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Borrowbox

Did you know that you can now access eBooks, audiobooks, newspaper and magazines all in one place? Borrowbox has you covered!

Comics Plus

Access thousands of eComics and Graphic Novels with Comics Plus! Enjoy popular brands and series appealing to all ages. We have a dedicated Children's collection as well as a collection more suitable for an older audience. There’s No limit to the amount you can borrow.

LOTE4Kids

LOTE4Kids is an online database of digital books that includes 5,000+ picture books in 75+ World Languages, and allows children to enjoy the magic of books in LOTE (Languages Other Than English). Each book also comes with English translations to help children learn a language.

Moshi

Download the app and login to access 30 days of Moshi stories that help your kids sleep, entertain them with healthy screen time and support their emotional learning. When your month is up, simply come back and login to renew access! There is no charge for this service, all you need is an email address!

Freegal Music

Freegal Music offers over 18 million songs belonging to 200+ genres— including Sony Music’s catalogue of legendary artists.

Universal Class

Learn practical new skills with Universal Class including themes such as job preparation, parenting, business, hobbies, and pet care. With over 500 free online courses which can be paced to suit your needs, we think there is something for everyone. From digital photography to computer programming, take a step closer to learning a new skill.

Transparent Language

Transparent Language Online provides a fun, effective, and engaging experience for learners, of all levels, looking to build their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in a foreign language.

Touch-Type Read and Spell (TTRS)

Touch-Type Read and Spell (TTRS) is an award winning online course that teaches touch-typing skills to help children and adults improve reading and spelling. TTRS is particularly useful for those with Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ASD, and ADHD. Registration is required for access. To register for TTRS simply email your full name and let us know who you would like to register for (e.g. yourself, child/student or school) to: ttrs@donegalcoco.ie

Adult Research

Trust Britannica Library as a reliable source with objective, fact-check, and unbiased content that is written by experts and vetted through rigorous editorial process. 

Student Research

Perfect for young students for their research needs packed with features such as research tools and materials.

Junior Research

Britannica Junior is perfect for curious young minds and is a great resource for school projects.

Oxford English Dictionary

The OED is the definitive record of the English language, featuring 600000 words, 3 million quotations, and over 1000 years of English.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Explore the lives of 60,000 people worldwide in this illustrated online collection of academic biographies.

What Everyone Needs to Know

What Everyone Needs to Know® (WENTK) offers a balanced and authoritative introduction on complex current event issues and countries and can be used at any level.

Heritage Maps

Ireland’s most comprehensive heritage resource, HeritageMaps.ie  enables you locate a vast range of heritage-related sites and projects.

Griffith’s Valuation

Search the Griffith’s Valuation for family names and maps of mid-nineteenth century Ireland on Ask About Ireland.

Oxford Dictionaries Premium

Oxford Dictionaries Premium is a comprehensive language resource that provides up-to-date online dictionaries, thesauruses, translations, and language and culture reference content. It also provides language learning support and guidance on style and usage, grammar, and spelling.

Irish Times Digital Archive

Irish Times Archive at Ask About Ireland provides online access free of charge for internet users within public libraries and schools in Ireland through  www.askaboutireland.ie.

Irish Newspaper Archive

The Irish Newspaper Archive is the largest online searchable database of digitised Irish newspapers.  By accessing the archive on a library computer, library members can browse and read a digital newspaper as it looked when printed. There are hundreds of publications available, dating from as early as 1760 up to the present day.

Find My Past

A wide range of records from the Donegal County Archives Collection has been digitised and made available on Find My Past. While this is typically a subscription based service, you can access it for free from PC's at any of our library branches.

JSTOR

JSTOR is a comprehensive online resource that spans a variety of topics. Access to The Ireland Collection is free of charge at any Donegal library branch. The Ireland Collection is an interdisciplinary collection of journals and other materials. The 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.

Local History Content

Have a look at our digitised content of local history books and online projects and podcasts developed for our Donegal Studies Collection.