W&M Libraries collections support and enhance teaching and research, and foster intellectual curiosity, creativity and lifelong learning. The library collections currently include:
- Nearly 4.5 million books (3.2 million ebooks and 1.2 million print books)
- Over 300,000 journals (print and electronic)
- Over 900 databases
- Physical multimedia including CDs, DVDs, and LPs
- Nearly 150,000 streaming videos and 105,000 streaming audios
- Other formats including images, primary source materials, datasets, etc.
For more information about responsibility for selection, general collection selection criteria, electronic selection criteria, and weeding/deselection processes, please refer to our Collection Development Policy.
