Digital Library

What you need

All you need is internet access and a Richmond Card to use any of our services, wherever you are. Each library has free Wi-Fi so you can add content or stream straight to your device on site.

Comics Plus

Introducing a brand new addition to our digital library collection. Comics Plus has over 20,000 comics, graphic novels and manga. With Comics Plus library members have unlimited access to all the content with no holds, wait lists, or monthly limits.

Parents or guardians should supervise the use of Comics Plus when young readers are using the service. You can check the age rating of each title or use the filter function and select Children or Kids to only see age appropriate comics.

Below is an outline of the age filters and the content you can expect to find.

• Ages 5-7 (Children) Simplified word balloons
• Ages 8-10 (Kids) Regular comic books and manga with simplified panel layouts, including comic strips.
• Ages 11-14 (Teen) Story intensity, action, and violence should be equivalent to a typical PG-12 rated movie
• Ages 15-18 (Young Adult) Similar to a more intense 15-18 movie. Some violence and blood, but no explicit, gratuitous, or excessive gore
• Adult/Ages 18+ (Adult) Similar to 18 rated movies. Content explores mature themes with language and imagery appropriate for audiences 18 and over

Access Comics Plus

BorrowBox

Your library in one app. Enjoy the best collection of eAudiobooks on your mobile devices anywhere, everywhere, with the BorrowBox library app.

See also Help with BorrowBox

Cloud eLibrary

Download Cloud eLibrary eBooks and eAudiobooks to your device to read anytime, anywhere.

Help using the Cloud eLibrary

Overdrive eLibrary

Download Overdrive eBooks and eAudiobooks to your device to read anytime, anywhere.

Help using the Overdrive eLibrary

Please be aware that from May 2023 the Overdrive app will be discontinued on all devices except for the Kindle Fire, and will switch to the Libby app exclusively. All books borrowed via your library account on Overdrive will appear on Libby.

Naxos Music Library

This music streaming service allows you to listen to music online. Email information@richmond.gov.uk for details of how to access this service via the app. Help using Naxos Music Library

Naxos Spoken Word Library

eAudiobook service giving you online access to hundreds of eAudiobooks without downloading. Email information@richmond.gov.uk for details of how to access this service via the app. Help using Naxos Spoken Word Library

Online Information Library

Access to online resources like The Times and Sunday Times Archive, Ancestry Library Edition, Driving Theory Tests, Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and many more

PressReader

Read newspapers and magazines from the UK and around the world on your device anytime, anywhere. Help using PressReader

RBdigital eMagazines and eAudiobooks

You can now find all your favourite magazines from RBdigital on Overdrive or the Libby app