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Stack directory and call number prefix guide
The following call number prefixes are used to designate the collection and locations for material in the Library's stacks.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
A |
| A pool running number | Now superseded. A Pool. Preceded by numerical pool; superseded by NS pool. Currently being catalogued. Housed at Hume Annexe. |
| A + Dewey | No longer assigned.File by size and dewey, integrated into the General run |
| ABA | Australian Bicentennial Authority collection. Hume Annexe. |
| ABL | Australian Buddhist Library. A collection of books about all aspects of Buddhism in various languages, mainly English and Chinese, plus some other Asian languages. Books arranged by LC classification within each language. 3rd floor, W1, B74. No charge for loan to Australian Buddhist Society. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| ABS | Australasian Book Club Collection. Hume Annexe. |
| ALS | Alston Collection. In Rare Books, LG1. Access through Petherick Reading Room.Not for loan. |
| AN, ANq, ANpam, ANpamf | Australian items arranged in numerical sequence. LG2L, W6. |
| ANef | Australian items arranged in numerical sequence, items measuring over 38cm. LG1, Block C, Newspaper shelving |
| AR | Arabic language material in Arabic script. Hume Annexe. |
| AR-IR | see FARSI |
| AR-U | Urdu language materials in Arabic script. Collection no longer exists. |
| ARM | items in Armenian language and script. Hume Annexe. |
| AUC or AUCH | Auchmuty Collection, Hume Annexe. |
| AUD/mk/AUDN | Multimedia kits with recorded sound. Discontinued run. This type of material is now housed in NMT runs. LG1 secure area Access through LG1 stack staff. Not for loan. |
| AUST ED | Australian education workbooks, etc. Hume Annexe. |
| AUST EDq | Hume Annexe. Not for loan. |
| Aust. Ref. Drawers | See JAF Drawers |
| Australian Bicentennial | Hume Annexe. |
| Australian Theatre Programmes | Held in Ephemera stack on LG1 Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
B |
| BACH pam | Baracchi collection pamphlets. Australian Secure Room LG1 Access through Petherick Reading Room. Australian, but not necessarily unique. check general collection for lending copies. |
| BANKS | Don Banks Collection - see MUS/BANKS. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| BEY | Otley Beyer Collection on the Philippines. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. Manuscript items in Manuscripts; some items in Rare Books, LG1. |
| BEYER J | Otley Beyer Collection (Japanese component). 4th floor . Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| BIBLE | Bible collection, Hume Annexe. |
| Bible Society | LG2L, W7. Deposit set for use of the Bible Society only. The Bible Collection is identical and available for use. |
| BRA | Braga Collection on the Portuguese in Asia. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| BRAILLE |
Located Hume Repository |
| BRAZ | Brazilian collection. On long term loan to La Trobe University Library. |
| BROADSIDE | Australian broadsides. Allocated running number and stored in poster drawers in LG1, Ephemera room, Not for loan. Access through Petherick Reading Room.Not for loan. |
| BROOM | Broom collection. Some items catalogued and integrated into collection; others pooled at NS18775 - NS18820. |
| BSMED | Integrated into general run |
| BUR | Burmese language materials. 3rd Floor, A42- A46. |
| BUR mt | Burmese mixed media collection, 4th floor Asian Collections stacks. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| BYZ | Byzantine collection. Hume Annexe |
C |
| C | un- catalogued Cyrillic language items. Hume Annexe. |
| CAC + Dewey | Controlled access Collection, held in LG1 |
| CAM | Cameron collection. In Rare Books, LG1. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for Loan |
| CAMBODIAN | See Khmer |
| CDS | United States. Congressional Document Set. Dewey Sq 328.73 UNI followed by CDS and running number. Located Hume Repository |
| CH |
Chinese monographs: Expanding Dewey run, 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| CHf | Chinese monographs over 30cm, but within 39cm high, 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| CHef | Chinese monographs over 39cm, 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| CHI | un- catalogued Chinese monographs. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| CHI BO10 | un- catalogued Hong Kong blanket order monographs. Collection no longer exists. |
| CHI BO69 | un- catalogued Chinese monographs from blanket order for internal publications. Collection no longer exists. |
| CHI FANG | Fang Chao-ying Collection. Collection no longer exists |
| CHI GE | Un catalogued Chinese gift and exchange monographs. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| CHI GO4 | Un catalogued Chinese monographs from CIBTC blanket order Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| CHI GO5 | Un catalogued Chinese monographs from Joint publishing blanket order. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| CHI GO6 | Un catalogued Taiwan blanket order monographs. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| CHI KP | Kegan Paul Collection (Chinese component). Collection no longer exists |
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CHI SP |
Otto van der Sprenkel Collection .Collection no longer exist. |
| CHN | Chinese Australian monographs,3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| CHR | Chinese Reference Collection, 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| CLA | Claasz collection on the history of tea planting in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| CLI | Clifford Collection. In Rare Books, LG1.Access through Petherick Reading Room.Not for loan |
| CLUNE | Frank Clune collection of Australian imprints, Hume Annexe. Available for loan but prefer not to lend signed copies. Most are duplicated in the General Collection. |
| Coded | Hume Annexe. Index at beginning of run. Govt pams. |
| COE | Coedes collection on the Indochina region during the French administration. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| COIN | COIN drawer collection of old and/or interesting newspapers. In Newspaper processing area. Access through Newspaper Reading Room LG1. Not for loan. |
