Recreational resources
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Discover our collection of leisure reading ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines for free using Libby!
Download the Libby app
Log in to Libby - In the Libby app, follow the prompts to add a new library and search for ‘Keele University’. Sign in with your Keele University email address and password. You can also use the Libby website to browse and read content online.
Once you have signed in, you can browse the catalogue and borrow a title. Borrowed titles appear under Shelf > Loans and from your Loans, you can:
- Tap Open Audiobook, Open Magazine or Open in Libby to start reading or listening to that title.
- Tap Manage Loan to see options like Renew and Return.
For help and support using the Libby app, visit the Libby help page.
Stock suggestion - Is there a book you'd love to read that Keele Library doesn't already stock? Suggest it to us.
An on-demand streaming video platform for that offers films, TV shows, and documentaries.
Sign-in to Kanopy - For access, click 'Watch now' or 'Play', and if prompted, log in with your Keele username and password.
For help getting started with using Kanopy and support using the TV or mobile apps, visit the Kanopy help page.
The Wellbeing collection is a collection of resources which aims to promote health and wellbeing to students and staff by providing information on a variety of topics, from cookbooks to mindfulness guides.
The Reading Well collection is a collection of books that support reading to improve health and wellbeing and is based on the Reading Agency's Reading Well and Mood-boosting books.
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) is an on-demand TV and radio service which lets you choose, record and catch-up on programmes from over 60 TV and radio channels that have been broadcast in the last 30 days. BoB allows you to record programmes on and off-campus as well as schedule recordings in advance, create playlists and much more.
For access, if you are not automatically logged in, under 'Where are you from?' search for 'University of Keele' and log in with your Keele username and password.
Staffordshire Libraries is your local public library service and it's free to join, with access to thousand of book and ebooks, searchable via their online catalogue.
Registering for a Staffordshire Libraries account also gives you access to free online resources which includes COBRA: Complete Business Reference Advisor, that contains over 4,000 factsheets for starting up more than 350 types of businesses, as well as Oxford Learner's Online Dictionary and Britannica Library Edition, an award winning online learning resource that lets library users access comprehensive and interactive e-learning information across a variety of topics.
There are also additional resources you can access by visiting your local Staffordshire Library including British Newspaper Archive, which allows users to search the largest collection of British and Irish historical newspapers online covering nearly 300 years, Ancestry and Find My Past, BFI Replay which contains classic TV shows and films, GoCitizen as well as Access to Research, which has over 30 million academic articles.
They also offer events and activities, volunteering opportunities and much more.