Northeastern offers four library facilities: Snell Library and the Law Library, both on the Boston campus, and libraries that support programs at the Burlington campus and the Marine Science Center in Nahant. The university is also a member of the Boston Library Consortium and the Boston Regional Library System, giving students and faculty access to the regions collections.

(Fall 2007-08)

Collections Header Volumes held 986,231 Volumes added 16,545 Serial subscriptions 5,691 Microform units 2,399,716 Government documents 150,096 Media materials 23,273 Electronic journals 31,031 Circulation Total Circulation 119,078 Interlibrary Transactions Lending 21,915 Borrowing 35,957 Inquiries 54,700 Visits to library web site 1,372,366 Instruction sessions 1407 People using library 1,916,667 Staff Professional 38 Support 37 Total 75