 This step-by-step video will help you find and check out e-books from the San Francisco Public Library. With your San Francisco Public Library card and pen, you can check out books and more for free. Let's get started! Open your web browser and type in sffl.org. If you want to view our website in Spanish or Chinese, click here and select the language of your choice. For this video, we will view the website in English. Let's start our search by finding the white box with the downward arrow. Click on the arrow and select Books from the drop-down menu. Let's search for the Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo. In the white search box, type the title The Poet X. And then click the magnifying glass. This will take you to a new page with all the books with this title. Let's take a closer look at what's on the screen. Here is a picture of the book cover. The title of the book is in bold. The author's name is below the title, last name, then first name. I can see here that there are eight different listings for this book. If it says book, that means it's a physical book. If it says e-book, that is an electronic book that you can read on a device like a computer, tablet or phone. The year tells you when it was published. And here is how you can access the book. If it's a physical book, it will say available if it's ready for checkout. For e-books, it will say e-book followed by the type of app you will need to read the book. By the way, we also have audiobooks where you can listen to a recording of the book. If you see downloadable audiobook, you can download these recordings to your device. Our e-books are available to read on four different platforms. They require you to download a free app depending on which platform you will use. The apps are either Access360, Libby, SimplyE or Hoopla. If you find your e-book on Hoopla, good news. You can access that e-book immediately. There are no wait times for Hoopla titles. For that reason, we will use Hoopla as our e-reader platform and download the Poet X. Click on Instantly Available on Hoopla requires registration. When you see the book cover again, click the blue borrow button. Select borrow from the pop-up screen to confirm the loan. The book will now download to your device. Click the blue read button to open the book and start reading. You will have three weeks to return the e-book. Don't worry about returning it since it will be returned automatically when your three weeks are up. To read e-books on your device, you will need to download the free apps Libby for Overdrive, Access360, Hoopla and SimplyE. Go to your app store and download the app you want. Each app will require you to set up an account with an email account, username and password. You will need to have your library card number and pin available. To learn more about downloading e-books, visit sfpl.org forward slash e-books. If you need help at any step of the way, call the San Francisco Public Library at 415-557-4400 or email us at info at sfpl.org. We are standing by to assist you. Happy reading!