Vanderbilt University operates several libraries, with the Jean and Alexander Heard Library serving as the hub. The Heard Library has more than two million volumes with a fully computerized card catalog and some 6,400 periodicals. The library receives all publications of the U.S. government and the United Nations.

The Annette and Irwin Eskind Biomedical Library (EBL), a unit of Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Informatics Center, is the hub of the medical center's information services and resources. The EBL provides an extensive digital library of electronic journals, books, databases and other resources, in addition to over 200,000 print volumes.

The Stevenson Science and Engineering Library, adjacent to the School of Engineering, contains more than 325,800 volumes and more than 2,000 periodicals on science and engineering topics.