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A-Z of Library Services

Here is an A-Z list of all our services 

A

Access to Research
ACL Essex
Ancestry Institution Edition
Autism friendly libraries

B

BFI Replay
Book groups
Bookstart
BorrowBox
British Library Business and IP Centre
British Newspaper Archive

C

Children with learning disabilities

Citizen Literacy
Computers and Wi-Fi

D

Dementia Friendly library service

Different ways of reading

Digital Skills Directory
Discovering Literature

Domestic Abuse Collection
Donations
Driving Theory Test Pro

E

Enquiry Form
Essex County Council Business Support
Essex Library Service News

Essex Record Office
Events

F

Facebook
Find My Past
Freegal Music+

 

G

GoCitizen
Gov.uk skills

Guardian and Observer Archive

H

Help Getting Online

Home Library Service

I

Instagram

J

Join a book group
Join the library

K

Kanopy

L

Learn My Way
Library App
Library locations and opening times
Library of Sanctuary 

LinkedIn Learning
Livechat

Lives of the First World War

M

Mobile Library

Memory Cafés

Met Police Anti-Fraud Guides

N

O

Online Craft Times

Online Library
Online Rhymetime 
Online Storytime
Online story writing workshop
Our Reading Suggestions
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford English Dictionary Online

P

Parent information
Performing Arts
Photocopying and printing charges

Q

Quick Family Tree App

R

Read and Count With Me Under a Tree

Reading Suggestions

Reading Well

Reading Well for Children
Reading Well for Teens
Reserve, renew or return a library item
Room bookings/hire

S

Stock suggestions
Story of the month
Support with homework

Sustainability Challenge

T

Transparent Language
Twitter

U

UCAS support

Ukraine Unlimited Learning

V

Volunteering with libraries
Vox Books

W

Who's Who and Who was Who

X

 

Y

Yoko Sato: Quick Family Tree

Young adults with learning disabilities
Your Family Tree

YouTube

Z

 

 

 

 

 

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