Our e-books and audio-books

Arena's free e-books and audio books

Students and staff can access 2000+ free e-books and audiobooks with just their school email address and password using either Wheelers e-Platform or Accessit (they're the same but Accessit searches all of our physical books too).

Arena's Wheelers e-Platform Arena's Accesit, your online library

There are over 2200 books, many of which are current and new releases that we don’t have in the school library
You can access Wheeler's e-platform from your tablets, phones, laptops, and there’s also an app for apple and android
Sign in and borrow straight away with just your school email address and password! (firstname.lastname@oasisarena.org for example Lorem Ipsum's email is Loren.Ipsum@oasisarena.org)
Books are automatically returned when they reach their due date, so you don’t have to worry about overdues, and you can also renew it yourself
If downloading the app, search for ‘Oasis Academy Arena’

Not enough free ebooks and audiobooks?

Find out how you can access even more free e-resources with Croydon Library using the tabs below.

Free resources with Croydon Library

How to join Croydon Library

It's really easy and free! (step-by-step)

Step 1. Students need to get their parent/guardians approval first! You'll need their help to sign up.

Step 2. Have a quick read through the different membership options, as there are some differences between children's, teens and adult memberships.

Step 3. Head to the joining page and select your local library (the closest to Oasis Arena is Ashburton).

Step 4. Fill in the form with your parent/guardian and then press 'Create Account.'

All done! You can now use your new membership number and the pin you set to access thousands of free books, e-books, audiobooks, comics, magazines and more!

Email Miss Le at yen.le@oasisarena.org if you have any questions.

(Guides on how to set up the reading apps on your computer, tablet or phone here and in the tabs below.)

Free E-books and Audiobooks with Croydon Library

Click the links below to see all the free e-books and audio-books you can read thanks to Croydon Library

You must be a member of Croydon Library to access these, but joining is free and the step by step is above.

There is an app for each of the below that can be downloaded onto your desktop, tablet or mobile device by:

Searching the name of the app on your app/game store (E.G Overdrive, Borrowbox, RbDigital and uLIBRARY).
Press 'Sign in' or 'Log in'
Wen asked, enter your Library card number and the pin that you set up when you joined Croydon Library or search for Croydon/LCC.

Happy reading!

Overdrive e-books and e-audio

You can borrow 5 items at a time: e-books for 3 weeks and e-audio for 2 weeks.

BorrowBox e-books and e-audio

You can borrow 6 items at a time, each for 3 weeks.

RbDigital e-books and e-audio

You can borrow 4 e-books and 4 e-audio at a time for 3 weeks.

uLIBRARY e-audio

You can borrow 4 e-books at a time for 3 weeks.

Free comics and magazines with Croydon Library

Click to go to RbDigital's free magazines, comics and online streaming

You must be a member of Croydon Library to access these, but joining is free and the step by step is above.

As a member of the library, you can access:

Over 700 magazines, comics, graphic novels, e-books and e-audio
Pimsleur language courses and hundreds of other courses available as video lectures
Stream movies, award-winning films, and documentaries with Indieflix
Watch full-length concerts and movie documentaries with Quello

How to download digital magazines, comics, films and music videos

Go to RbDigital and click ‘Register’ to create a new account.
Enter your library card number.
Enter your name, email and a password.
Browse the collection to select an item.
Click on the "Checkout" button to download your magazine or comic.

You can also download the RbDigital App onto your tablet or mobile device through your app store.

Free newspapers with Croydon Library

Click to go to PressReader's free newspapers and magazines

You must be a member of Croydon Library to access these, but joining is free and the step by step is above.

As a member of the library, you can access thousands of newspapers and magazines from around the world in many languages as they're published!

How to download newspapers and magazines

Go to Pressreader and click 'Sign In'.
Select the yellow library or group.
Search for and select ‘Croydon Library’ and enter your library card number, email and a password.
Browse the collection to select a title and start reading.

You can also download the Pressreader App onto your tablet or mobile device through your app store.