eBooks and audiobooks available 24/7
Middlesbrough Libraries offers free access to downloadable eBooks and audiobooks 24/7 from both Borrowbox and Overdrive. Both of these services can be accessed from your home computer. If you have an Android smartphone, iPhone, iPad or tablet computer, simply download the app to your device, enter your Middlesbrough library card membership number and PIN, and away you go.
Registered users of Middlesbrough Libraries can borrow up to four items for 21 days free of charge. Library fines are a thing of the past with this service, as the titles will automatically expire after 21 days.
Borrowbox
Browse for eBooks and audiobooks with Borrowbox.
Help and guidance on using Borrowbox is available:
Overdrive
Browse for eBooks and audiobooks with Overdrive.
Help and guidance on using Overdrive is available:
- Get help with borrowing eBooks
- Get help with borrowing audiobooks
- Get help with Libby, the innovative mobile app from Overdrive
Online services
- Ancestry Library Edition - Billions of records to help you research your family history.
- Access to Research - Access to over 8,000 journals, covering subjects including art, business, history, politics, and mathematics.
- British Newspaper Archive - Access hundreds of historic newspapers from all over Britain and Ireland
- Find My Past - Billions of records to help you research your family history.
- GoCitizen - This site allows users to prepare for the citizenship test by revising topics before carrying out a practice test.
- Theory Test Pro - Try the driving theory test online, including hazard perception tests.
- World War One Centenary Archive - Explore official government documents relating to WW1.
- WorldCat - Search the world's libraries - Search over 10,000 libraries worldwide holding over 2 billion items.
