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Central Children's Library
Central Library, Surrey Street,
Sheffield S1 1XZ
Tel: 0114 273 4734
Special Events
Please click on the event for more details or view all our events using EventSheffield.
Library Information
Opening Hours
Monday 10.30am-5pm
Tuesday 1-5pm
Wednesday 1-5pm
Thursday 1-5pm
Friday 10.30am-5pm
Saturday 9.30am-5.30pm
Access is by the lower entrance on Surrey Street. For buggy and wheelchair access there is an entrance on Arundel Gate. Please ring the bell for attention.
People's Network Computers
- Three computers
- Free internet access for children and adults accompanied by children
- Access to other Microsoft applications
- 1 black & white printer
- Prints cost 5 pence per sheet
Online Services
- Go beyond Google and use our free 24/7 online reference libraries in your library or at home - CREDOreference, CREDOStudent, Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Grove Art, Grove Music, KnowUK, Oxford Reference Online, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford Islamic Studies Online, Oxford Language Dictionaries Online, Who's Who & Who Was Who
- Access online national, regional and local newspapers using NewsUK, including the Sheffield Star or look through our online magazines & journals using Infotrac Custom Journals
- You can check and renew items you have on loan and also reserve items using the online Library Catalogue. You need a Personal Identification Number (PIN number) to request an item or view your membership details.
- Use EventSheffield - the definitive guide to what's on in Sheffield.
- Why not begin tracing your ancestors with Ancestry.com.
- Use PN Enquire - a free 24 hours, 7 days a week online service that enables anyone to ask a question at any time day or night, so people do not need to wait until their local library opens.
- Find local clubs, groups, voluntary organisations and services in Sheffield using Help Yourself
Statistics for 2007/2008
For 2007-2008 statistics please see "How are we performing?"
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