| CON | Reference collection of material held in Preservation Services work area on 4th floor. Access through Preservation Services. |
| COOP | Cooper's Theosophy Collection, Australian Secure Room LG1. Access through Petherick Reading Room.Not for loan. |
| C pam | Cyrillic language pamphlets. Hume Annexe. |
| C q | Un catalogued Cyrillic language items exceeding 27.5cm x 25.5cm but not exceeding 50cm. Hume Annexe. |
| Crisp Collection | Professor L F Crisp Collection on Labor and political history LFC; Malcolm Peter Crisp Collection on angling literature MPC. Hume Annex |
| CRO | Cross collection on Theology. Hume Annexe (available for loan) Pre-1801 in Rare Books, LG1.Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| CS | Un catalogued collection of Japanese monographs from the 1930s. LG2, G29. |
| CZE | Czechoslovakian language pool. Hume Annexe. |
D |
| DeB | Hazel De Burgh collection. In Oral History LG1. Access through Petherick Reading Room. |
| DESAL | Collection of DeSalis family of Cuppacumbalong. Hume Annexe. Not for loan. |
| De Vesci | In Rare Books, LG1.Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan |
| DH | Duncan Hughes collection. Hume Annexe. |
| DNC (Followed by the three letters in the name of the library) | Collection Development policies collection - no longer exists, Collection Development policies are held at the appropriate classification in the general collections. Also available at the Collection Development Policy website. |
| DNS | Nichol Smith collection. In Rare Books, LG1.Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan |
| Docs Ref | Serial records, Ground floor. |
| DRYER | Dryer collection. Hume Annexe. |
| Duncan Hall | See HALL |
E |
| E | English pool. LG2L Row I |
| E pam /E pamq | English pool pamphlets. LG2L, Row J |
| EAP | Edward Augustus Petherick Collection - no longer exists items integrated into General or Australian collections. |
| Ellis | Ellis collection- see MHE |
| Ephemera | Held in Ephemera stack on LG1.Access through the Petherick Reading Room.Not for loan. |
| EXBIB |
Overseas serials back sets weeded from open access Reference BIB collections. LG2W F43 - 44,G1. all sizes
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| EXRF | Overseas Monographs/ serials back sets weeded from open access Reference collections. LG2W G1 - H5 (all sizes) |
F |
| F + running number | Pre- 1850 Australian item listed in Ferguson Bibliography. Australian Secure Room LG1- see also FER/F. Not for loan. . Access through the Petherick Reading Room |
| f + Dewey | folio size material held in the Overseas general run |
| F, Fq, Fpam |
Now superseded by FR as symbol for French pool. F material is located with FR.Hume Annexe. |
| F/BIBLIO | Australian pamphlets listed in Ferguson Bibliography. Australian Secure Room LG1. Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| F/BROADSIDE |
Australiana broadsides, 1784 - 1900 eligible/listed in Ferguson's Bibliography of Australia. N+ running no .sequence: The letter N+ running no. is for intake material acquired by the Library from 1995 onwards. It does not refer to the Ferguson number. F+ Ferguson no. sequence: Located in separate drawers.This sequence was closed in both sequences located in LG1, Ephemera Stack .Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| F FER | See FER F. |
| FARSI | Farsi (Persian) Iranian language material. 3rd floor, A47. |
| FER F | Post- 1850 Australiana item listed in Ferguson Bibliography. Australian Secure Room LG1. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| FERG |
Australian material in the Ferguson collection not listed in Ferguson's Bibliography of Australia. Australian Secure Room LG1. |
| Ferguson | Australian Secure Room LG1. Access through Petherick material Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| FIN | Un catalogued Finnish language item. Hume Annexe. |
| FM | Film Collection. Collection no longer exists. |
| FM Vf | Vertical file in Film Collection. Collection no longer exists. |
| FOLIO | Folio pool. LG1, C Block. |
| FR | Un catalogued French language item. Hume Annexe- see also F. |
| Fr Plays | "No longer exists as formed collection. French plays now located at RB 842.008 REC, RB 842.008 REP and RB 842.708 MAG, RBq MISC 324, RBq MISC 325, RBq MISC 326. LG1.Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan |
| FRM | Ferguson Room: the original Ferguson room which was located on level 1, 1968? - 1990. Items now located in Australian Secure Room LG1. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| FRM F | Ferguson items from Ferguson Room. Now located in Australian Secure Room LG1. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| FRM NK | Nan Kivell items from Ferguson Room. Now located in Australian Secure Room LG1. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
G |
| G | Un catalogued German language item. Hume Annexe. |
| G pam | Un catalogued German language pamphlet. Hume Annexe. |
| Gq | Un catalogued German language item. Hume Annexe. |
| GCS Plan Cab 1 | Collection of French broadsides (posters) relating to World War 11 and the Liberation of France: held in Services Plan Cabinet. In Newspaper Processing area. Access through the Newspaper/Microform Reading Room. |
| GER | Un catalogued Germanic language items. Hume Annexe |
| GER | Un catalogued Germanic language items. 27.5cm x 25.5cm but not exceeding 50cm. Hume Annexe. |
| GER pam | Un catalogued Germanic language pamphlet. Hume Annexe. |
| GK | Greek language items. Hume Annexe. |
| GMM | Matthews ornithological collection.all sizes, Australian Secure Room LG1 Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
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Geoff Harvey Collection
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Collection of music arranged for Australian television 1960-1998, not completely catalogued, House at Hume Repository.also see MUS Geoff Harvey N. Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| GOPUS | US Government official publications. Symbol series. A collection of Departmental monographs. Hume Annexe. |
| GREEN pam | Collection of scientific and technical instrument catalogues donated by Mr. Joff Greenwood. Hume Annexe. |
