Library collection

Effat Library & Cultural Museum (EL&CM) offers a stimulating physical environment, cutting-edge technologies, and proactive services to Effat students, faculty, staff and external community. EL&CM has over 30,000 volumes in English, Arabic and other languages. The collection also includes rare volumes from the original Dar Al Hanan Library, established by Queen Effat in the 1950s. The collections are available for onsite use as well as for external borrowing.

In addition to print resources, the library subscribes to a wide range of academic databases relevant to the programs offered by the Saudi Digital Library, such as ProQuest, Taylor, eBook Central, O'reilly Safari Books Online. Through these subscriptions, Effat University users have access to over 200,000 digital scholarly materials.

All digital resources are easily available from any computer connected to the campus network as well as off-campus, via SSO run by the university’s IT services unit. KOHA (Integrated Library System), the Library’s Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) and Summon library search engine are user-friendly search tools that enrich the search experience and enable users to find all kinds of information resources easily.

Reference service and information literacy workshops help all users find the information they need by answering questions, identifying and interpreting user needs, providing advice by telephone or email, and assisting library users’ in material selection. Training on optimal use of digital resources is also provided.

The library also offers ergonomic furniture, workstations and individual or group quiet-study rooms. In addition to the main library, the Sharbatly Digital Library within the EL&CM offers a quiet and relaxed space for all users.

To arrange a visit to our library, please contact us. We'll be glad to tell you more about our work and show you around!