The University of Benin Library System comprises John Harris Library (the Main Library) and faculty libraries. The library has over 211,000 book volumes in all the disciplines offered in the university as well as other areas of human knowledge. There is also a large collection of pamphlets, non-book materials, microforms, audio-visual materials etc. The library has back-files of 344 journal titles and presently subscribes to 172 titles.

JOHN HARRIS LIBRARY

John Harris Library is situated at Ugbowo Campus along the main drive between the Students’ Complex and the Students’ Halls of residence and opposite the new Clinical Students’ Hostel. This ultra-modern library building is centrally air-conditioned and supported with package until air-conditioners. There is a stand-by 500KVA electricity generating set which acts as a back-up system to the Power Holding Corporation Nigeria (PHCN). There is also the University Central Electricity Plant which generates power when the other two sources of power fall.
 

John Harris Library building has three levels namely:

• The Basement
  
• The Ground Floor
  
• The First Floor

FACULTY LIBRARIES
The university has embarked on the establishment of faculty libraries to bring reading materials nearer to the students. Thus far, eight faculty libraries are functional.These are:

John Harris Library has several faculty libraries:

These faculty libraries are located in their various faculty buildings providing reading and photocopying services. It is expected that more faculty libraries will take off during the 2007/2008 session.
 

Electronic Resources
The following electronic resources can be accessed by staff and students in the University of Benin online for free. Some of them are IP Based and can only be accessed in any machine within the university. Please avail yourself of this opportunity to access all the full-text of publications for free.

BIOMEDICAL/MEDICAL SCIENCES

SOCIAL SCIENCES/HUMANITIES

• JSTOR

ALL SUBJECTS

• E-JOURNAL.ORG
  Provide links to e-journals in all subject fields. Also lists journals with free online full-text articles.
• UNESCO: ARCHIVE PORTAL
• EBSCOhost
  User ID: ns013944 Password:Password
• World Digital Library
• CONTACTS US:
  The University Librarian : librarian@uniben.edu
  FURTHER CONTACT:
  Mr. A. R. Garuba : ramgarb@uniben.edu