Find out what's available for you and your family at home from our libraries. There's something for everyone. Check out all the resources on our Digital Library.

If you're not a member join the library now. 

If you need to reset your PIN or update your details let us know.

Follow us on Twitter or Facebook to keep up to date with the latest news and virtual events.

Lancashire Libraries Academy hosts lots of videos and guides to help you make the most of your library at home and all the online services we have available. There are also some beginner's guides to aspects of the digital world and lots of quizzes to keep you amused.

You can keep reading from home.

• Access our free BorrowBox library of eBooks and eAudiobooks with your library card number, PIN and email address.
• Access our free OverDrive/Libby library of audiobooks, comics and graphic novels with your library card number and PIN.
• Access our free PressReader Newspapers and Magazines with your library card number and PIN.
• Access our free Comics Plus library of comics and graphic novels with your library card number and PIN.

Use our free encyclopaedias to help with schoolwork or just find out new things. Login with your library card. 

Digital skills 

With your library card login to The Computer School for free training resources.

Test your knowledge

With our fun quizzes on Niche Academy.

The Skills Toolkit

Free, high-quality digital and numeracy courses to help build up your skills, progress in work and boost your job prospects from GOV.UK.

Citizenship

Get ready for your citizenship test. Login with your library card.

Driving theory test

Practice for your driving theory test 

Family and local history

Search our Red Rose Collections archive of photographs and newspaper indexes.

Newspapers

With your library card you can look at current and historical newspapers.

Research

Use our trusted Digital Library subscription resources for your research. 

NewsBank for local, national and worldwide newspapers with an archive of between 5 and 25 years. 

Public Information Online for an archive of searchable Parliamentary and Official documents and is the only resource which will allow you to view so many Parliamentary publications in one place as PDFs.

Here is some great music and theatre you can access at home from Lancashire libraries.

Music

Medici TV

Medici TV features over 3,500 musical works filmed from the 1940’s through to the present day and 2,000 films including live concerts, documentaries, operas, ballets and master classes in High Definition.

You can watch all these for free in your browser on laptops, tablets, smartphones or internet TVs.

To see a preview and login, visit our Digital library

Spot On Shorts

Spot On Shorts are designed to offer you a ten minute respite. 

Visit our Spot On page for further details.

The Reading Ramble podcast 

The Reading Ramble is a regular podcast brought to you by the library service. The podcast will be hosted by the Cultural Development Team, and will feature interviews with authors and creatives, as well as input from colleagues across the library service. Listen to episodes of the Reading Ramble podcast.

Want a challenge? We've created jigsaws, crosswords, quizzes and word puzzles for you.

Complete a jigsaw from the Lancs Libraries collection on Jigsaw Planet. 

Try one of the SCART Club character jigsaws.

Can you answer all the questions in our book-related quizzes on Niche Academy?

Find the Harry Potter links in our puzzle on The Word Search.

Test your knowledge with these crosswords:

Lancashire libraries book crossword 1 on Crossword Labs

• Help with finding a job and Universal Credit
• Starting and running a business

We have a collection of self-help books, lifestyle guides and personal accounts to help you learn about health issues and manage your own mental health and wellbeing.

Download Reading Well for Health books from BorrowBox.

• Reading Well for Mental Health
• Reading Well for Long Term Conditions
• Books on Prescription Dementia
• Shelf Help for Young People and Reading Well for Children