eResources
Modern libraries are about so much more than just books. With Dublin City Libraries you can access a wide variety of online resources such as ebooks, newspapers, databases, dictionaries, publications and music.
Some of these online resources are only available in branches, but lots can be accessed wherever you may be with your Dublin City library card.
As part of your membership, you can also avail of online courses. To learn more about the online courses available visit: Learning and Studying.
Online Catalogue: Search and reserve items and manage your library account online.
eResources by Category
Arts & Humanities
See: Oxford Art Online, ArtistWorks, Emerald Insight, JSTOR - The Ireland Collection, Very Short Introductions
Bibliographies
See: Oxford Bibliographies in Victorian Literature and British & Irish Literature
Biographies
See: Oxford World’s Classics
Books
See: BorrowBox, LOTE4Kids, Oxford World’s Classics, TumbleBook, TeenBookCloud, Very Short Introductions
Business, Management & Marketing
See: Business.ie, Emerald Insight, Euromonitor Passport Market, Financial Times, Ibis World, MarketLine, Mintel, Vision - NET
Childrens' Content
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Era Books Online, LOTE4Kids, TumbleBook, TeenBookCloud, World Book Online, Who Next...? A guide to children's authors
Comic Books
See: Comics Plus, TeenBookCloud
Consumer Information
See: Euromonitor Passport Market, Ibis World, MarketLine, Mintel
Dictionaries
See: Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Dublin Historic Records and Images
See: databases.dublincity.ie, Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI), Dublin City Libraries on flickr
eBooks | eAudiobooks
See: BorrowBox, LOTE4Kids, Oxford World’s Classics, TumbleBook, TeenBookCloud, Very Short Introductions
Encyclopedias
See: World Book Online, Oxford Reference, Oxford Research, Oxford Art Online, Encyclopaedia Britannica
Genealogy
See: Findmypast, Ancestry Library Edition, Irish Genealogy
Language Learning
See: Transparent Language Online, uTalk, Oxford Dictionaries, Road to IELTS preparation and practice, LOTE4Kids
Library Studies
See: Emerald Insight
Literacy Skills
See: Era Books Online, Lexia Core 5 and Lexia PowerUp, Touch-type Read and Spell
Magazines
See: BorrowBox
Music
See: ArtistWorks, Freegal, Medici TV, Naxos Music Library, nkoda online sheet music library, Oxford Music Online
Newspapers
See: BorrowBox, Financial Times, Irish Newspaper Archives including Radical Newspaper Archive, Irish Times Digital Archive
Online Learning
See: Transparent Language Online, Universal Class, ArtistWorks, uTalk, Great Courses Plus, Infobase Learning Cloud, Touch-type Read and Spell Road to IELTS preparation and practice
Podcasts and Videos
Access our podcasts on Soundcloud, videos on YouTube and Vimeo, and the Dublin Festival of History podcasts.
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
See: Emerald Insight, Infobase Learning Cloud, Touch-type Read and Spell, Science Direct, JSTOR - The Ireland Collection, Very Short Introductions
Category: Mobile App
Access From: Anywhere on your Android tablet, iPad, or smartphone!
Access How: Google Play - Android | iTunes - iOS
With our library app you'll have a quick and convenient way of:
- searching the library catalogue
- accessing and managing your library account
- issuing and returning items
- reserving and renewing items
- locating your nearest branch library and its opening hours
- viewing a list of upcoming library events
- downloading eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, digital Comics and accessing online resources
Categories: Databases | Genealogy
Access From: The Reading Room, Dublin City Library and Archive
Access How: Please make an appointment to use this eResource by emailing [email protected] or [email protected]. Appointments are available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 4:30pm. Subscription allows for two simultaneous users.
Ancestry Library Edition contains official records for the First World War, i.e. British Army World War I Service Records 1914-20; British Army World War I Pension Records 1914-20; British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-20; UK Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 - so it is very useful if you are searching for Irish soldiers in the Great War.
Categories: Art | Music | Online Learning
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City Library membership number and PIN.
URL: https://libbyapp.com
Free music and art instruction through self-paced video lessons from Grammy Award-winning music and artistic professionals. Unlimited access to both beginner and advanced lessons for instruments, voice, art and music theory.
To sign in follow the prompts to find Dublin City library and sign in with your library card number and PIN.
When registering for Libby, do not put in your local branch please put in Dublin City.
Categories: eBooks | eAudiobooks | Magazines | Newspapers
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City library card number and PIN; also BorrowBox app. On first time login, complete your account details by adding an email address (required).
