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Now Available: New Help Pages for Using the Catalog!

Central Site has been working hard to develop cheat sheets and documentation to help you in using and learning about the new online library catalog.

Click on the documents below to open them. Or, if you just want to save it to your computer to look at later, right click and choose "Save As.." and save a copy.

We'll soon be posting more on how to place holds, how to manage your account, how to work with "My Lists" and more!

Penguin Publishing Group Places Limits on Kindle Titles

The Penguin Publishing Group withdrew from the OverDrive program in March, 2012. We are not able to buy any new Penguin titles or additional copies of Penguin titles for our OverDrive Digital Catalog. We still have titles we purchased before they withdrew from the program, but there are some new restrictions on how these titles work for Kindle. All Penguin Kindle titles will list Use On: Kindle devices via USB Only.

Check Out Booklists: New Titles and Most Requested Titles

Want to know what new books are at your library? Want to see what everyone else is reading? Click on Booklists in the menu at the top of the page.
Under Booklists, you'll find links to New Titles and Most Request Titles.

The Massachusetts Virtual Catalog links are now live!

After much work, all of our connections to the Massachusetts Virtual Catalog are now up and running! You can search state-wide for materials and can request them.

Important Information:

Patron Requests for Purchases Now Available

One of the best ways to discover new content to add to the C/W MARS Digital Catalog is through word-of-mouth, both from library staff and from patrons. C/W MARS now has a Patron Request for Purchase link to allow patrons to submit suggested titles and authors for the Digital Catalog support staff to review and possibly add to the collection. The link is located on the left side in the Quick Links section, or you can go to the form here.

Video Tutorials - Kindle Books

Now that Kindle books are available for download from the C/W MARS Digital Catalog, how exactly do you do it? The following videos will lead you step by step through the process of borrowing a Kindle book from the catalog and returning it before its due date.

(Note: You must have Flash installed to view the videos.)

Borrowing A Kindle Library Ebook

Kindle Compatibility with OverDrive Now Available

C/W MARS is pleased to announce that Kindle compatibility is finally here. If you own an Amazon Kindle, you may now enjoy checking out ebooks from the C/W MARS Digital Catalog.