Access FREE online resources with your school library card

Access a range of free eBooks, eAudiobooks, and eMagazines from Glasgow Libraries by downloading the Libby Overdrive, Borrow Box, and RB Digital apps from your app store onto your personal mobile, tablet, or PC device.

You will need either your school library card or Glasgow Libraries card number and four-digit pin number to access the service. If you don’t have one or if you have lost your card, contact Ms DeLeavey on Glow.

Follow the links to access Libby Overdrive, Borrow Box and RB Digital as well as user guides to help you access each service.

Libby Overdrive:

  • eBooks and eAudiobooks available
  • 8 titles at a time for up to 21 days
  • Books return automatically so no fines

Borrow Box

  • eBooks and eAudiobooks available
  • 24 titles at a time for up to 21 days
  • Book return automatically so no fines

RB Digital

  • eMagazines, eAudiobooks, and eBooks available

Use your library card number to access Research and Reference materials that might be useful for your homework:

Access to Research:   academic papers from leading publishers. Subjects include art, architecture, business, engineering, history, languages, politics, philosophy, mathematics and the sciences.

ProQuest: contains trade, government/official publications, reports, magazine articles as well as academic journals and reports to facilitate your research. Subjects include business, health and medical, social sciences & humanities, education, science and technology.

GALE Literature Resource Centre: a comprehensive online resource for research on literary topics, authors and their works. Content includes; literary criticism, biographies, topic and work overviews, primary sources, interviews and reviews.