Ethernet connections link all academic and administrative buildings, including faculty offices, classrooms and laboratories, and all residence halls, with one port for each student occupying a room. There are five general access microcomputer labs across campus. The department computer lab is available to students and includes access to the GeoRef database and GIS capabilities using ArcView. The university's Beeghly Library houses a central collection of over 480,000 items. The collection is accessible through the on-line catalogue from computers across campus.
Bibliographic databases are available from workstations in the library and over the campus network.
The Science Branch Library is in the same building as the department, and houses the geology journals and monographs. As a governmental depository, the library receives all U.S. governmental publications in the geosciences. The geology department library includes collections of state geological survey publications, field trip guide books, and geological and topographical maps.