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 will be open from 8:00am - 4:00pm in weeks 1 and 3 of the holidays. If boys would like to work in a library during the second week of the holidays 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 150 titles including three daily newspapers plus some French and Italian newspapers
DVDs
Compact Discs
Talking books on CD - mainly fiction
Electronic databases, periodical indexing programs, 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 the Dept. of School Education
The Sydneian 1875 - current
School Magazines from other schools

Equipment Available for Use in the Library

Video Cassettes may be booked for viewing through the A.V. Department
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

Far Eastern Economic Review
password required - available through the School Library

FindArticles.com
online article-search service. Search for quality articles in more than 300 reputable magazines and journals.

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.

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.

Literature Resource Center
password required - available through the School Library

New Scientist Archive
password required - available through the School Library

On-line journals & newspapers
some more online newspapers

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

Scientific American
password required - available through the School Library

WebLinks
password required - available through the School Library