How it works
One USB stick. Everything on it opens offline, in the web browser you already have.
Plug in and open
- Plug the stick into a computer. It works on Windows, Mac and Linux computers with a USB port (use an adapter if your computer only has USB-C).
- Open index.html. Double-click it and the offline catalogue opens in your browser, such as Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari.
- Pick a volume. Read it on screen, or open the print-ready PDF and print the parts you want on paper.
No internet needed
The catalogue, the guides, the fonts and the pictures are all on the stick. Nothing is downloaded, nothing phones home and there is no account to sign in to. It works the same in a power cut, on a remote site or with the router switched off.
Tip: copy the stick to your computer’s hard drive as a backup, and print the checklists you would need most, because a laptop battery will not last for ever in a long power cut.
What is on the stick
- An offline catalogue (index.html) linking to every volume on the stick
- Each volume as a screen PDF and an A5 print-ready PDF
- A copyright notice and a file list so you can check nothing has been changed
Before we dispatch your stick, we will email you the list of volumes on it. Volumes that are still being written or still in expert review are not put on the stick until they are ready.
Each copy is individually numbered
Every stick has its own issue number. It is printed on every page of every guide and stored in the file details. The number is recorded against your order, and your copy is licensed to you for your own household’s use. Please don’t copy, share or upload it.
Phones and tablets
The library is designed for computers. Some phones and tablets can open files from a USB stick with an adapter, but we can’t promise it will work on every device.