[1] The library holds over 1.8 million print and electronic items, including books, journals, newspapers, reports, conference proceedings, working papers, maps, Macquarie postgraduate theses, computer software, multimedia, microfilm, microfiche and additional non-print resources.
The library provides access to over 600 databases; 500,000 e-books; more than 69,000 electronic journals; books, printed resources and multimedia via MultiSearch.
It provides a 21st-century learning and research environment that facilitates vital interactions between people and knowledge.
The ASRS consists of an environmentally controlled vault with metal bins able to store up to 1.8 million items.
It includes all the original timber panelling, doors, windows, alcoves, shutters, and fireplace dating from the 1820s.