| GROOM | Groom Collection. (Dewey LEG N 080 PAM) Australian Secure Room LG1. When requesting always give volume or pamphlet number. Not for loan. Access through the Petherick Reading Room |
| GUIMARES | See BRAZ. |
H |
| HALL | Duncan Hall collection. Hume Annexe. |
| HALL PAM | Hume Annexe. |
| HEB | Hebrew language material. Hume Annexe. |
| HELM |
Helm Collection. LG2L, I 17 (monographs only). |
| HELP | Un transliterated material. Collection no longer exists. |
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HENDERSON HEND + running number |
Collection of contemporary Australian zines, held in the new lockable compactus in LG1.Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan |
| HER | Hertz collection on military history. Hume Annexe. |
| HHP | Harry H. Pearce Collection of Australian free thought and radical literature. Hume Annexe. |
| HI | Hindi language items in Hindi script. Collection no longer exists. |
| HILL 1- 249 | Michael Hill Collection of Australian Comics Hume Annexe |
| HINCE | Hince music scores. In Music Stack, LG1. Access through the Petherick Reading Room Not for loan. |
|
HONE |
Sir Brian Hone Collection- books, early printing specimens and ephemera, dispersed among various RB runs. In Rare Books, LG1 |
| HOWELL | See John Howell |
| HSW |
Harold Williams collection. Mainly English books on Asia, particularly on Japan and the history of foreigners settlement in Japan. Manuscript items in Manuscripts |
| HUN | Un catalogued Hungarian language items. Hume Annexe. |
I |
| IND | Un catalogued Indonesian and Malay items. Source other than Jakarta office. Hume Annexe. |
| IND EPH | Indonesian ephemera collection. 4th floor Asian Collection Stack. Not for Loan. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room |
| IND mt | Indonesian mixed media collection, 4th floor Asian Collection Stack. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room |
| IND pam | Un catalogued Indonesian and Malay pamphlets. Hume Annexe. |
| IND q | Un catalogued Indonesian and Malay quarto items. Hume Annexe |
| IND S mt | Indonesian mixed media serials collection, 4th floor Asian Collection Stack. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room |
| INDIA CENSUS | Documents from Indian censuses. Dewey Sq 315.4 IND. 3rd floor, A48-A51. 1872- 1951 on microfiche at mc11 - see Burmester Vol. 1, p310. |
| INDO f / q | Indonesian material received from New York Public Library. 1963-1969 imprints. Hume Annexe. |
| INGRAM | Australian Secure Room LG1 . Access through Petherick Reading Room.Not for loan |
| IP | Un catalogued Indonesian language materials received through Indonesian Liaison officer. Hume Annexe. |
| IP pam | Un catalogued Indonesian language pamphlets received through Indonesian Liaison officer. Hume Annexe. |
| IRANIAN | see FARSI |
J |
| JAF broadside |
Australian broadsides from 1901 in the Ferguson Collection, Ephemera stack LG1 |
| JAF Drawers | Ferguson Collection loose newspaper issues, housed in Newspaper stacks, LG1. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| JAF Newspaper + Dewey |
Australian Newspapers encl. regional ones covering the first half of 20th century belonging to Ferguson Collection, housed in Australian Secure Room LG1.Access through Petherick Reading Room.Not for loan. |
| JAF plus Dewey | Items in Sir John Ferguson's collection. Australian Secure Room LG1. Access through Petherick Reading Room - see also RB JAF. Not for loan. |
| JAFp BIBLIO | Australiana pamphlets listed in Ferguson's Bibliography held in Australian Secure Room LG1. Filed by Ferguson number. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| JAFp BIO | Australian Biographical pamphlets from Ferguson's collection. Australian Secure Room LG1. Filed alphabetically by the name of the biographee. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| JAFp CHURCH | Australian church history pamphlets from Ferguson's collection. Australian Secure Room LG1. Integrated into JAFp HIST. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| JAFp GEN | General Australian pamphlets, 1901+, from Ferguson's collection and Pre-1901 pamphlets not listed in Ferguson's Bibliography. Australian Secure Room LG1. Filed alphabetically by author. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| JAFp HIST | Australian local history pamphlets from Ferguson's collection. Australian Secure Room LG1. Filed alphabetically by place. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| JAFp ISLAND | Pacific Island language pamphlets from Ferguson's collection. Australian Secure Room LG1. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| JAFp POETRY | Australian poetry pamphlets from Ferguson's collection. Dewey A821.Australian Secure Room LG1 . Filed alphabetically by author. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| JAFp REL | Australian religious pamphlets from Ferguson's collection. Australian Secure Room LG1. Filed alphabetically by author. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| JAFp SCHOOL | Australian school history pamphlets from Ferguson's collection. Integrated into JAFp HIST. Access through the Petherick Reading Room.Not for loan |
| JAFp SOC | Australian sociological pamphlets from Ferguson's collection. Australian Secure Room LG1. Filed in date order by date of publication. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| JAM | Jamieson- Green collection. Collection of 19th century English Literature. Some catalogued, others in Rare Books. List of collection held in Petherick Reading Room. Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| JAMMES | Collection of 18th century banned books. In Rare Books, LG1. |
| JAP | Catalogued Japanese monographs 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| JAP mt | Japanese monographic DVD/CD-ROM. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| JAP Smt | Japanese continuing DVD/CD-ROM. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| JAPUC | un- catalogued Japanese monographs mainly from Mitsubishi, Mitsui, and Yokohama Specie Bank. 3rd floor, A56. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| JDH | J. D Halstom, (integrated into general run, filed by dewey) |
| JDL | J. D. Lang, (integrated into general run, filed by dewey) |
| JEN | Jensen collection. Hume Annexe. |
