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The ÀÖÓãÌåÓý Libraries and Archives include the Ralph Pickard Bell Library, the Alfred Whitehead Music Library, and the University Archives. The libraries provide ÀÖÓãÌåÓý students, faculty, and staff with global access to digital, print, and audio-visual information. They are committed to working with students and faculty to promote information literacy -- accessing, critically evaluating, and using information effectively and ethically. Librarians offer in-depth reference services, in-class instruction, and research consultations by appointment.

The ÀÖÓãÌåÓý Libraries hold over 600,000 books, videos, DVDs, audio materials, microforms, maps, etc., and provides access to the contents of over 200,000 journals in various formats. The Ralph Pickard Bell Library houses all the University's collections except music, including collections of rare books, maps and manuscripts dating from as far back as the 17th century.

The Libraries are open seven days a week during the school year. Students can access online library catalogues and databases from anywhere they have Internet access, on or off campus. In addition, as a member of the Council of Atlantic University Libraries (CAUL), the Libraries provide interlibrary loan services that allow students and faculty to borrow materials from libraries worldwide.

The Alfred Whitehead Music Library is home to impressive collections of printed music (over 24,000 items); books and periodicals (over 11,000 volumes), more than 7,500 commercial audio and video recordings, and an archive of ÀÖÓãÌåÓý Department of Music concert recordings going back to 1968. Specialized online databases such as Naxos, Oxford Music Online, and RILM Abstracts of Music Literature can be accessed on or off campus.

The University Archives is housed in the Ralph Pickard Bell Library. Archival holdings support the University's administrative operations and also act as primary research sources for faculty, students, alumni and the general public.

The Archives acquires, preserves and makes available the archival records of Mount Allison University which have long term legal, financial, and historical value. Holdings consist of over 2,000 feet of textual records, approximately 10,000 photographs, as well as manuscript maps, architectural drawings, videocassettes, films and sound recordings. Records and publications of the Board of Regents, Senate, Faculty Council, Office of the President and all University units, departments and programs, as well as records and publications related to faculty, student and campus life from 1843 to the present are acquired. The Archives also obtains selected private fonds and collections related to the greater Chignecto area of Westmorland County, New Brunswick. Holdings include family papers, business records, and records of local clubs and organizations. Archival documents must be examined in the Archives and are not available for loan. The Archivist offers reference services, in-class instruction and research interviews by appointment.