URL: http://library.bolindadigital.com/dublin
Mobile App: Yes
Support: [email protected] | support.librariesireland.ie
Borrow up to five eBooks, five eAudiobooks and fifty digital magazines or newspapers at a time.
1 May 2024: Read your favourite newspapers and magazines on BorrowBox! That means eBooks, audiobooks, newspapers and magazines all in one place, 24/7! Read more.
Using your phone or tablet: download the BorrowBox app from your App Store (Google Play) (iTunes) (Kindle Fire). Once you have installed the app, search for Dublin in the ‘Library’ field and then sign in using your library membership card number and PIN.
Using your PC, laptop or eReader: Visit library.bolindadigital.com/dublin and sign in using your library card number and PIN. In order to download an ebook you need to install Adobe Digital Editions, and create an account. Read more instructions.
Don't know your PIN? You can reset your PIN online.
Please note: Members of other library authorities will need to access BorrowBox using a different link. Please see, www.librariesireland.ie/elibrary
If your barcode begins TEMP, visit your local library to upgrade to full membership. Please bring photo ID and proof of address.
Categories: Databases | Business Management and Marketing
Access From: Central Library
Access How: Staff assistance required to login
Information on over 100,000 Irish companies. Search all businesses in Ireland by location, sector, employee size, type or product.
Categories: Comics, Graphic Novels
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City library card number and PIN.
Full Collection: https://dublincitylibrariesfc.librarypass.com
Children's Library: https://dublincitylibrariescl.librarypass.com
Teen Library: https://dublincitylibrariestl.librarypass.com
Comics Plus Library Pass offers full-colour, digital comics and graphic novels.
Download the Comics Plus App: Google Play - Android | iTunes - iOS.
To sign in to the app search for 'Dublin' and either select Dublin City library Full Collection / Children's Library / Teen Library and sign in with your library card number and PIN.
If your barcode begins TEMP, visit your local library to upgrade to full membership. Please bring photo I.D. and proof of address.
Dublin City Council Databases | Dublin Historic Records
dublincity.ie is currently offline while we redevelop the site. We sincerely apologise for this inconvenience. Material previously accessed online must be accessed instead via the DCLA Reading Room, 139-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Please contact [email protected] to make an appointment to view materials.
Please Note: We are moving our digital collections to the Digital Repository of Ireland. You can also browse curated galleries highlighting aspects of Dublin's history on Dublin City Libraries on flickr.
Categories: Image/Photographic Collections | Dublin Historic Collections
Access From: Anywhere
URL: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dublincitypubliclibraries/albums
Browse curated image galleries highlighting aspects of Dublin's history on Dublin City Libraries on flickr.
Categories: Image/Photographic Collections | Dublin Historic Collections
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: No registration/login required. Creating a free account allows some extra functionality.
URL: http://dcpla.ie/DCL-DRI
Our digital repository features photographs, postcards, letters, maps and more. Traffic jams during the 1974 CIE Bus Strikes, and jubilant Heffo’s army supporters are among 43,000 historic photographs and documents that are freely available online. Highlights of the collection include the Fáilte Ireland Photographic Collection, the Jacobs Biscuit Factory Photographic Archive, and the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association Archive.
Categories: Journals | Business, Management & Marketing | Library Studies
Access From: Branch libraries only.
Access How: PC or WiFi. No registration/login required.
URL: https://www.emeraldinsight.com/
Emerald provides access to articles on subjects such as business and management, accounting, economics, social sciences, engineering, linguistics etc.
Categories: Encyclopedias
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dubin City library card number
Access the full version of Encyclopaedia Britannica courtesy of Dublin City Libraries at any of our library PCs or at home! To access at home all you need is your Dublin City Library card number.
For ages 18+
For ages 12 - 18
For ages 5 - 11
Categories: Children's Content | Literacy Skills
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City library card number
URL: https://www.erabooksonline.com/uk-dublin-city-council-libraries
Era Books Online provides a contemporary world of books, games and activities for children to improve their reading, writing and comprehension skills. This resource gives access to hundreds of educational books, exercises and learning guides to support the development of English literacy for children.
If your barcode begins TEMP, visit your local library to upgrade to full membership. Please bring photo I.D. and proof of address.
Categories: Databases | Business, Management & Marketing | Consumer Information
Access From: Central Library
Access How: Staff assistance required to login
Euromonitor provides strategic review of global consumer trends in the industry and service sectors. It provides access to thousands of country and market research reports, company profiles and breaking news.
