Although primarily serving students and faculty of the School of Architecture, the library welcomes the public and offers information on related subjects such as city planning, art, construction, landscape architecture, and interior design. Library faculty and staff assist patrons and provide guidance to all library resources on the MSU campus.
All patrons are free to use any of the library materials within the library.
Circulating books, reference books, reserve materials, and periodicals are loaned according to guidelines of the University Libraries, and interlibrary loan service is offered for titles not in the collections of the University Libraries. The Architecture Library, a branch of the University Libraries, is located in 121 Giles Hall, on the north side of the MSU campus. Periodical indexes include the Architecture Index and Architectural Periodicals Index. The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals is available online. Special collections present information on Digital Media, the emphasis of the graduate program of the School, and rare and old books on architecture.