Ordering and renewing library items

Your new Libraries website – launching on 1 April

We will be launching our new Libraries website on Wednesday 1 April. The site will not only have an improved look and feel, for the first time you will be able search the catalogue, join, log in to your account and borrow books from the homepage. Our existing Library webpages may be offline from Friday 20 March, in preparation for launching the new site. All your account information will be carried across on Friday 20, and will be there in the new site. The App will continue working throughout. We have more information on our website   

Books, music, films and more

Proud to support the National Year of Reading 2026: Go All In

It's free for you to order books, DVDs or CDs online.

Thurrock Council is a member of The Library Consortium, which connects many library services in London, the South East, and East of England. When you search the library catalogue, you can choose, order and collect items from any library within The Library Consortium area.

Choosing and ordering items yourself

All you need to do is:

  • search the library catalogue for the title you want to borrow
  • when you've found it, select the item to show further details
  • select ‘Reserve this item’ – you can enter your library card number and PIN code
  • choose which library you'd like to collect the item from

Search the library catalogue

When the item arrives at the library you will receive an email or text message. We keep the items at the library for 10 days so you have time to collect them.

If you’ve given us your email address, we will send you a loan reminder 2 days before your loaned items are due to be renewed or returned.

You can add or update your email address when you login to the libraries catalogue. After logging-in, select 'My Account' within the libraries catalogue, scroll down the contact information, select 'Edit', then update your details and select 'Save'. Our staff can help with this on your next visit to a library.

Library catalogue – select 'Log In' option

Other items

As well as books, DVDs and CDs, you can also order from Thurrock libraries: