Library Collections
Members of the City of Sydney Library can borrow from an extensive range of collections.
Books
Visitors to the library can choose from some 400,000 books | New Fiction | New Non-fiction | Prize Winning Books
DVDs | CDs | Videos | Audio Books
Borrow music CDs plus DVDs and videos featuring movie classics, documentaries, travel and children's programs. Large selection of audio books.
Community Languages
Varied collections of Chinese/中文, Indonesian/Bahasa Indonesia, Japanese/日本語, Korean/한국어, Russian/Pусский, Thai/ไทย, and Vietnamese/Tiếng Việt language books.
Koori Collection
The Library’s Koori Collection comprises over 1250 items on Australian Aboriginal related subjects such as politics, land rights, sport and the history of the arrival of the first Europeans.
Local Government
Books on local government related topics such as urban architecture, homelessness and e-government.
Local History
Books and online resources relating to the history of the City of Sydney.
Magazines
A wide variety of magazines on topics such as fashion, entertainment, business, finance, gardening, food, teenagers, computers and the environment.
Newspapers
Access e-newspapers and more than 50 print newspapers covering local, interstate and international news, including The Sydney Morning Herald online.
eReference & Specialist Collections
Access the reference collection from home (Oxford dictionaries, Encyclopedia Britannica...).
Toy Collections
A selection of more than 300 popular toys and puzzles for loan by pre-schoolers.
