Enquire is a free live question and answer service available 24
hours a day, every day. It works like instant messaging or a chat
session and allows you to put questions to trained library staff
who will be pleased to help you.
Discover offers you a personal and helpful guide through the
Internet to a wide range of resources from quick reference website
links to information on collections and objects from museums,
libraries, archives, national e-Government servces and much
more.
Helping to bring readers together, Read is a new service that
provides access to online resources related to books and reading.
It is a “one-stop shop” to good websites about reading and books
and provides links to other online services where users can discuss
their reading with others.
Online resources for library members
Registered members of our lending libraries
can access, from the comfort of their own homes, fascinating
online sources such as the Oxford English Dictionary, the
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online and the Directory of National
Biography.
Access could not be easier,
simply click here to view online resources for members,
choose a title and enter your library membership number into the
appropriate login box. Alternatively, visit one of our lending
libraries for more information.
Free audiobook downloads
Library members can now download audio books for free. All you
need is a computer (PC or Mac) with broadband access and you can
download the selected eAudiobook, play it on your PC, or transfer
it to your MP3 player, iPod, or even your mobile phone or
smartphone.
If you are a library member, either come into one of our City of
London lending libraries and set up a Netlibrary account
using one of our public PCs, or just email
bssgeneral@cityoflondon.gov.uk
asking us to set you up with a Netlibrary account. Please put
eAudiobooks in the subject line of the email. Tell us your library
card number and we will set up your account within two working days
and send you back your login details. All you need to do in future
is go to the Net Library
website to download your free audiobooks.
Web based language learning
All you need is your borrower number. Go to
BYKI and enter your library card number,
prefaced by CLP (e.g. CLP12345678), enter a password of your
choice and log in to access any of 80 languages, anywhere, at
any time. No additional software is required.
Not a member but want to use these services?
All you need is a membership card - either come into one of our
City of London lending libraries to join, or complete the
online
membership form and pick up your card from a library of
your choice.