The West Coast University Library is the knowledge center serving the curricular, research, and professional needs of students, faculty, and university community. Each campus location offers full library services.  Library hours of operation are scheduled to meet the needs of the students, faculty, and associates. Offering resources and services that strengthen and enhance the University’s various academic programs.

The Library actively engages learning by effectively delivering quality materials in physical and virtual environments. Print collections include general and subject specific reference materials, monographs, serials, manuals, scholarly works, and trade publications arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification System. Electronic resources including select databases from EBSCO, ProQuest, Gale/Cengage, Credo Reference, Ovid, and UpToDate Lexidrug, provide access to thousands of full-text articles and case studies. The eBook Academic Collection offers more than 400,000 eBooks, and Academic Video Online offers over 85,000 streaming video titles. Electronic resources are available for student and faculty use both on and off campus. Multimedia tools, web resources, and online tutorials are also available at each campus location.

The Virtual Academic Resource Center (ARC) offers curated resources specific to various subjects and provides in-house faculty tutoring. It includes several specialized centers: the Virtual Writing Center, Virtual Math Center, Virtual Science Center, and Nursing Core Center. Additionally, essential tutoring resources are available, such as Online Faculty-Based Tutoring and the WCU Paper Drop-off service.

Professional librarians and trained support staff assist individuals with their library and research needs. Services include, but are not limited to: 24/7 reference chat service, research assistance and subject guide advisory, in-depth research consultations (by appointment), interlibrary loan through a partnership with OCLC WorldShare™ Interlibrary Loan, interdepartmental campus loans, guided library tours, and various circulation activities.

Explore the library collections, services, and the Virtual Academic Resource Center by visiting the West Coast University Library's website.