Online library services at home

Transparent Language Online offers North Somerset library members a fun way to build skills in a foreign language. It is completely free and you can learn anywhere. 

There are over 120 languages to choose from including learning English for speakers of over 30 languages. Their wide range of learning tools are suitable for all ages. 

How to access

Open Transparent Language Online on a webpage. Use your North Somerset library card number or your digital membership number to sign up. You will then need to create a username and password to finish setting up your account. 

With your new login, you can use either the desktop site or you can download the free Transparent Language Online app from either the Apple Store or Google Play.

We have a large selection of ebooks, enewspapers and eaudiobooks to read or listen to. They are all available from the BorrowBox website and app.

Explore ProQuest European news resources available with your library membership. Many of the resources are the most widely read, most influential, with reputations for fearless reporting, or are the largest in their country, or considered the top English-language paper in their country. This collection gives you access to news resources from Europe — from today's news to backfiles dating back several decades. Titles include:

• Daily Telegraph (2000 to present)
• Financial Times (1996 to present, delayed by one month)
• Grocer (1998 to present)
• The Guardian (1996 to present)
• The Independent (2016 to present)
• Le Monde (2001 to present)
• North Somerset Times (2018 to present)
• El Pais (2008 to present)
• Weston, Worle and Somerset Mercury (2012 to present)

You can also access the following services using your Library card on the below websites.

eMagazines

Choose from over 3000 different titles that you can access on your computer, tablet or smartphone, including:

• BBC Good Food
• New Scientist
• Gardeners’ World
• TV Times
• Computeractive
• Money Week
• Good Housekeeping

How to access

eComics

You can access 1500+ digital titles including titles on:

• Marvel
• Disney
• Star Trek 
• Star Wars

How to access

This online collection houses images of archived items that offer insights into everyday life in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries.

How to access

This service provides an ever growing, vetted collection of more than forty million open access, peer-reviewed articles, non-fiction books and other open materials.

This collection includes resources for not only students, but anyone, including resources for:

• small businesses
• entrepreneurs
• health and wellness

Traditionally, these open access resources were scattered and challenging to find. LibrariesWest brings these resources together to create one easy location to find anything you need.

How to access

To use this new feature, simply search for what you need in the library catalogue with the search bar and click on the Open Educational Resources tab. 

Visit us to access some online services at the library which you may not be able to at home.

For help with our library services, contact us at libraries@n-somerset.gov.uk