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eBooks, eNewspapers and other eResources

eBooks, eNewspapers and other eResources

Remote and in library access

Borrowbox (eBooks and eAudio service)

Our eBook and eAudio service is provided via the Borrowbox App for members who live, work or study in Clackmannanshire.

After downloading the free app from the Apple or Google Play stores all you need to do is enter the Library name, card number, email address and pin.

You will need a library card to create your account. Sign in with the usual library card login.

If you don't already have a library card, please refer to our join the library page.

To get a new pin or for any help using the service please email the library at libraries@clacks.gov.uk.

Accessing eBooks

The eBook and eAudio service is free and is designed to be used by library members outside the library 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

You can download fiction, non-fiction and children's books to an e-reader, tablet or smart phone.

You can download up to 6 titles at a time and can choose between a 1-21 day loan period. At the end of this period, the eBook will stop working and be available in the eBook catalogue. However, you can if you wish return the item early.

The BorrowBox set-up guide for eBooks is available to view or download if needed.

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eNewspapers

Newsbank gives users access to current and past news from a variety of national, local and regional papers. 

The Newsbank resource can be used both in local libraries or by library customers at home. It can also be used on all types of devices  including mobile phones, laptops and has text to speech functionality etc. Access at home is by using the link given above and your library card number. 

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In library access only

BFI Reply    

This resource features 1000s of films, television programmes and videos from the past.  Relive, research and lose yourself in the past with thousands of digitised videos and television programmes from the collections of the BFI National Archive and partner UK Regions and Nations Film Archives.  Watch the world as we knew it and the communities who lived it.

Access to Research

Access to Research gives free, walk in access to over 30 million academic articles in participating public libraries across the UK.