Categories: Business | Newspapers
Access From: Select Branch libraries only*
Access How: PC or WiFi. No registration/login required.
URL: https://www.ft.com
*At Raheny and Rathmines branch libraries and the Central Library.
Categories: Databases | Genealogy
Access From: Branch libraries and The Reading Room only.
Access How: No registration/login required. Subscription allows for five simultaneous users, therefore available on a first come, first served basis.
You can also make an appointment to use this eResource in Dublin City Library and Archive Reading Room by emailing [email protected] or [email protected]. Appointments are available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 4:30pm.
Findmypast: a family history website initially launched in the UK gives access to the Irish Prison Registers, the Landed Estates Court records, and the complete Griffith's Valuation. It contains over 400,000 gravestones and church memorials, military records from the details of over 8,000 people involved in the 1798 Rebellion through to the names of more than 49,000 Irishmen who lost their lives fighting in World War I. Access to over 250,000 obituaries and other newspaper notices, and lists of 52,600 individuals eligible to vote in elections between 1832 and 1838.
Categories: Music
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Library Card number and pin number.
URL: https://dcpl.freegalmusic.com/
Mobile App? Google Play - Android | iTunes - iOS | Kindle Fire
Music streaming with your library. Access over 15 million songs and 40,000 videos.
Your Download Limit will reset every Monday. If you’re on a desktop computer, you will see your Download Limit at the top of your web page to the left of the search bar. If you’re using a mobile device, you’ll find the Download Limit under Settings (top right corner, three dots).
If your barcode begins TEMP, visit your local library to upgrade to full membership. Please bring photo ID and proof of address.
Categories: Online learning
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City library number and PIN
URL: https://libbyapp.com
Watch thousands of streaming videos on hundreds of subjects.
To sign in follow the prompts to find Dublin City library and sign in with your library card number and PIN. When registering for Libby, do not put in your local branch please put in Dublin City.
Categories: Online Learning | Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
Access From: Anywhere
How to create an account: https://platformapi.learningcloud.infobase.com/register/dublincity
The passcode is the word learn.
Now enter email and name and surname. This will generate an email to your address then just click on link in your email and input a password.
Categories: Databases | Business, Management & Marketing | Consumer Information
Access From: Staff assistance required to login
Access How: Central Library
IBISWorld's collection of reports provides an abundance of information on the UK and Irish economies. IBISWorld's team of economists and industry experts research and analyse economic demographics and government statistics. Products include, Industry Research Reports, Risk Rating Reports, Business Environment Profiles.
Categories: Online Learning | Language Learning
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Registration required. Contact the [email protected] with your name and card number.
Free online IELTS preparation course. This includes over 300 interactive activities, 17 videos giving advice and tutorials, 36 practice tests - everything a candidate needs to get a great IELTS score!
Categories: Databases | Genealogy
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: No registration/login required
URL: http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/
Dublin City Libraries working with the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism, and others, to help you in your search for records of family history for past generations. View over 1.3 million Church records of Baptism, Marriage and Death free of charge. Of these, 734,000 Church records are from Dublin City and 600,000 records are from Kerry.
Categories: Newspapers
Access From: Branch libraries only
Access How: PC or WiFi. No registration/login required
URL: http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/
With the Irish Newspaper Archives you can search, retrieve and view newspapers from 1700s to the present (except for newspapers published in the last ten days or the most most recent weekly issues.
New in 2023! The Radical Newspaper Archive is a collection of over 115 Irish radical and political newspapers, journals, pamphlets and bulletins. The collection is fully searchable and consists of more than 11,000 editions.
Categories: Newspapers
Access From: Branch libraries only
Access How: PC or WiFi. No registration/login required
URL: https://www.irishtimes.com/premium/loginpage
View, search and retrieve the entire Irish Times Digital Archive from the first edition of 1859 to the present (except for the last seven days).
Categories: Journals | Arts & Humanities | Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
Access From: Branch libraries only
Access How: PC or WiFi. No registration/login required.
URL: http://www.jstor.org/action/showJournals?browseType=collectionInfoPage&selectCollection=ireland.
The Ireland Collection contains titles and resources across the arts, humanities, and sciences in disciplines such as music, art, history, literature, archaeology, mathematics, and biology. Materials span from the 1780s to the present.
Note: If no icon beside the title, we are subscribed to it; if 'X' icon, we are not. The 'half moon' icon indicates partial access (e.g. abstract, citation).
