Get instant access to books, comics, music, newspapers, and magazines. Watch movies and theatre productions, access academic journals, research publications and professional training.
Why pay multiple international subscriptions when you have the British Council Digital Library?
Read or listen to thousands of best-selling fiction and non-fiction titles in your favourite genres anytime, anywhere.
Stream the world’s largest collection of full-length concerts and music films plus the best new music from the UK brought to you by Selector Radio.
Read full digital versions of over 2,000 of the best comics and graphic novels from major publishers – for all ages.
Watch thousands of critically acclaimed movies and TV shows plus an exclusive collection of children’s movies and story-telling and rhyme-times.
Enjoy hundreds of popular international publications covering all areas of interest including technology, business, politics, fashion and more!
Read the latest issues of more than 7,000 of the world’s top newspapers and magazines including Forbes, Newsweek, Vogue and many more!
Prepare for career opportunities with hundreds of video tutorials and training courses on a wide array of professional development topics.
Enhance your research with 24/7 access to world-class academic databases from EBSCOhost and Ebook Central from ProQuest covering a wide variety of journals, magazines and eBooks.
We also have research reports from the British Council.
Improve your child’s language skills with the British Council’s collection of fun and engaging games, songs, stories and activities for children learning English as a second or foreign language.
Enjoy a hassle-free and user-friendly reading and learning experience on your mobile with our Digital Library App, where you can access, save, organise and customise all your e-content, anytime, anywhere.
If you need support, please contact us at digitallibrary@britishcouncil.org and we will be pleased to help.