  To highlight them either use CTRL+A for all, or use your shift or CTRL keys to select a group of random photos…
• Once the photos are highlighted that we want to “rename” right-click on the first photo, when the action menu appears, choose “Rename” from the menu. When you rename the first image in the group, all of the others you had selected will also get that name, followed by a consecutive number o they will remain in the order that you took them…
• This is a fast and easy way to group similar pictures together in a single folder. If you wanted to undo the batch renaming, all you’d need to go is highlight them all again, right-click them and choose the Undo option 

IN PICASA – Renaming a group of photos is called “Batch editing”…

Use batch editing to make the same edits to multiple photos at the same time. For example, use batch editing to auto-correct redeye for an entire album at once. Please follow these steps:

1. Select/highlight all the photos that you'd like to edit.
2. Click the Picture menu.
3. Select Batch Edit.
4. Select the editing feature that you'd like to apply to all selected photos (such as renaming)

Note.. You can undo edits for multiple photos at once by selecting those photos, then clicking the Picture menu, and selecting Undo All Edits .