Categories: Online Learning | Literacy Skills
Access How: Registration required. Schools who are interested should email [email protected]
Dublin City Libraries have acquired licences for Lexia Core 5 (for junior infants – 5th class) and Lexia PowerUp (for 6th class – 6th year). They are adaptive blended learning programmes that accelerates the development of literacy skills for students of all abilities. The licences have been allocated to primary and secondary schools in the Dublin City Council area.
Categories: Books | Children's Content | eBooks | Language learning
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City library card number
URL: https://lote4kids.com/uk-dublin-city-council/
Storytime, in your own language!
LOTE4Kids allows children to enjoy the magic of books in World Languages from the comfort of home. Each book is provided with an English translation to help develop multilingual reading and listening skills. Children can also watch a selection of English-only books with Australian, US, and UK accents.
Mobile App: Google Play - Android | iTunes - iOS
If your barcode begins TEMP, visit your local library to upgrade to full membership. Please bring photo I.D. and proof of address.
eMagazines are no longer available to library members via Libby.
From 1st May 2024, you can access newspapers and magazines from BorrowBox ePress. Read more.
Categories: Business, Management & Marketing | Databases | Consumer Information
Access From: Central Library only
Access How: Staff assistance required to login
Company, industry, financial, city and country business data, case studies, data and statistics for every major marketplace in the world.
Categories: Music
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City library card number
URL: https://connect.liblynx.com/wayfless/medicitv?lcard=dublincity
The world's leading classical music channel featuring an extensive selection of concerts, operas, ballets, documentaries and master classes.
You can create your own account within Dublin City Libraries' Medici subscription. This allows you to save your viewing history and your favourites. When logged in with your library card, click the log in button on the top right of the screen and register or log in.
Categories: Databases | Consumer Information
Access From: Central Library only
Access How: Staff assistance required to login
Mintel’s Irish database contains detailed consumer data and tracks product innovation. It provides objective in depth analysis, looking at current and past performance and forecasting trends for the future. Research topics include Finance, Food & Drink, Leisure, Lifestyles and Retail.
Categories: Music
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Username and password.
URL: https://www.naxosmusiclibrary.com/
Naxos Music Library Jazz
https://www.NaxosMusicLibrary.com/Jazz
Mobile App? Yes Google Play | iTunes
Listen to your favourite music on demand or find out about your favourite composer. To register for Naxos please send an email with your name and library card number to [email protected]
You can then access the Naxos Music online, via the apps or in the library. Our subscription includes Naxos Music Library which covers classical music and Naxos Music Library Jazz.
Categories: Music
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Username and password.
URL: https://app.nkoda.com/
Mobile App? Yes Google Play | iTunes
nkoda is the world's largest online sheet music library, enabling unlimited access to high quality scores and performance materials.
To request access to nkoda, or if you have any further queries, email the [email protected] with your library card number.
Categories: Art | Encyclopedias
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City library card number. Select 'Sign In > Login with your library card'. In branch library no login required.
URL: http://www.oxfordartonline.com/
Oxford Art Online is the access point for: Grove Art Online, Benezit Dictionary of Artists; The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Oxford Companion to Western Art.
Covers both Western and non-Western art, the content of Grove Art encompasses all aspects of visual culture.
Categories: Bibliographies
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City library card number. Select 'Login with your library card' then select 'Dublin City Libraries'. In branch library no login required.
URL: http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/
Every article on Oxford Bibliographies is written and reviewed by experts, and with original commentary and annotations. The Victorian Literature module includes annotated bibliographies on over 100 topics including Gender, Charles Dickens, Race, and many more. In the British and Irish Literature module you’ll find over 100 bibliographies, including topics such as Arthurian Literature, John Keats, and Christopher Marlowe. Subscription courtesy of Oxford University Press for 2018.
Categories: Genealogy | Dictionaries
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City library card number. Select 'Sign In > Login with your library card', select 'Dublin City Libraries'. In branch library no login required.
URL: http://www.oxfordreference.com/ | Alternate Link
Over 45,000 entries. This is the ultimate reference work on family names, covering English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Cornish, and immigrant surnames.
When performing a search, you need to filter results 'By Availability', ticking the 'Unlocked' option.
Categories: Dictionaries | Language Learning
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City library card number. Select 'Login with a library card' then select 'Dublin City Libraries'. In branch library no login required.
