Book lending
We have a wide range of books to loan for free. You may borrow up to 20 books for up to three weeks. Large print and talking books are also available.
Our libraries subscribe to a range of online information sites allowing you access at a library at home or in the office.These services are free to all Wandsworth library members. Please ask library staff for help if you are not a member or have forgotten your membership number or PIN
We have a wide range of books to loan for free. You may borrow up to 20 books for up to three weeks. Large print and talking books are also available.
Library card holders can download 3 music tracks in the MP3 format each week, and stream 3 of hours of music each day for free!
Free Wi-Fi is available in the library.
We offer printing and photocopying in black and white and colour for a small fee.
We have a wide selection of DVDs for hire. DVDs can be borrowed for one week.
Keep up to date with current affairs at Battersea library with our wide selection of newspapers and magazines.
Enjoy free internet access to help you with your studies or research, for checking your email or simply for surfing the web. You can also use our computers for writing letters, preparing a CV or having a look at your holiday photos. Please note that all computer sessions will end 15 minutes before the library closes.
Click the link to access audio, eBook, and music with your library card.
Contact Battersea library on 0207 223 2334 or email battersea.library@gll.org for more information.
Access to Research provides licensed access to over 1.5 million journal articles and conference proceedings through Wandsworth library terminals. Users can read a wide variety of articles in many fields including Art, Business, History, Journalism, Languages, Politics, Film, Philosophy, and Science.
To use Access To Research you must log on to one of the computers in your local Wandsworth library and follow the link from the desktop.
Online resources including census returns for England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man; civil registration indexes for England and Wales, historic BT telephone directories and more.
PLEASE NOTE: Ancestry can not be accessed from home, only from computers in the Heritage Service as well as other Wandsworth libraries.
PressReader offers instant access to over 4000 newspapers from 100 countries in 60 languages. It is the most convenient and complete way to read all your favorite newspapers and magazines on one site.
Click the link below to visit the website and log in by typing your library card number in the box labelled Barcode/Library card No. and then click Login.
Ideal for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 homework and general information.
Ideal for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 homework and general information.
A general information reference collection with interactive learning experiences.
A comprehensive reference resource, which includes an information web builder to help construct essays.
GoCitizen is an online study resource for candidates preparing for the Life in the UK Test or British citizenship test.
With up-to-date online dictionaries, thesauruses, and language reference content based on the largest language research programme in the world, Oxford Dictionaries Online is an extensive, integrated, smart-linked English language resource.
Click the link below to visit the website and log in by typing wandsworth followed by your library card number; for example wandsworth002347898
A comprehensive collection of national biographical information.
Click the link below to visit the website and log in by typing wandsworth followed by your library card number; for example wandsworth002347898
Explore the English language with the Oxford English Dictionary and dive straight in to the riches of the English language with free access for Library members.
An extensive and eclectic collection of reference material, ideal for essay writing, dissertations and projects.
Click the link below to visit the website and log in by typing wandsworth followed by your library card number; for example wandsworth002347898
Online access to the world's most trusted reference collection.
Click the link below to visit the website and log in by typing wandsworth followed by your library card number; for example wandsworth002347898
Test yourself on all aspects of the driving theory test. An essential resource for those learning to drive.
First published in 1785, The Times of London is widely considered to be the world's 'newspaper of record'. The Times Digital Archive allows users to search over 200 years of this invaluable historical source. Type your library card number to log on; eg 5319009
The essential directory of the noteworthy and influential in all walks of life, in the UK and worldwide, published annually by A & C Black since 1849. To use Who's Who just type the word wandsworth followed by your library card number; eg wandsworth0000123456789
FutureLearn offers a diverse selection of courses from leading universities and cultural institutions from around the world. These are delivered one step at a time, and are accessible on mobile, tablet and desktop, so you can fit learning around your life.
Learning should be an enjoyable, social experience, so these courses offer the opportunity to discuss what you’re learning with others as you go, helping you make fresh discoveries and form new ideas.
2,549,831 people have joined FutureLearn since launching in September 2013.
Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides.
Click the link below to visit the website and log in by typing wandsworth followed by your library card number; for example wandsworth002347898
Get instant access to thousands of expert product reviews. Which online can only be accessed through the computers in a Wandsworth Library. If you wish to use this service then please ask staff in your local branch.