Digital library

The Digital Library offers a wide range of useful resources to help you find information, learn a language, or find something interesting to read. You can even practice your driving theory test questions.

They are free to use. You will be asked to sign in using your library card and PIN. Some websites will ask you to register using your library card number. If you are not a member of the library it is easy to join a library.

The table below categorises the comprehensive list of our digital resources.

Digital resources E-Books E-Audio Learn Online Music Downloads Newspapers & Magazines Local & Family History Dictionaries & Encyclopaedias Useful websites

Access to Research (only available in libraries)

    X         X

Ancestry (only available in libraries)

          X    

Borrowbox

X X            

Comics Plus - Adult

X              

Comics Plus - Children

X              

Encyclopaedia Britannica - Adult

            X  

Encyclopaedia Britannica - Junior

            X  

Encyclopaedia Britannica - Student

            X  

British Newspaper Archive (only
available in libraries)

        X X    

Digital Unite

    X     X   X

Fantastic Fiction

              X

Find My Past (only available in libraries)

          X    

Future Learn

    X         X

Go Citizen

    X          

GoodReads

              X

iVox Books

X X            

JSTOR (only available in libraries)

X   X          

Make It Click

    X          

Mango Languages

    X          

Naxos Music Library

      X        

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

            X  

Local history & Maritime Digital Archive

          X   X

PressReader

        X      

Sotonopedia

          X   X

Theory Test Pro

    X          

Times Digital Archive 

        X X    

Whichbook

              X

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