| JES | Jesuit collection. Hume Annexe. Pre-1801 in Rare Books, LG1. Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| JHL | Various medical titles which have been integrated into the main Australian book collection. The prefix N should be placed on all call slip requests. |
| John Howell | US radical pamphlets, 1930's- 1950's. integrated into general run. |
| JSP | Japan Socialist Party Collection. 4th floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
K |
| Kashnor | Kashnor collection. In Rare Books, LG1- see RB Ec. Not for loan |
| KH mt | Khmer (or Cambodian) mixed media collection, 4th floor Asian Collections stacks. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| KHMER | Khmer language materials. 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| KOR mt | Korean mixed media collection, 4th floor Asian Collections stacks. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| KOR/SER | Korean serials. 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| KP | Kegan Paul Collection (Japanese component). 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
L |
| L | Lao language pool. 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| LAO mt | Lao mixed media collection, 4th floor Asian Collections stacks. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| L p | Lao language pamphlets. 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| L s | Lao language serials. 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| LACAP- BOOTH | un- catalogued Latin American collection. On long term loan to La Trobe University. |
| LAO | Lao language monographs. 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| LAT | un- catalogued Latvian language items. Hume Annexe. |
| LCS | Document Supply Service (ex Loan and Copy Service). LG2. |
| LEG | Groom Collection. LG1 Australian Secure Room LG1. Dewey LEG N 080 PAM. - see note under Groom Not for loan |
| LFC | Professor L F Crisp Collection on Labor and political history. un- catalogued at February 1993. Manuscripts in Manuscripts; monographs, Hume Annexe. |
| LIT | un- catalogued Lithuanian Language items. Hume Annexe. |
| LL, LLq, LLN, LLNq |
Loose-leaf. LG2 Lakeside Stack. Not for loan |
| LMS | London Missionary Society Collection. Access through the Asian Collections Reading Room. |
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LOP |
Lopez collection. On long term loan to La Trobe University. |
| LUCE | LUCE collection on Burma prior to independence. Also contains Southeast Asia related materials. Access through the Asian Collections Reading Room. Manuscripts in Manuscript Section; maps in Map Section. |
M |
| M | See mfm M |
| MAB | Mills & Boon Collection. Allocated running number, items that are not fully catalogued into running number are also located in the LG2W G26 - G28 |
| MAP | Maps, LG1. Not for loan |
| MAP ac | Non-Australian aperture cards. In Maps, LG1. |
| MAP ac N | Australian aperture cards. In Maps, LG1. |
| MAP F | Ferguson Collection maps. In Maps, LG1. |
| MAP mc | Non-Australian microfiche processed by Serials or Control Subsections but housed in Maps Subsection. Used from 1989. Material received earlier may be located in Maps with a slip on the shelf showing this. |
| MAP mc N | Australian microfiche processed by Serials or Control Subsections, but housed in Maps Subsection. Compare MAP mc |
| MAP mfm | Microfilm. In Maps. Compare MAP mc. |
| MAP mfm N | Australian microfilm. In Maps. Compare MAP mc N. |
| MAP NK | Nan Kivell Collection maps. In Maps, LG1. |
| MAP RM | Rare map collection. In Maps, LG1. |
| MAP T | Tooley Map Collection. In Maps, LG1. |
| MAU or MAUR | Mauritius collection. Access through the Asian Collections Reading Room. Pre-1801 in Rare Books, LG1. |
| MB | Maple-Brown collection. Hume Annexe. |
| mc | Non-Australian micro-card or microfiche. In drawer units in microform stacks .Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mc B | Non- Australian microfiche received in boxes suitable for storage on shelves. In microform stacks. No longer assigned from 1989. |
| mc G | Microfiche, the original of which is archival in nature, but which has not been filmed and distributed commercially. It includes material from the National Library's Manuscript collection and theses catalogued by Manuscripts. Includes Australian and non- Australian. Includes some commercially filmed items located here as a result of earlier cataloguing policy. Master negatives are usually kept in the Cool store, and fiche on which there is any restricted access will be kept in Manuscripts with notification to this effect on a slip in the drawer at the number .Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mc M | Fiche filmed by Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) but excluding all Public Record Office (PRO) material. It is processed in Manuscripts. Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mc N | Australian publications on microfiche stored in fiche drawer units in microform stacks LG1. Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mc NB | Australian microfiche received in boxes suitable for storage on shelves in microform stacks. From 1989 no longer assigned. |
| mc NX | Microfiche of Australian newspapers stored in fiche drawers in microform stack.LG1 Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mc O | Chinese, Japanese and Korean monographs on microfiche stored in fiche drawers in microform stack. Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mc PMB | Fiche of unpublished material filmed by the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (PMB). Catalogued in Manuscripts Subsection but shelved in microform stacks LG1. Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mc PMB Doc | Fiche of published material filmed by Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (PMB). Catalogued in Manuscripts Sub- section and shelved in drawers in microform stacks LG1. Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mc SUDOC | Microfiche received since about 1983 as part of the gift of USGPO depository items, arranged by Superintendent of Documents classification given at the top of each fiche. Stored in fiche drawer units in microform stacks. Items in this collection are not catalogued or recorded. Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mc U | US government monographs received as part of the gift of USGPO depository items as microfiche between about 1980- 1983 and catalogued. Stored in fiche drawer units in microform stacks. No longer assigned .Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mc US | Serials in microfiche, issued by US government related organizations. No longer assigned. Shelved in fiche drawer units in microform stacks. Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mc X | Non-Australian newspapers on microfiche shelved in fiche drawers in microform stacks. Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| MCL BUS | McLaren Collection of business and organization pamphlets. Australian Secure Room LG1. Arranged alphabetically. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| MCL CHU | McLaren Collection of church history pamphlets. Australian Secure Room LG1. Arranged by state, town and then alphabetically by the name of the Church. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| MCL HIST | McLaren Collection of local history pamphlets. Australian Secure Room LG1. Arranged by state, town and then alphabetically. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| MCL SCH | McLaren Collection of pamphlets on local educational institutions. Arranged by state, town and then alphabetically by the name of the institution. Australian Secure Room LG1. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| MEN | Mendel collection of Latin American literature in Spanish language. On long term loan to La Trobe University. |
| mfm | Microfilm. |
| mfm | Non-Australian microfilm stored in drawers on shelves in microform stacks .Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mfm G | Microfilm, the original of which is archival in nature, but which has not been filmed and distributed commercially. It includes material from the National Library's Manuscript collection and theses catalogued by Manuscripts. Australian and non- Australian material is included. It includes some commercially filmed items located here as a result of earlier cataloguing policy. Master negatives are usually kept in the Cool store, and film on which there is any restricted access will be kept in Manuscripts with notification to this effect on a slip in the drawer at the number. Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mfm M | Microfilm filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) but excluding all PRO material. Catalogued by Manuscripts Sub-section. Shelved in drawers on shelves in microform stacks. Mfm prefix is assigned from 1989. Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mfm N | Australian publication on microfilm. Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mfm NX | Australian newspapers on microfilm. Stored in drawers on shelves in microform stacks. Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mfm O | Microfilm of material in Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Thai languages. Catalogued by Asian Collections. Stored in drawers on shelves in microform stacks. Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mfm PMB | Microfilm of unpublished material filmed by the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (PMB). Catalogued by Manuscripts Sub- section. Shelved in drawers on shelves in microform stacks. Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mfm PMB Doc | Microfilm of published material filmed by the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (PMB). Catalogued in Manuscripts Sub- section. Shelved in microform stacks .Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mfm PRO | Microfilm of originals held by the Public Record Office (PRO - Great Britain) and filmed as part of Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP). Processed by Manuscripts Subsection. Stored in drawers on shelves in microform stacks. Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mfm X | Non-Australian newspaper on microfilm. Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| mfm NX | Australian newspaper on microfilm. Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
| MHE | Ellis collection relating to Communism. Australian Secure Room LG1. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| MIN V | Minor verse 1921- 40. Hume Annexe. |
|
MM + running number MARCY MUIR |
Marcie Muir collection of Australian children's books. collection held in the new lockable compactus in LG1. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan |
| mp | Microprint, microfilm or microfiche received in boxes or folders or binders of any size and stored on shelves in microform stacks, usually in box or container in which it was published. Some packages may include the printed hard copy guide or index to the collection. |
| mp 16 | US government publication (non- depository). Redex microprint. Newspaper Stack |
| mp N | Australian microprint, microfilm or microfiche received in boxes or folders of any size, and stored on shelves in microform stacks usually in the box or container in which it was published. Some packages may include the printed hard copy guide or index to the collection. |
| mp X | Non-Australian newspaper on microprint received in boxes and stored on shelves of 26cms height. Note that this symbol could be used for newspaper on fiche or film also, where it was published as a package and the package is desirably retained. Compare mp. |
| mp X | Newspaper on microprint. |
| MPC | Sir Malcolm Peter Crisp collection of angling literature. Hume Annexe- see also Crisp Collection. |
| MRC | Microform reference cabinets. Access through Newspaper Reading Room LG1 |
| MS | Manuscripts, Access through Manuscripts Reading room 2nd floor. Not for loan. |
| MSD | Manuscripts Thesis, Access through Manuscripts Reading room 2nd floor |
| MT | Multimedia Kits without recorded sound components. Kept with NMT on LG1. Access through LG1 stack staff. For those with recorded sound components, - see AUD/mk. Not for loan. Access through LG1 stack staff. |
| Muir, Marcie | Marcie Muir collection of Australian children's books, (not yet catalogued) LG1 Newspaper stack compactus A15-A18 |
| MUS | Music items and related serials and reference materials. LG1 Music Stack . Access through the Petherick Reading Room |
