The Library, http://www.worcester.edu/Library, is the intellectual heart of Worcester State University, a place where people converge, collaborate, learn, and discover. Library staff assist users at the research help desk, the circulation desk, and by phone, email, and online chat. They teach information literacy and research skills to help students better understand the ever-changing world of information and knowledge.

The Library, located on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Learning Resource Center, is open over 100 hours per week during the fall and spring semesters. Users will find a variety of spaces to meet their needs including collaborative areas with mobile whiteboards and large digital displays, carrels for independent study, tables with ample space to spread out, lounge chairs with built-in desks, and comfortable café-style seating.

Print collections include more than 130,000 books, 200 journals, magazines, and newspapers, and 3,500 DVDs and videos. Electronic collections include over 275,000 e-books, 90,000 e-journals, and a diversified selection of 400+ databases from publishers such as EBSCO, JSTOR, and ProQuest. Remote access to electronic materials is available any time by signing in with a WSU network account. The WSU Archives and Special Collections, https://libguides.worcester.edu/archives, features more than 300 linear feet of materials related to Worcester State University history and more than 500 rare books. Included in the collection are historic faculty and student papers, local and regional history materials, and the papers of poet and activist Dennis Brutus. The collection is available for student and faculty research.

Library users can request items from other libraries via Interlibrary Loan. Users may also borrow items from area libraries through partnerships with the Higher Education Libraries of Massachusetts (HELM), https://libraries.flo.org/HELM-Public, a consortium of Massachusetts public higher education institutions, and the Academic and Research Collaborative (ARC), http://www.worcesterarc.org, a coalition of Worcester area libraries.