URL: https://premium.oxforddictionaries.com/account/login
Up-to-date online dictionaries, thesauruses, translations, and language and culture reference content in the following languages:
English and Spanish | Arabic | German | French | Italian | Portuguese | Russian | Chinese
Categories: Dictionaries
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City library card number. Select Library card login', then select 'Dublin City Libraries'. In branch library no login required.
URL: http://www.oed.com/
The most authoritative and comprehensive record of the English language in the world, tracing the evolution and use of words. The Oxford English Dictionary Online gives you not only the latest content of the full Oxford English Dictionary, but also the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Categories: Music
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City library card number. Select 'Sign in > 'Sign in with your Library card', then select 'Dublin City Libraries'. In branch library no login required.
URL: http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/
Oxford Music Online is the access point for The Grove Music Online, plus The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music.
With over 60,000 articles written by over 6,000 music scholars, Grove Music Online is the authoritative resource for music research.
Categories: Encyclopedia
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City library card number. Select 'Sign in > 'Sign in with your Library card', then select 'Dublin City Libraries'. In branch library no login required.
URL: https://www.oxfordreference.com/
Discover the breadth of Oxford Reference’s publishing by learning more about the titles and experts behind each distinct discipline. Oxford Reference spans 25 different subject areas, bringing together 2 million digitised entries across Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias.
Categories: Encyclopedias
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City library card number. Select 'Sign in > 'Sign in with your Library card', then select 'Dublin City Libraries'. In branch library no login required.
URL: https://oxfordre.com
Current, peer-reviewed trustworthy research, read in 30 minutes or less across 25 encyclopedias.
Includes the Encyclopedia of Social Work and the Oxford Classical Dictionary
Categories: Biographies | Books | eBooks
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City library card number. Select 'Sign in > 'Sign in with your Library card', then enter your library card number. In branch library no login required.
URL: https://oxfordworldsclassics.com
For over 100 years Oxford World’s Classics (OWCs) have brought readers closer to the world’s great literature. Now, for the first time, they exist as a single online resource.
Oxford World’s Classics online provides access to 300 novels and other writings from the 18th and 19th century, from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, to expert translations such as Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, Émile Zola’s Germinal, and Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, to essential texts such as Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species and Olaudah Equiano’s The Interesting Narrative.
Each edition uses an authenticated and reliable text, with full notes on the origins of the work, ensuring every OWC provides the most accurate representation of the work. Each OWC online is then enveloped with the best possible scholarship through an extensive introduction, supplementary material, perceptive commentary, and essential background reading.
Dublin City Libraries and Archives organises and hosts a range of talks and other events, some of which are recorded and made available online.
How to Access:
- Listen on the Library Blog's podcasts section
- Listen on SoundCloud
- Subscribe to Dublin City Libraries and Archives podcast on your favourite podcast app.
- Watch videos, and listen to recordings while viewing accompanying presentations on YouTube and Vimeo.
Dublin Festival of History podcast
- You can listen back to recordings of talks and discussions on the history of Dublin, Ireland and beyond on the Dublin Festival of History podcast. Featuring internationally renowned historians including Dan Jones, Richard Grayson, Tom Holland, James Holland, Janina Ramirez, Robert Service, Sir Ian Kershaw and Helen Rappaport.
- Subscribe to the Festival podcast using your favourite podcast app.
eMagazines and eNewspapers are no longer available to library members via PressReader.
From 1st May 2024, you can access newspapers and magazines from BorrowBox ePress. Read more.
Categories: Journals | Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
Access From: Branch libraries only.
Access How: PC or WiFi. No registration/login required.
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/
Explore scientific, technical, and medical research on ScienceDirect. Search for peer-reviewed journals, articles, book chapters and open access content.
Categories: eBooks |eAudiobooks |Books
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City library card number
URL: http://www.teenbookcloud.com
Support: [email protected]
TeenBookCLoud is a curated database of e-books aimed at readers 11-18. It includes Graphic Novels, Enhanced Novels, eBooks, classic literature, National Geographic videos, educator resources, and audiobooks.
Mobile App? Google Play - Android | App Store - iOS.
Categories: Online Learning | Literacy Skills
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Registration required. Contact one of the following branches: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. Please include name and card number.
URL: http://www.readandspell.com/about
Touch-type Read and Spell (TTRS) is an online computer course. As well as developing typing skills, TTRS is designed to benefit students of all ages who experience spelling, reading or writing difficulties. You learn at your own pace either in the library or at home.
