Library Resources
Inspire a lifetime love of reading, learning and discovery in your students!
Transparent Language Online
A fun, effective, and engaging experience for learners of all levels looking to build their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in a foreign language.
With over 110 languages to choose from, including English for speakers of over 30 languages, there is something for every learner.
Learners can access for free via the Lincs Inspire Libraries’ App with their library login details.
SEND Collection
Support your pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) with Lincs Inspire Libraries’ collection of books chosen by children, adults, parents, carers and professionals.
WW1 Resources
Incorporate a local perspective into your secondary school lesson planning and teachings about the topic of the First World War.
Our Education Pack is full of resources that tell the story of local boys and men who were taken to a civilian internment camp called Ruhleben on the outskirts of Berlin during World War One.
With teaching notes, artefacts from our local history library, first-hand accounts of life in the camp – this resource gives a unique local perspective supporting your history curriculum.
- Oral history recordings of ancestors of camp detainees
- A DVD and script of a theatre production about life in the camp
- A reproduction of one of the camp’s magazines
- Photographs and images of Ruhleben camp
- Copies of letters sent home from a camp detainee
Bookstart
Lincs Inspire Libraries have teamed up with the Book Trust to offer children aged up to four years free books to help develop a lifelong love of reading. Bookstart packs are magical! They are full of books, tips and ideas for parents and carers.
Theory Test Pro
Theory Test Pro is a highly realistic online simulation of the UK’s driving theory test. It contains the entire official test question bank licensed from the Driving Standards Agency, the people who set the tests.
Learners using Theory Test Pro are twice as likely to pass than the national average thanks to help from unlimited access to all the official questions from the DSA in the same format as the official test. The software also includes online version of Highway Code.
Cobra
COBRA (Complete Business Reference Adviser) provides access to a broad range of information covering the essentials of starting and running a business in the UK. Accessible from library and non-library computers.
If you’re looking to take the first steps on your business journey, use COBRA’s ‘Business Opportunity Profiles’ to gather the essential information on a multitude of different business ideas.
For existing businesses, COBRA can provide the latest know-how through their ‘Sector Updates’, plus a host of further resources including business events and a legal library.
Use COBRA as the starting point to find the business information you need.
To access COBRA visit our online library resources page – all you need is your library card.
