Online library resources

BorrowBox audiobooks and eBooks

The BorrowBox app gives you the best collection of eBooks and Audiobooks for mobile devices. To get the app, install BorrowBox from Google Play Store (Android) or the App Store (Apple). 

To start borrowing immediately, choose Cheshire East and Cheshire West libraries in the app and enter your library card barcode number (no spaces) and PIN. 

You can also use the web version of BorrowBox on a laptop or pc. Just register using your library card barcode number and PIN and follow the instructions in the help section on the BorrowBox website.

You can borrow up to 5 eBooks and 3 eAudiobooks at any one time, and place holds on items that are out on loan. 

Titles automatically expire at the end of the 3-week lending period and there are no late fees. You can renew once.

Online subscriber edition of Which? magazine. Only available using a library computer.

Theory Test Pro

Go Citizen (citizenship)

GoCitizen is an online study resource for candidates preparing for the "Life in the UK" or "British Citizenship" test. It covers everything you need to prepare for the test and includes hundreds of practice questions in the official test format. You will need to create an account so you can track your progress.

GoCitizen 

Access to Research

Get in-depth information on topics such as art, business, engineering, history, languages, politics, mathematics and the sciences from academic journals and conference proceedings. 

Access to Research 

Access Oxford Dictionaries Online (English) with your library card number.

• Log in to your Oxford Dictionaries account

Ancestry

Full access to Ancestry Institution. Only available using a library computer. Log in at Ancestry.

Find My Past

Full access to FindmyPast.co.uk including the 1921 Census records and the Cheshire Collection of local records dating back to 1538. Only available using a library computer.

British Newspaper Archive

Read national and regional newspapers online with the BorrowBox app. To get the app, install BorrowBox from Google Play Store (Android) or the App Store (Apple). 

To start borrowing immediately, choose Cheshire East and Cheshire West libraries in the app and enter your library card barcode number (no spaces) and PIN. 

You can also use the web version of BorrowBox on a laptop or pc. Just register using your library card barcode number and PIN and follow the instructions in the help section on the BorrowBox website.

British Newspaper Archive

Access millions of fully searchable pages of UK and Irish newspapers from the 1700s to the 1950s.

The British Newspaper Archive is an ongoing project to digitise the British Library's newspaper collection. Includes news articles, family notices, letters, obituaries and adverts, giving fascinating insights into both world events and day-to-day life. New pages and publications are added regularly.

Search is only available using a library computer, but you can access saved searches from any device. Log in with your library card bar code number (no spaces).

British Newspaper Archive (BNA)

Libby - magazines

Enjoy over 3000 popular magazine titles with Libby. You can install the Libby app on a mobile device from Google Play Store (Android) or from the App Store (Apple). You can also use the service on any device or computer through the Cheshire Libraries OverDrive website.
Read online or download for offline use. 

The collection includes magazines in languages other than English.

Titles automatically expire at the end of the 3-week lending period. There are no late fees. 

To borrow a magazine, enter your library card bar code number (no spaces) and PIN.