Use our free online resources

Library members can use our online resources for free.

About our free online resources

If you're not a member yet, you can find out how to join our libraries

You can use some resources in our libraries only, and some anywhere you like. 

You can also access our e-book and e-audiobook services with your library membership.   

Online resources available anywhere

You can use these online resources anywhere, for free, by clicking the links on this page. To gain access, you’ll need to log in with your library card number.  

Some of these resources will also ask for your library PIN. If you’ve forgotten your PIN, you can reset it online.  

Language learning

Transparent Language Online

Build new vocabulary and practice language skills, available anytime, anywhere in over 110 languages.

To access Transparent Language Online create an account using your library card number.

Children’s wellbeing 

Moshi  

Discover over 400 stories, sounds, moments, music and meditations through an entertaining and engaging world built just for kids. Moshi is a wellbeing and mindfulness app. For ages 0-12 years, it is designed to help children calm down, get to sleep, and cope with anxiety. 

To access Moshi, visit the Moshi website, click the 'Start 30 day access' button to create an account and then download the app. You can renew your account access every 30 days. 

Newspapers and magazines

Times Digital Archive

 A digital archive of copies of the Times newspaper (London) from 1785 to 2019, on the Gale Databases website. You will be granted access to the Times Digital Archive automatically when you’re using a library computer. To access the archive from home, you’ll need to log in with your library card number.

PressReader 

Read over 7000 UK and international newspapers and magazine on the PressReader website or by downloading the PressReader app

To access Pressreader, you’ll need to select ‘Brighton & Hove City Libraries’ as your library service and log in with your library card details.

Libby

You can also access over 3,000 eMagazines and a selection of eComics using Libby, one of our e-book services.  

Find out how to access Libby.

Music and Performing Arts 

Medici.tv  

An educational video resource you can use to watch recordings of classical music, operas, ballets, and jazz performances for free. 

To start using Medici, visit the website, click 'log in' on the top right-hand corner of the page, select 'Brighton & Hove Libraries' and enter your library membership number. 

The New Oxford Shakespeare  

All of Shakespeare's works, in old English and modern text, including comparisons 

To access The New Oxford Shakespeare collection, sign in with your library card number.

Driving test help

Theory Test Pro

Practice the UK's driving theory test, watch hazard perception video clips and study the Highway Code.

To access Theory Test Pro, create an account with your name, library card number and email address.  

UK citizenship test help

GoCitizen

Practice tests and study resources for candidates preparing for the Life in the UK Test, or British citizenship test 

To access Go Citizen, create an account with your name, library card number and email address.

Oxford Dictionaries

Oxford Dictionaries 

Oxford Dictionaries has definitions of words, phrases and expressions. 

The Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary is widely regarded as the authority on the English Language, offers word meanings, history, and pronunciation of over 600,000 words. 

Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Use the Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland to browse the ultimate reference work on family names in the UK. 

To access the Oxford Dictionaries, sign in with your library card number.

Biographies 

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography  

Over 60,000 biographies of people who shaped UK and Irish history until 2012 - no living person is included.

Who's who

Directory of influential people in the UK and worldwide, published yearly since 1849. 

To access the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and Who’s Who, sign in with your library card number.

Online resources available only in libraries 

You can use these online resources on any of our library computers using the links below.

Historical newspapers and Print Resources

British Newspaper Archive 

An archive of local and regional newspapers from Britain and Ireland dating from 1603.

You will be granted access to The British Newspaper Archive automatically when you’re using a library computer. You can create and log in with your personal ‘British Newspaper Archive’ account if you want to.

John Johnson Collection

An archive of printed items about Britain in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries 

You will be granted access to the John Johnson Collection automatically on a library computer. 

Family history and genealogy

Findmypast-World

A family history website you can use to build and research your family tree – use it to search birth, marriage and death records, censuses, and military records. Access to the 1921 Census of England & Wales is now available.

You will be granted access to Findmypast – World automatically because you’re using a library computer. You can create and log in with your personal ‘Findmypast’ account if you want to.  

Academic research and resources

Access to Research

Access to Research has academic articles about various topics including art, history, politics and science.

Consumer information 

Which?

The UK’s non-profit consumer champion – browse their product reviews and reports,reports, buying guides and the magazine's research 

To access Which? ask a member of staff to log you in. 

Business and careers information

A large range of business and industry databases are available to use at Jubilee library in the Business and IP Centre.

You can access databases including, COBRA, Kompass and Mintel to help start and grow your company.