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  • Join the library

    Find out how to join the library online.

  • Find a library

    Search for your closest library, find out the opening times and the services available.

  • Borrow, renew or reserve items from the library

    Find out how to borrow, renew and reserve items, and what the library charges are.

  • Library catalogue

    Magazines, newspapers, audiobooks, art and drama.

  • eBooks and eAudiobooks

    Find out how to use our eBook and eAudiobook service.

  • Library online resources

    Resources to learn English, practise your driving theory test or educate yourself in the best of classical music.

  • Online newspapers and magazines

    Find out how to access free digital versions of 7,000 UK and international newspapers and magazines, as well as 1000s of graphic novels and comics.

  • Local and family history

    Find out how to get access Ancestry and Find my Past.

  • Services for children and young people

    Find out about our online activities.

  • Central library

    Reference library, exhibitions, business resources, activities and events, services for disabled people.

  • Business & IP Centre Bristol

    How Bristol libraries' Business & IP Centre (BIPC) Bristol can support you to start and develop your business.

  • Ask to hold your own event or activity at a library

    What to do if you want to hold an event or activity at one of our libraries.

  • Help create your future library service

    Find out about our ideas events and how you can tell us your suggestions.

  • Computers and the internet

    How you can use our library computers and online resources including ebooks, eaudio and emagazines.

  • Libraries' extended access

    How you can get extended access and the times it is available.

  • List of Blue Plaques in Bristol

    Information about Blue Plaques in Bristol.

  • Book a library book-bike

    About our library book-bikes and how to book them for an event.

  • Sign up for our library eNewsletter

    How to sign up for the eNewsletter, how often the newsletter is sent and what information will be in it.

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