Find multicultural library resources and services

You can find books and magazines in many different languages at the City of Sydney Library network.

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You can search the catalogue to find a resource in your language.

Languages available

Our libraries hold items in the following languages:
  • Chinese (中文)
  • Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia)
  • Japanese (日本語)
  • Korean (한국어)
  • Russian (Pусский)
  • Thai (ไทย)
  • Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)

Other library services

A variety of computer classes in community languages are held at our libraries.

Classes include computer basics, internet for beginners as well as Facebook and Twitter help. Look for a course online.

For ages up to 5 years old, Chinese rhymetime and bilingual storytime is a fun session of storytelling, rhymes and craft activities in Mandarin and English.