Collections and Subscriptions

• E-books: an ever-growing collection of ebook titles from major scientific and commercial publishers in science and technology. Currently, we have over 744802 titles
• Journals: over 101544 scientific journals from major scientific and commercial publishers in science and technology.
• Databases: over 337 scientific databases contain articles, citations, standards, protocols, reports, theses, videos, and images.
• The print collection consists of 16298 titles.
• Magazines & Newspapers:
  • 29 print titles in English and Arabic from Saudi Arabia, UAE, UK, and USA (please contact the Acquisition team)
  • Libby offers online magazines - 4,428 titles from around the globe
  • PressReader offers 3034 newspapers from 150 countries in 66 languages
  • We also offer NYT, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Financial Times, and others for individual use
• Special collections: Red Sea coral collection

Facilities

• Nearly 14,000 square meters of space on three levels.
• Comfortable, attractive seating for 132 people.
• 45 computer workstations throughout the building.
• 13 group study rooms that offer large flat-screen display panels.
• Printing and Stationary Shop where users can print, copy or scan documents.
• Faculty Lounge

Services

• Staffed information desk during regular work hours.
• Personal research consultation with a KAUST Subject Specialists.
• Scheduled individual, class, or group training on using library resources.
• Document delivery.
• Reference assistance chat, in person or by e-mail.
• Workshops on information literacy, literature research, reference management, plagiarism, open access, profiling, and many more.