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Books and educational journals available for free

There's no better time than now to finally read that book you've always wanted to!
With the lockdown meaning we are staying at home to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19, access to books and information is more important than ever before.
Here are some subscription services that are currently offering access for free:
- Scribd, a reading subscription service with over 1 million e-books, audiobooks, and magazines, has offered free access to its library for anyone interested in the next month.
- Audible have cancelled subscription of books and audio stories for children and students of all ages as long as schools are closed down.
- BorrowBox is always available for free if you have a library card, it will allow you to access e-books and audiobooks.
- JSTOR, a digital library that normally requires a subscription, has announced that 6,000 of its e-books and more than 150 journals will be freely available to the public.
- Project Muse, a large number of publishers are also making their scholarly content temporarily available. They include the Music Library Association, which has articles on music history; the National Bureau of Asian Research; and the University of California Press.
- FutureLearn have a wide selection of free courses
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I’m going to check out futurelearn too! I want to try a new course.
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Such a good book @Ails!
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