A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson Library

The library is named after Andrew Barton Paterson, one of the School's most famous Old Boys (1875-1881). It contains seating for 200 users in a variety of areas: a recreational reading area, tables for group work, two seminar rooms, a classroom, carrel study area for 40 people and 12 computers with access to the internet. The library collection includes over 75,000 items and the Audio Visual Department has more than 7,000 items. Most items in the library are available for loan.

Library Opening Hours

The library is open from 7:30am - 6:00pm during school days.

The Library is also open for periods during the holidays. For holiday opening hours please consult the last newsletter of each term. If boys would like to work in a library when the School library is closed they might try either Sydney City Library, located in the Customs House at Circular Quay, or the State Library of NSW on Macquarie Street.

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Library Resources

Books - over 50,000 volumes (10,000 are fiction)
Periodicals (magazines & newspapers) - over 100 titles including three daily newspapers plus some French and Italian newspapers
DVDs
Compact Discs
Talking books on CD - mainly fiction
Electronic databases, encyclopedias and other reference programs
Closed Reserve Articles - photocopies of specific articles from books, journals and the internet
Past H.S.C. exam papers
Syllabus and course outlines from Board of Studies NSW
The Sydneian 1875 - current
School Magazines from other schools

Equipment Available for Use in the Library

2 Photocopiers

Online Databases and Periodicals

Australia/NZ Reference Centre (includes World Magazine Bank)
password required - available through the School Library

Encyclopedia Britannica
user name/password required for home use - available through the School Library

Grove Art
In order to logon from off-campus locations, you need to enter the username and password - available through the School Library.

Grove Music
In order to logon from off-campus locations, you need to enter the username and password - available through the School Library.

History Reference Center
user name/password required for home use - available through the School Library

JSTOR
offers both multidisciplinary and discipline-specific collections. In order to logon from off-campus locations, you need to enter the username and password - available through the School Library.

Literary Reference Center
user name/password required for home use - available through the School Library

Naxos Music Library

Naxos Jazz Music Library

New Scientist Archive
password required - available through the School Library

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
user name/password required for home use - available through the School Library

Oxford English Dictionary
user name/password required for home use - available through the School Library

Oxford Reference Online
user name/password required for home use - available through the School Library

Points of View Reference Center
user name/password required for home use - available through the School Library

Science Reference Center
user name/password required for home use - available through the School Library

Scientific American
password required - available through the School Library

WebLinks
password required - available through the School Library