The Dean B. Ellis Library, centrally located on the Jonesboro campus in an eight-story building, functions as an educational center for the university community. It houses an open shelf collection which includes over 740,000 books and periodical bound volumes, 575,000 federal and state documents, and 585,000 units in microform.

The collection includes materials in all subject fields, but emphasizes education, history, fine arts, general reference, health professions, and American and English literature. The library web site contains links to the online library catalog and all of the library's electronic content.

The library meets the informational needs of the university by offering a variety of services. A staff of 15 professional librarians and 22 support personnel acquires, organizes, and services the collections.

Reference librarians assist students and faculty in locating information and in the use of the library and its resources. The reference staff also offers an active library instruction program which reaches numerous university classes. An email reference service is in place to assist students and faculty who are located off-campus.

Online resources provide access to thousands of journals and a wide selection of ebooks not housed within the library. The ASU student ID card functions as the library card and the 8-digit student ID number is required to access library resources from off-campus.