Categories: Online learning / Language-learning
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Username and password.
On your first visit, create a new account by clicking 'Sign up' (inputting your Dublin City library card number) and complete registration. Email address required.
URL: https://library.transparent.com/lgma/game/enroll?code=dublincity
Mobile App? Google Play - Android | iTunes - iOS
Categories: eBooks | eAudiobooks | Books
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City library card number
URL: http://www.tumblebooklibrary.com
The following instructions are for App users only. Select "Library" tab: in country box fill in "Ireland" (note that state is NOT required) Then select Dublin City Council Library and enter your library card number. In main menu select "View by Detail" to add your favourite books to "My Favourites".
Mobile App? Google Play - Android | iTunes - iOS
Support: [email protected]
TumbleBookLibrary is a curated database of over 1,100 children’s e-books. It includes their unique animated talking picture books; read-along chapter books national geographic videos; non-fiction books; playlists, as well as books in Spanish and French.
If your barcode begins TEMP, visit your local library to upgrade to full membership. Please bring photo I.D. and proof of address.
Categories: Online Learning
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Registration required. Register using your Dublin City library card number. Register at http://LGMA.universalclass.com/register.htm
URL: http://LGMA.universalclass.com
Mobile App? No
Support: [email protected]
Universal Class offers a unique online education experience. There are over 400 courses available. The courses involve real instructors to guide your learning, video-based lessons and certificates of achievement. You can learn in your own time, at your own pace.
Please register for this service by using your Dublin City library membership card barcode number and by completing the registration form. If your barcode begins TEMP, visit your local library to upgrade to full membership. Please bring photo I.D. and proof of address.
Categories: Online Learning | Language Learning
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Registration required. You will be given an access code which will enable you to unlock all languages. You can register for uTalk by emailing [email protected] with your name and Dublin City Library card number.
URL: http://utalk.com/start
Mobile App? Yes - all platforms
Support: [email protected]
Learning a language the uTalk way will give you confidence to begin learning the language of your choice. You can choose from any of over 130 languages from all over the world and the App is designed to get you speaking from the word go.
The App is also available for ESOL learners for English only.
Categories: eBooks | Arts & Humanities | Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City library card number. Select 'Sign in > 'Sign in with your Library card', then select 'Dublin City Libraries'. In branch library no login required.
URL: http://www.veryshortintroductions.com/
From Oxford University Press this collection of 600 books cover a range of subjects in the Arts, Law, Medicine, Sciences and Social Sciences from Abolitionism to Zionism and everything in between. All titles provide intelligent and serious introductions to a range of subjects.They're written by experts in the field who combine facts, analysis, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make challenging topics highly readable.
Categories: Databases | Business, Marketing & Management
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City Library card number
URL: https://www.vision-net.ie/library.jsp
Access documents filed in the Irish Companies Registration Office. Information available includes Irish Company and Business addresses, activities, directors, profit and loss, assets etc., and is updated daily. Limited information on UK and Northern Ireland companies.
Categories: Books
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Select 'Login with your library card number'. Dublin City library card number with the prefix DCP- (this includes a dash e.g. DCP-D1XXXXXXXXXXXX). In branch library no login required.
URL: https://www.whoelsewriteslike.com
Who Else Writes Like...? “I’ve read everything written by my favourite authors, what shall I read next?” Sound familiar? Well this online resource helps answer that dilemma. Browse by genre or go straight to an author of interest or the latest prize-winning writers.
Who Next…? A guide to children's authors
Categories: Books
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Select 'Login with your library card number'. Dublin City library card number with the prefix DCP- (e.g. DCP-D1XXXXXXXXXXXX). In branch library no login required.
URL: https://www.whonextguide.com
Who Next...?, is specially designed to help parents, teachers and librarians to encourage children and young people to explore the world of reading.
Category: Encyclopedia
Access From: Anywhere
Access How: Dublin City library card number. Select Log in with your library card number, then select 'Dublin City Libraries'. In branch library no login required. On a mobile device after logging in you may have to click on 'Go to full site'.
URL: https://www.worldbookonline.com?subacct=IE08212018
Early World of Learning: learning through stories, videos and games for preschoolers and children in early primary.
Kids: reference website for primary school students. It features an intuitive user interface and thousands of easy-to-read articles packed with illustrations, videos, interactive maps, and engaging games and activities.
Student: older primary and secondary school students can research projects with access to thousands of articles and multimedia sources. Subjects include biography, history, geography, STEM, business and technology.
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