| MUS + dewey | Predominantly Overseas Music items. LG1 Music Stack Access through the Petherick Reading Room |
| MUS N | Australian Music items, LG1 Music Stack Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan |
| MUS NL | Australian Music items, Lending copy. Access through the Petherick Reading Room. |
| MUS Geoff Harvey N | Collection of music arranged for Australian television 1960-1998, not completely catalogued, House at Hume Repository. not for loan, Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| MUS/BANKS | Don Banks collection of monographs on music. LG1 Access through the Petherick Reading Room Not for Loan. |
| MUS HELM | Helm Collection and Printed Music. Music Section, LG1, Bay 10, 16-17 and 39. Access through the Petherick Reading Room |
| MUS/sonm | See AUD/mk. |
| MZ plus letter | Now superseded. Formerly used for un- catalogued items. Now MZ is ignored and item is filed in current pools by symbol succeeding MZ. |
N |
| N | Deposit copy of Australian publication. Note deposit (N) copy Not for loan. Lending copy (A or NL: - see N+, NL .Post 1950's N copy now available for Loan |
| N+ | Indicates there is more than 1 copy of an Australian publication. Lending (A) copy held in General Collection. Deposit (N) copy held in Australian Collections. This symbol was superceded by N/NL symbols in 1987- see N+ and NL. |
| N+ Ferguson running number | 1784-1850, with some 1851-1890 elephant folio materials eligible for Ferguson's Bibliography of Australia. Contains Ferguson Collection and National Library copies in one sequence. Australian Secure Room LG1 . Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| N A820.9 P176 N239 | Palmer Collection. Australian Secure Room LG1. Item has 2nd Cutter number. Not for loan. |
| N JAF + Dewey. | See JAF + Dewey. Not for loan. |
| N / PC | Australian (usually erotica) run does not exist. Material integrated into the Australian collection. |
| NBRC | National Braille Reserve Collection. In Disability Services Section, 3rd floor. |
| NCUR | Australian Tertiary Education Curriculums. No longer exists, re catalogued into Australian run. |
| Nichol | See DNS. |
| Nick Henderson Zine Collection | Zine's are modern writings which are self published - often single sheets of paper.( not fully catalogued yet) LG1 Newspaper stack compactus A block |
| NK | Nan Kivell Collection. Australian Secure Room LG1 . Access through Petherick Room. Not for loan. |
| NK Broadside | Nan Kivell broadsides collection. LG1 Ephemera stack. Access through Petherick Reading room. Not for loan. |
| NKA | Nan Kivell Art books collection. Australian Secure Room LG1 . Access through Petherick reading Room. Not for loan. |
| NKOR mt | Korean mixed media North Korean collection, 4th floor Asian Collections stack. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| NL | Indicates there is more than 1 copy of an Australian publication. Both N (deposit) and NL (lending) copies held in Australian Collection. This symbol superceded N+/A symbols in 1987- see N+ and NL |
| NMT | Mixed- media kits. LG1. Access through LG1 stack staff. |
| NOT FOR ILL | Not for Inter Library Loan. Added to end of call numbers of some Australian monographs to indicate that a lending copy is not available. These items are available for use in the reading rooms only. |
| Np | Deposit copy of Australian pamphlets. LG2L |
| NPO | National Preservation area in the Cultural and Education Services. Collection no longer exists |
| Nq T |
Australian Proceedings/Transcripts. LG1, W3. Earlier years housed at Hume Annex, check call number directory for dates. |
| NS | New series pool. Currently being Catalogued. NS supersedes Numerical pool and A pool. Hume Annexe. |
| NSq | New series pool item over 27.5 cm but within 32.5cm x 25.5cm. NS supersedes Numerical pool and A pool. Hume Annexe. |
| NSf | New series pool item over 32.5cm but within 50cm x 30cm. NS supersedes Numerical pool and A pool. Hume Annexe. |
| NX | Australian newspaper LG1. Issues pre- 2001 housed at Hume Repository. Not for loan |
| Numerical pool | Currently being Catalogued. No prefix - Hume Annexe. Superseded by A pool, then by NS pool, then language pools. |
O |
| O |
un- catalogued item in a European language not allocated its own pool Hume Annexe. |
| O pam | un- catalogued pamphlets in a European language not allocated its own pool. Hume Annexe. |
| OA | Other Asian pool. Collection no longer exists. Material integrated into general collection. |
| OC |
Chinese monographs: Compacted run, 3rd floor. |
| OCD |
Chinese CD-ROMs and DVD's. 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| OCN | Chinese Australian monographs, 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| OCRB | Chinese rare books, 3rd Floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| OCS |
Catalogued Chinese serials. 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| OCSN | Chinese Australian serials, 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| OFA | O' Farrell Collection, LG1 Secure room. Access through Petherick reading Room. Not for loan. |
| OJ |
Catalogued Japanese monographs.3rd floor |
| OJD |
Japanese CD-ROMs and DVD's. 3rd floor, ER-2 cabinet in ER-room. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| OJN | Japanese Australian monographs. 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| OJS | Catalogued Japanese serials. 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| OJSN | Japanese Australian serials, 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| OK | Korean monographs. 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| OK 1803 - 0049 | "Korean Tripitaka" housed at Hume Repository |
| OKN | North Korean monographs. 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| ONI | Onions Collection on English philosophy. Pre- 1801 items in Rare Books, LG1.Access through the Petherick Reading Room |
| Oq | un- catalogued item in language pool other than those designated otherwise, exceeding 27.5cm x 25.5cm but not exceeding 50cm. . Hume Annexe. |
| OR | Orientalia reference, 3rd floor. |
| ORAL TRC | Oral History transcripts collection. LG1 |
| ORIENTALIA | un- catalogued Japanese serials, 4th floor compactus. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| ORK |
Korean reference collection, 3rd floor. Access through the Asian Collections Reading Room. |
