The General Collection, located on the top three floors, contains over 229,000 volumes arranged in the Library of Congress Classification System. Books in this collection may be checked out with a valid borrower's card.

The College Archives, located in the lower level of the library, B26, contains non-circulating materials pertaining to the history of Saint Mary's from 1844 to the present along with the Rare Book Room and a wide-range of other College publications.

The Audio Visual collection, including CDs, DVD's, video tapes and some sound recordings, is located on the second floor of the library.

The Music Seminar Room, located in the Moreau Center for the Arts, room 322, houses the music department's collection of scores, music recordings, and videos.

Course Reserve materials are required readings located at the course reserve desk and are listed in the course reserve catalog.

Periodicals include newspapers, news magazines, microforms and scholarly journals in print and electronic format. They are arranged in alphabetical order by title with current titles located on the first floor and back issues located in the lower level.

The Reference Collection, located on the first floor, contains dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, directories, maps, statistics, guides and bibliographies in all subject areas and is a good collection to use to start your research.