Learn how to browse and search for digital titles in OverDrive Marketplace.
When you begin searching Marketplace it can be great to keep two things in mind.
One
We'll be placing content into carts to keep your purchases organized. Two, once you perform any search you can refine your results to get the titles you really want.
Navigate to the shop drop down where you can search for titles in each lending model.
The default lending model is One Copy and One User and Metered Access combined.
Once you select a lending model, you can use the search bar at the top of the page. Libraries can shop for magazines under the Simultaneous Use section.
The Simultaneous Use section works a little differently.
Before you search for any specific titles you'll first need to select a Simultaneous Use publisher.
For example, All Access Comics.
You can use the search bar at the top of the screen to find a particular title,
Author, series, or publisher.
Notice that when I start to type my search criteria, Marketplace will suggest results for me.
I can use those suggestions by selecting any one
Or I can use the magnifying glass to run the search as is.
You can also use the advanced search to enter multiple criteria or to browse a specific category. These include awards, rating, language,
BISAC subject and so on.
An advanced search is the most powerful search you can do in Marketplace.
And it can provide you with the broadest or narrowest data depending on the criteria you set.
Like when you're looking to search for Read Alongs.
A full color, fully narrated book, or when you want to search by digital ISBN or even within a range like price range, number of reviews, or street date.
Remember street date is the date a title can be borrowed by your users.
An advanced search can also be saved
And named.
Navigating back to the home page
Underneath the advanced search drop down we have our saved searches including the one I just created.
We also have Must Haves or Must Have books.
Saved searches are great when you consistently run the same search and notice that you can edit or remove those saved searches right from this drop down.
You'll want to look at these Must Have books often. They're updated weekly and this space is filled with what's new, what's trending, what's on sale, what's on bestseller lists, and more.
Must Haves and saved searches can also be found on the left hand side of your screen.
We also have the option to expand them here as well.
Underneath Must Haves, we have our discover section.
This is a quick way to find and fill gaps within your collection. These discover lists are broken down into the top two hundred searches for titles in adult, authors, series, or more.
Each list is further broken down into fiction and nonfiction, ebook and audiobook.
These results are dynamic as well.
So they are always going to filter out content you already own allowing you to quickly serve your community with the most popular titles and categories you're most trying to grow.
You'll also see any pinned and saved searches associated with your login here.
And you'll see any pinned and saved searches with your patron interest manager.
Finally, along the blue navigation bar, we have the featured tab.
This is a great way to get recommendations while you search.
This collection of lists is curated by OverDrive Digital Content Librarians.
Who scour Marketplace to find the newest, most popular, highest circulating, and interesting content.
We have lists that change here often in these options on the grid.
There's also a place to see more lists available on our Resource Center.
This is specifically catered to public libraries.
So if I choose a section on this page like Read-Alikes
And choose a list
Like Curb Your Enthusiasm Comedy Reads, this will hop me back into Marketplace so I can view the list or filter it for easy shopping.
Thank you for watching this how to video on searching for titles in OverDrive Marketplace. For more information, please review the rest of the videos in this series on the OverDrive Resource Center
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