P |
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PAL |
Collection of Vance and Nettie Palmer. Many signed copies. Dewey PAL 820.9 P176. B123 all books have a double cutter, Australian Secure Room LG1 . |
| PA Broadside |
Performing arts broadsides of Australian interest. Poster drawers. Held in Ephemera stack on LG1.Access through the Petherick Reading Room.Not for loan. |
| Pam box 1+ | Housed at Hume Annexe. |
| Pam E | un- catalogued English language pamphlets. Previously MZ- E/- see E pam |
| PAR | Paraguayan collection. On long term loan to La Trobe University. |
| PC/ N | Australian item (usually erotica) no longer exists. material integrated into Australian collection. |
| PEARCE | See HHP |
| PEL | Pelli collection. Hume Annexe. Pre-1801 held in Rare Books. Not for loan. |
| Persian | See Farsi |
| PETH pam | Petherick pamphlets arranged under broad subject headings. Each item assigned a unique call number with prefix PETH pam. Australian Secure Room LG1 . Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan- see also EAP. |
| PETH pam ef | Australian Secure Room LG1. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| PH | Philippines collection of legal history of the 19th century. Access through the Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| PIC | Pictorial, 2nd floor. |
| PIC NK | Nan Kivell material in Pictorial. Not for loan. |
| PMB | Pacific Manuscripts Bureau See mc PMB, mc PMB Doc, mfm PMB, mfm PMB Doc .LG1 Microform Stack |
| POL | un- catalogued Polish language material. Hume Annexe. |
| PRO | See mfm PRO. |
| PRU mcN | Microform masters owned by the NLA Held in NLA cold store. Not for loan. Access through Preservation Reformatting Unit. |
| Public health & medical pamphlets | Items entered on ABN with new call numbers. |
Q |
| qmp | Formerly used for fiche and pamphlet text published together in folder or binder. Such material has been separated into parts and stored as fiche in drawers in microfilm collection or as hardcopy. |
R |
| RA | Rare Atlas. In Maps. Access through the Petherick Reading Room Not for loan. |
| Ra A | Rare Australian Atlas. In Maps. Not for loan |
| Ra U | Rare Atlas shelves upright. In Maps. not for loan. |
| RAS | Reference collection, Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan |
| RB | Overseas rare material in roman scripts, Rare books LG1. Includes all sizes .Access through the Petherick Reading Room Not for loan. |
| RB Ec + accession no. | Kashnor collection. In Rare Books, LG1. Access through the Petherick Reading Room Not for loan. |
| RB FITZ | J. F. and L.F Fitzhardinge collection. Access through the Petherick Reading Room Not for loan. Pre 1501 held in Manuscripts. |
| RB ITA | Italian Drama collection. In Rare Books, LG1. Access through the Petherick Reading Room Not for loan. |
| RB JAF+ no. | Pre- 1801 non- Australian item from Ferguson Collection. In Rare Books, LG1. Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RB JES | Jesuit collection. In Rare Books, LG1. Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RB MIN | Reserved stack items of 4 inches/10cm or less in height. In Rare Books, LGI. .Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RB MISC | Rare Books, LG1.Includes all sizes. Access through the Petherick Reading Room Not for loan. |
|
RB MOD |
Rare Books, LG1.Includes all sizes. Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RB OVE | Overton Penguin collection. In Rare Books, LG1. Paperback collection of the early publishing of Penguin books. Two sequences - Penguin and smaller series in one sequence have running number; Pelican series (blue spine and/or cover) have prefix A before running number . Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RB PEL | Pelle Collection pre - 1801 Held in Rare books, LG1.Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RB POR | Portuguese drama collection. In Rare Books, LG1. Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RB PRA | Prance collection. Rare Books LG1. Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RB RF | Reference collection, Rare Books, LG1.integrated into RB dewey run. Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RB RS | Pre 1501 unique or particularly rare items. Access through Manuscript Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RBRS N | Unique or particularly rare Australian items. Stored in cabinet 2, 2nd Floor Strong Room. Access through the Manuscripts Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RF | Reference collection, Main Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RF NMT | Reference collection in non print media. Located in main Reading Room. not for loan |
| RG (+Dewey) | Reference work in Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room genealogical collection on shelves. Used for a hardcopy work related to or used in conjunction with genealogical materials or for genealogical purposes. Includes indexes to births, deaths and marriages in newspapers published as a special index. Not for loan. |
| RG + mc, mfm etc. | Preceding a symbol indicating microform is used to indicate the guide or index to the microform is kept near the genealogical microforms on open access in the Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. Note that microforms in the genealogical area are not prefixed RG. A message slip at the stack location is used to indicate location. This is to allow flexibility in location. not for loan |
| RIL GEN | Riley Collection of general pamphlets. Arranged chronologically. Held in a small room opposite Australian Secure Room LG1 . Not for loan. Access through Petherick Reading Room |
| RIL SOC | Riley Collection of sociological pamphlets. Arranged alphabetically. Held in a small room opposite Australian Secure Room LG1 Secure room. Not for loan. Access through Petherick Reading Room |
| RIL UNION | Riley Collection of trade union pamphlets. Arranged alphabetically. Held in a small room opposite Australian Secure Room LG1 . Not for loan. Access through Petherick Reading Room. |
| RM (plus Dewey) | Hardcopy reference item to microcopy collection. In Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RM + mc,mfm,etc. | Hardcopy reference item to microform collection. In Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RMZ | Now superseded. All previous RMZ material are integrated into General Collection. |
