Library staff are available in both libraries to assist users in taking full advantage of all library resources. Services provided by the library include computerized literature searching as well as interlibrary loan service. Information concerning specific regulations, hours and services may be obtained at the Library Information Desks. The Chancellor Paterson Library houses more than 600,000 books and journals, as well as microforms and audiovisual materials. Specialized collections containing materials related to Northwestern Ontario are kept in the Northern Studies Resource Centre.
Students have easy access through the Internet to world library holdings.
Regional materials not held in the Library may be obtained quickly through the interlibrary loan system. The Library contains reserved carrels for graduate students which are networked so that students have access to the University computer system through their laptop computers. Graduate students are also allowed special borrowing privileges. The following list of Research Centres provide a variety of unique opportunities for graduate student research. Many of these Centres through their research grants offer graduate students research assistantships.