BIBLIOTHEEK

Welcome
Here are 10 tips to help you get most out of your library card.

Our website Creatin g a password

Click on ‘My Library / Log in’/ ‘Mijn
All information about the library, our

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Bibliotheek / Inloggen’ in the top right
collection, activites and more can be
corner of our website. Here you can fill in
found on: www.bibliotheekbreda.nl
your library card number and click on ‘Nieuw
To view the website in another language
wachtwoord aanmaken’. You will receive an
click on the orange button in the top right
e-mail to create a new password.
corner. A menu will appear; if you click on
the globe you can pick a different
language.

Renewing loan s
Sign in to your account on our website.
In the right menu ‘My library’/ ‘Mijn
Bibliotheek’ you can click on ‘Loans incl.
extension’/‘Uitleningen incl. verlengoptie’.

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You can renew a loan 3 times. You will be
unable to renew a loan if it is reserved for
another member. You can also use the App
on your phone to renew loans.
App on your phone
Reservations You can install the Iguana library app on

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your phone. Here you can easily make
On our website you can enter a search
reservations, renew loans and view your
term in the search bar (e.g. title, author,
current loans. You can also add the
subject). Select the book of your choosing
membership cards of family members as a
and click on ‘Reserve’/‘Reserveren’ and
parent or caretaker.
sign in. Choose a pick-up location and

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confirm. A confirmation e-mail will be
sent. You will receive a new e-mail once
the reserved item is available for pick-up. www.nieuweveste.nl
You can also use the App on your phone. www.bibliotheekbreda.nl
 Borrowin g history
BIBLIOTHEEK This feature allows you to view a list of

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items you have borrowed from the library.
Go to ‘My library’ and click on ‘Personal
information’ / ‘Persoonsgegevens’. Click
on ‘Change or view your data’ / ‘Wijzig of
bekijk je gegevens’. Here you can enable
‘Save loan history’/ ‘Uitleengeschiedenis’.

E-books & Audiobooks

Foreign languages www.onlinebibliotheek.nl is a website
where you borrow E-books & audiobooks
The central library has a big collection of

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for free with your library card. You can
English, German, French and Spanish
sign in with the same library card
books. Our smaller collections of other

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number and password as used on our
foreign languages are stored in our
own website. You can contact us during
warehouse. If you need a book in a openings hours if you need any help.
different language you can search for
them on our website and make a
reservation.

Databases
On our website underneath the menu ‘In
the library’/‘In de bibliotheek’ is the link to
‘Databases’/ ‘Databanken’. Here you can
freely access multiple websites with your

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membership card. Websites to practice
your Dutch or research databases like
Proquest and Gale where you can find
English magazines and papers on a wide
range of subjects. New book newsletter
Want to know what the latest additions
to our collection are? Go to your account

Our location s
We have 3 libraries en 7 pick-up &
delivery points. Curious where you can
find them and what their opening hours
are? Check our website to find out.
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and click on ‘Intrest’ / ‘Intresses’. If you
want to receive updates on English books
or books in another language go to the
‘R.’ and click on ‘Romans Engels’ and
‘Romans overige talen’.

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We also organise a lot of activities such as
workshops, readings and more. Keep an
www.nieuweveste.nl
eye on our online agenda and follow us
on www.facebook.com/bibliotheekbreda www.bibliotheekbreda.nl