Library members can download eBooks and audiobooks for free.

Titles automatically expire at end of the loan period and do not need to be "returned" – say goodbye to overdue notices!

How to access: Go to BorrowBox and log in using your Library card number and PIN or download the BorrowBox app.

Library members can download eBooks and audiobooks for free.

Titles automatically expire at end of the loan period and do not need to be "returned" – say goodbye to overdue notices!

How to access: Go to Overdrive and log in using your Library card number and PIN or download the Libby app.

Indyreads provides library members with free access to a statewide collection of independent Australian and international titles, classic literature and modern award-winning titles in eBook and eAudio format.

How to access: Download the app for Apple and Android by following the links below or join online. Log in by selecting Hawkesbury Library and using your Library card and PIN. Available from anywhere and at any time.

Storybox Library gets kids excited about reading, inspires their imaginations and lets them have fun with stories, improving their language and literacy skills along the way. Children will love hearing their favourite books read by their favourite Aussie icons, including Noni Hazelhurst, Kate Ritchie and Cal Wilson.

How to access: Go to Storybox Library and log in using your Library card number.

Provides access to freely available resources, and licenced resources.  Locate indexes, full-text eJournals, websites and guides available on a range of topics.

How to access: Go to National Library of Australia and log in using your NLA card number. Available from anywhere and at any time.

Your Hawkesbury Library Service card can now provide access to the State Library of NSW online resources, including local and international newspapers, full-text journals, magazines, online databases and eBooks.

How to access: Go to SLNSW website State Library of NSW online resources and create an account using your Hawkesbury Library Service card number. Available from anywhere and at any time.

Bartleby focuses on proving free access to books focusing on reference and literature.

A site with a focus on the classics of English literature. It also provides study guides and notes which are useful for book groups.

Google Books searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition, and stored in its digital database.

Internet Archive is a free site that offers access to researchers, historians, scholars and members of the public to historical collections that exist in digital format.

This site offers free access to over 33,000 ebooks which can be viewed on most devices. The site also offers a range of ebooks in languages other than English.

Open Library is a non-profit website intended to create one web page for every book ever published.

Project Gutenberg offers over 50,000 free ebooks free epub books and free kindle books that can be downloaded or read online.