Library

Queen's library is a gathering space — both physical and virtual. Not only a place where ideas are explored, concepts are learned and theories are unearthed, but where friends are met, relationships are forged, and community is created. The library is the keystone of campus, a place of inspiration, imagination, and initiative. Above all else, the library is people who make a difference — people who help others learn, think, discover, and do.

Queen’s Library is the top-ranked university library in its category for total holdings with more than 3 million items, including 90,000 electronic full-text journals and newspapers. (Source: 2011 MacLean’s Rankings)

While our collections are extensive, the library also offers services to support the learning experience at Queen’s and help our students succeed. The Queen’s Learning Commons provides writing, learning, and technical skills support, as well as a place to meet and study. 

Students studying in the Law Library

The Law Library has a great mystery section!

Bracken Health Sciences Library, Botterell Hall

Outside Stauffer Library in the winter

Outside Douglas Library in the fall

Inside the Bracken Health Sciences Library in Botterell Hall

Outside Douglas Library in the winter

Outside Douglas Library in the summer

The Douglas Library reading room

First Year Arts & Science students Katia Davydova and Teresa Liu live in a tent in the lobby of Stauffer Library in support of Literacy awareness

View of Douglas Library from University Avenuel

A study group in the Lederman Law Library

The Faculty of Education Library, Duncan McArthur Hall

The staircase in Stauffer Library

Bracken Health Sciences Library in Botterell Hall - a view from outside

Outside Stauffer Library in the winter

Stauffer Library at night - open 24 hours at selected times throughout the year!

Bracken Library's Centre for Health Electronic Education Resources

Our librarians are here to help...

Study, read, relax.

Library spaces include seminar and breakout rooms

Need help locating a reference? Ask a librarian.

Be inspired by the artwork on display in the Union Gallery, Stauffer Library

Stauffer Library at night

Library spaces include seminar and breakout rooms

Find the support you need from the Learning Strategies Development group

The Alan G. Green Fireplace Reading Room in Stauffer Library

Locations

Queen's University Library comprises six campus libraries in five buildings. Each library has a different area of focus.