Holdings also include approximately 250,000 maps in the Maps & GIS Library, and over 21,000 feet (6,400 m) of archival and manuscript collections in the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, including approximately 170,000 printed volumes, over 50,000 photographs, over 200 original works of art, hundreds of individual artifacts, and other works on film, tape, CD, and other media.

The library also provides extensive online resources, including more than 12,500 electronic journals and newspapers, over 700 databases, and over 1 million eBooks.

The service will provide electronic copies of articles, journals, or book chapters (up to 50 pages) for students, staff, and faculty.

Evans Library has a consultation area for an on-duty librarian to help incoming patrons begin the research process.

Patrons are provided with a variety of ways for contacting the libraries, including messaging an on-duty librarian via text, chat, email, phone, and office hours.

Constructed in 1930 and named after Edward Benjamin Cushing, it was the first freestanding library facility on campus and is now home to special collections, rare books, and the University Archives.

[19] The collections span recorded history, from Sumerian clay tablets dating from 2400 BCE to contemporary science fiction paperbacks.

Located at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center, the Policy Sciences & Economics Library provides library resources and services to the Department of Economics, the Department of Political Science, and the George Bush School of Government and Public Service.

A focused and growing library supports the four engineering disciplines: chemical, electrical, mechanical, and petroleum and the liberal arts subject areas required for these degrees.

In addition to managing information resources, the library provides service and support to a multinational student body and faculty researchers as well as the local community of oil/gas industry specialists.

In addition to its collections, the Business Library & Collaboration Commons is open 24/5[23] to meet the needs of students who increasingly stay late to do research and reading for their classes, as well as work on projects.