Special collections

Contents: HSC | School certificate | Drug information | Legal information | Reference core collection 

HSC

Study guides are available for a wide range of HSC topics.  These items can be borrowed from Wollongong, Corrimal, Dapto and Warrawong libraries for a period of one week.  To ensure that all students have access to these materials copies are also available in the Central Reference Library and at Corrimal, Dapto and Warrawong for use in the Library. 

The Central Reference Library also holds an extensive collection of other materials including literary criticisms, economic reports, statistics, scientific journals etc that are useful for HSC students.  Complete newspaper and magazine articles and reports are also available online from the Library's subscription databases.

School certificate

A small collection of study guides is available to help year 9 and 10 students with their School Certificate exams.  These items can be borrowed from Wollongong, Corrimal, Dapto and Warrawong libraries for a period of one week.  To ensure that all students have access to these materials copies are also available in the Central Reference Library and at Corrimal, Dapto and Warrawong for use in the Library.

Reference core collection

A collection of reference materials held at all locations to answer homework and general enquiries.  The collection includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, handbooks covering all the major subject areas including health, geography, science, technology, religion, current events, langues, art, sport and literature

Drug information

The Wollongong Library is part of the drug information at your library initiative which aims to provide up to date information about alcohol and drugs through local public libraries in New South Wales.

Web resources and public library collections are selected and regularly updated by specialist staff at the State Library of New South Wales in consultation with experts in the field.

Drug information is available at all Branches of the Library.  The most extensive collections are available from the Central Reference Library and Corrimal, Dapto and Warrawong District Libraries.

Legal information

Visit the Central Reference Library, Corrimal, Dapto or Warrawong District Libraries for plain language information to help you answer your legal questions.  Wollongong City Library has an extensive range of information about the law and staff trained to help answer your legal questions. 

The Wollongong City Library is part of a statewide service which aims to provide free access to legal information for the community.  Each Branch Library holds:

• A Legal Toolkit - a collection of plain-English books which answer everyday legal questions
• Copies of Hot Topics - a magazine style series on recent changes and current debates in the law

A more extensive collection of books on the law, Law Books for Libraries, is located at the Central Reference Library.  More legal resources are available through the State Library LIAC 'find legal answers' website