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Multicultural

Community Languages Collection

The Library offers collections of material in twenty-one (21) different languages. This material consists of books, magazines and audio CDs.

Books & magazines
Arabic
Italian
Serbian
Vietnamese
Chinese
Korean
Spanish
 
Croatian
Polish
Tagalog
 
Hindi
Russian
Turkish
 

Magazines only
Dutch
Maltese
French
Ukrainian
German
 
Greek
 

Books only
Punjabi Urdu  

If we don't have books in particular language we can order on request from the State Library of NSW. These books are coming in bulk of randomly selected titles for period of three months. Patrons may borrowed these for the usual two (2) week loan period. Requests for particular titles can also be processed, however these will attract the standard Inter-Library loan charges.

The Library also offers a collection of music from around the world.


International Newspapers

Newspapers from around the world can be accessed via the Internet.
Yahoo
http://au.dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Newspapers/By_Region/

RefDesk
http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html

Newspapers of the World
http://www.actualidad.com/

Internet Public Library
http://ipl.si.umich.edu/div/news/

Online Newspapers
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/


Government

Centrelink factsheets
http://www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/languages/index.htm

Department of Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs
http://www.immi.gov.au/settle/index.htm

Department of Health and Ageing multilingual publications
http://www.health.gov.au/acc/publicat/multilin.htm

Community Relations Commission
http://www.crc.nsw.gov.au/