Learn how to download free Magazines that you get to keep using your Monash Public Library card and a tablet or computer.

1. Digital Magazines
@ Monash

2. Before we start…
This video shows you how to download free
digital magazines from Monash libraries.
The screenshots were taken with an iPad, but
the same instructions apply to Android
tablets/smartphones as well.
Enjoy!

3. What is Zinio?
Access to full,
cover-to-cover
magazines as
soon as they
hit the
shelves!

4. Step 1:
Create a
Zinio for
Libraries
account

5. Go to: monlib.vic.gov.au
Tap Online Resources

6. Tap Popular Magazines

7. Tap the Library & Home
use link under Zinio

8. Tap
Create
New
Account

9. Type your
library
card
number &
tap Next

10. Enter your
details,
make up a
password, &
tap Create
Account

11. You are
now logged
in to the
Library’s
Zinio
collection

12. Step 2:
Browse &
checkout
magazines

13. Tap the All Genres drop-down box & scroll
through available genres
Tap on a genre you like

14. Tap on the magazine you want to
download & tap Complete
Checkout

15. A new tab will open in your browser
To pick up your subscription, you must
now create a personal Zinio account.

16. Use the same email address & password
you used for your Zinio for Libraries
account. Tap Register.

17. You will be logged into your personal
Zinio library , where you will see all
the titles you have checked out

18. Always checkout magazines from
your browser, not the Zinio app.
Toggle between the RB Digital
Gateway tab & the Your Reading
List |Zinio tab as you checkout.

19. Tip:
To skip the log-ins in future, bookmark the
Library’s Zinio page & don’t log out of
either Zinio account when you finish. Just
close the tabs.

20. Step 3:
Download
the
Zinio app

21. Search for Zinio in the
App Store. Tap Install.

22. Tap OK

23. Tap to close this welcome
message

24. Tap Read

25. Tap Not a member?

26. Enter the email address &
password of your personal Zinio
account. Tap Submit.

27. Tap the arrow on any cover to
download the magazine to your
device

28. Enjoy!
The magazine
will stay on
your device as
long as you
want it to.

29. Final Tip:
Use the
handy Text
option when
reading on a
small
device…

30. …or to
make a
recipe
easier to
read in the
kitchen.

31. Like so!

32. Questions?
Email us:
askmonlib@monlib.vic.gov.au
facebook.com/monashlibraries