Download the Libby by Overdrive app to borrow ebooks and audiobooks from Harvard Library's Farnsworth collection, which includes popular fiction, fantasy, self-help, graphic novels, and more.
Getting Started
- Download Libby from your phone or tablet's app store.
- Open Libby, and tap the menu button (three horizontal lines at the bottom of the screen).
- Click Add Library and search for Harvard University.
- When prompted, sign in via HarvardKey.
This collection is available to Harvard students, faculty, and staff.
Finding and Downloading Books
- To search for a specific title, click the magnifying glass icon.
- To browse the collection, click the building icon.
- Once you've found the book you'd like, click borrow to download it to your device. Loans last 14 days.
- You can borrow up to three books at a time and place up to five books on hold.
- If you'd prefer to read on your desktop, visit https://libbyapp.com/library/harvardu
As a Harvard affiliate based in Massachusetts, you are eligible to use the OverDrive collections of Boston Public Library and the MinuteMan Network via Cambridge Public Library. Sign up for a digital library card, and then add those cards in Libby to expand the number of titles you can borrow.
The ebook and audiobook collection available through Libby for Harvard is part of Lamont's Farnsworth Room collection.