| ROBINSON | W. S Robinson collection of early Australiana. See Burmester, Vol.4, p.332. Australian Secure Room LG1 . Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| ROH | Reference Collection, Oral History Reading Room. |
| ROM | un- catalogued Romanian Language items. Hume Annexe. |
| ROSSp | Ross Collection pamphlets. Australian Secure Room LG1. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RR | Periodical display racks in Main Reading Room. |
| RS | Reserved stack in Rare Books held in steel cabinet, LG1.Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RSER | Pre 1800 Overseas serials. Australian Secure Room LG1 Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RSmin | Reserved stack items of 4 inches/10cm or less in height. In Rare Books, LG1. Superseded by RB MIN. Access through the Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RT | Telephone Reference Service Collection. Ground floor. |
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RX (plus Dewey) |
Hardcopy reference work to Australian and overseas newspapers collection. In Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RX NMT | Newspaper reference collection in non print media. Located in Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| RC mc | Microcopy reference item to Newspaper collection. Held in Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| Ryan | Ryan Collection of comics. In Manuscripts. |
S |
| S | Overseas serials, pre 2005 are held offsite |
| SA | Sanskrit Pool - given to University of Sydney September 1994. |
| SAK |
Sakakibara Collection of older Japanese books. 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| SAR | Southeast Asian Reference collection. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| SCR | un- catalogued items in Croatian language in Roman script. Hume Annexe. |
| SERB | un- catalogued Serbian language items (in Cyrillic script). Hume Annexe. |
| SIMON | Simon Collection. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. A42 (collection in English), A56( in Japanese), BW2( in Chinese) |
| SLO | un- catalogued Slovenian language items. Hume Annexe. |
| S - NMT | Mixed media serial items. held in Australian Secure room, LG1. Access through LG1 Stack. |
| SP | un- catalogued Spanish language item. Hume Annexe. |
| SPq | un- catalogued Spanish language quartos and quarto pamphlets. Hume Annexe. |
| SP Pam | un- catalogued Spanish language pamphlet. Hume Annexe. |
| SR, SRp, SRq, SRf, RSef | Australian Secure Room material LG1. Includes all sizes. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan |
| SRR |
Restricted material kept in locked cabinet, Australian Secure Room LG1. check restricted list for more information. Not for loan. |
| Standards | Overseas standards are held in LG2L, e.g.: - British Standards. Dewey s 602.12 BRI, s 389.153 BRI. LG2L, J46-J51 - New Zealand Standards, Dewey s 389.609931 STA, LG2L,J43-46 - Canadian Standards, Dewey s 389.60971 CAN, LG2L, B43 - Canadian Test Methods, Dewey sq 351.711 CAN, LG2L, W10 - United States Specifications, Dewey sq 389.60973 AME, LG2L, W9-W10 - International Standards (ISO Recommendations), Dewey sq 620.1 INT, LG2L, J46-J51 - Japanese Standards, Dewey sq 658.5620952 JAP, LG2L, W10 - Updated set of Australian Standards maintained in microfiche set in Catalogue Bibliography room. |
| SUDOC | See mc SUDOC. |
T |
| TA | Tamil language material. This collection has been given to the Library and Information Service of Western Australia - March 1995. |
| TAR | Tarala collection relating to post- 1917 Russia. Hume Annexe. |
| TH | Thai language monographs. 3rd floor. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| TH mt | Thai mixed media collection, 4th floor Asian Collections stack. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
| TIM EPH | East Timor ephemera collection. 4th floor Asian Collections Stack. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| TIM mt | East Timor mixed media collection. 4th floor Asian Collections Stack. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room |
| TIM S mt | East Timor mixed media serials collection. 4th floor Asian Collections Stack. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room |
| TOB |
Tobing Collection on the linguistics, anthropology and sociology of Indonesia. Mostly in English, Dutch, German .Collection no longer exists |
| TRC | Oral History transcripts collection, LG1. Access through Petherick Reading Room |
U |
| U | See AR-U |
| UA or U/A | un- catalogued Australian item up to 32.5cm x 25.5cm in size. LG2L, J36. Not for loan. |
| UA ef | un- catalogued Australian item. LG1, B118. Not for loan. |
| UA f | un- catalogued Australian item. LG2L, J38. Not for loan. |
| UA pam | un- catalogued Australian pamphlets not exceeding 23 cm X 32.5 cm. LG2L, J38-J39. Not for loan. |
| UA pam f | un- catalogued Australian item. LG2L, J39-J41. Not for loan. |
| UA q | un- catalogued Australian item over 32.5cm but within 37.5cm x 25.5cm. LG2L, J37-J38. Not for loan. |
| US | User services. Generally Reference work area. |
| USGOPUSS | US Govt. publications filed alpha-numerically. LG2 East, B89-90 |
V |
| VAL | Valente collection. Hume Annexe. Pre- 1801 items in Rare Books |
| VIC | Victorian minor biography collection. Hume Annexe. |
| VIET | Vietnamese language materials. Hume Annexe |
| Vryonis | See BYZ. |
W |
| WANG | Wang collection of Chinese and English materials. Access through Asian Collections Reading Room. |
|
WHELAN |
Whelan collection of autographed copies of works of Australian authors. See Burmester, Vol.1, p.659. Australian Secure Room LG1. Not for loan. Access through Petherick Reading Room. |
| WILLIAMS | See HSW. |
| World War 1 | Australian Secure Room LG1 . FERG 3348-FERG 4090 pamphlets. Access through Petherick Reading Room. Not for loan. |
| WW2 Poster | World War 2 French Poster Collection. In GCS Plan Cabinet, also see GSC Plan Cabinet. Access through Newspaper/Microcopy Reading Room. |
X |
| X | Non-Australian newspaper. LG1. Issues pre -2006 housed at Hume Repository. Not for loan. |
Y |
| YY | Prefix used for overseas material, non- Australian, mainly monographs although some serials are included, catalogued since 1990. |
