Join the Digital Library

Read or listen to thousands of best-selling fiction and non-fiction titles in your favourite genres anytime, anywhere.

Browse available subjects 

Stream the world’s largest collection of full-length concerts and music films plus the best new music from the UK brought to you by Selector Radio.

Browse concerts available in Qello

Read full digital versions of over 2000 of the best comics and graphic novels from major publishers – for all ages.

Browse our comics

Watch thousands of critically-acclaimed movies and TV shows plus an exclusive collection of children’s movies and story-telling and rhyme-times.

Browse shows available on Kanopy

Enjoy hundreds of popular international publications covering all areas of interest including technology, business, politics and fashion. 

Browse the choice of magazines available

Enhance your research with 24/7 access to world-class academic databases from EBSCOhost and Ebook Central from Proquest covering a wide variety of journals, magazines and eBooks.

We also have research reports from the British Council. 

Read the latest issues of more than 7000 of the world’s top newspapers and magazines including Forbes, Newsweek, Vogue and many more!

Browse newspapers and magazines in Pressreader

Prepare for career opportunities with hundreds of video tutorials and training courses on a wide array of software applications and professional development topics.

View professional training on Universal class

Improve your child’s language skills with the British Council’s collection of fun and engaging games, songs, stories and activities for children learning English as a second or foreign language.

Explore LearnEnglish Kids.