Your Library Card accesses free e-magazines and more

All you need is your Library Account Number, on your Card and your PIN.

Establish your Electronic Credentials

If you have forgotten your PIN, use this Link: https://www.librarieswest.org.uk/client/en_GB/default/search/patronlogin/http:$002f$002fwww.librarieswest.org.uk$002fclient$002fdefault?$002fsearch$002faccount$003f
If you do not have a Card, you can join the LibrariesWest service on-line and get an Electronic Library Card and PIN through this site: https://www.librarieswest.org.uk/client/en_GB/default/?rm=JOIN+THE+LIBRA0%7C%7C%7C1%7C%7C%7C0%7C%7C%7Ctrue
Read the Dorset Council Terms & Conditions here: https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/libraries-history-culture/libraries/join-the-library/dorset-library-service-regulations-and-byelaws

Accessing Libby & pressreader & NewsBank

Libby: follow the details in this Link: https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/-/e-magazines

~~Bonus One~~ – On-line Newspapers – pressreader

The Libby service offers a Dorset bonus , allowing access to pressreader for National newspapers, and more. You have 30-days access at a time but can immediately renew.

From Friday 19 May 2023, digital newspapers will be moving from the pressreader (Libby) service to BorrowBox.

Bonus One – Updated – On-line Newspapers – BorrowBox

All you will need to do to access digital newspapers on BorrowBox is to install the BorrowBox app on to your device or click here to use the website.

Email the Blandford Library if you do not see a National or local newspaper you might expect; more titles will be added in the coming months, including The Daily & Sunday Telegraph, The Times & Sunday Times, The Sun & Sunday Sun, Bournemouth Daily Echo, Dorset Echo, Bridgwater Mercury, Gloucestershire County Gazette & Somerset County Gazette.

Bonus Two – On-line Newspapers – NewsBank

You will need your Library Account Number with DORSET in front for this login: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/user/librarycard/DorsetCountyCouncilLibrary?destination=easy-search%3Fp%3DUKNB, for the following archives: