Overdrive

When working at the reference desk, I usually push Overdrive to patrons looking for language instruction materials on CD. I know that the OPAC gives patrons a direct link to Overdrive, I didn't realize that there are more titles not linked through our catalog. This exercise has been an eye-opener, and I will now double check Overdrive for titles not showing up through the Sno-Isle catalog.

Although there seems to be a good selection of titles available, I was surprised at the lack of materials available by certain children's authors, such as Rosemary Wells and Peggy Parish's Amelia Bedelia series.

I downloaded an IMAX video and was impressed by it. Only if it were closed captioned. *sigh*

The only problem I have with Overdrive is that one cannot search by subject. While at the reference desk, I had 2 high school students looking for DVDs on the mating behaviors of animals. While OPAC offered 1 DVD by subject search, Overdrive doesn't seem to offer that option of searching by subject.

Overall, it is a wonderful database that is an asset to the Sno-Isle collection.