ECT continuously updates its learning resources and services deploying state-of-the-art information technology to support the students and faculty. The learning resources include the library, electronic library, the duly networked computer laboratories, and multi-media equipped classrooms. The ECT libraries occupy half of the 10th floor of the males’ campus and half of the 7th floor of the females’ campus. These libraries currently have more than 6600 titles in English and more than 800 titles in Arabic which comprise materials to support the curriculum and the general information needs of ECT. The majority of the library's holdings are in English; however, there are also materials available in Arabic.

The library is student-oriented and provides quiet study areas and access to computers. An online catalog system can be used to search for library materials. Using the library website, students and faculty have access to a number of on-line periodical indexes, full text journals, and magazines. The computers in the library are also utilized to give computer sessions where students are taught how to use library resources. The library is connected to all parts of ECT via a local area network supported by hubs and routers in order to provide academic resources for all classes taught. Faculty members can access library resources from their classrooms to support the teaching/ learning process.

The library’s collection is growing by approximately 500 entries per year to support students and faculty. ECT has catalogued its collection of materials and organized its library to provide convenient and easy access to its collection and services, including the book-borrowing system for its students, faculty, and staff. This is available through an in-house developed computerized library system. The library computer system classifies books by author, title, and subject and can provide statistical data about the collection of books available in the library. For example how many books are available on: Systems Analysis and Design, information systems…etc. All books and materials are currently catalogued according to DEWEY classification system.

Students and faculty members have access to a computerized classification system, where they can search for the material by the author, title or subject. The system also records all borrowings and returns of books or library materials. ECT has developed its Electronic Library to be accessed through the Internet. Registered students, staff, and faculty members are allowed to use this facility. Through the electronic library; information will be provided such as: Dictionaries, online periodicals & documents, bibliographic sources, newspapers, teacher resources, resources to support specific courses in the program such as: English, Math, Management, Economics …etc, online bookstores, popular search engines, Web sites and internet resources.

ECT has subscribed to international Databases to allow students through the WEB to create reading lists, course packs, study guides, special interest sites, bibliographies, training sites, full text from scholarly journals and journals of special interest, electronic journals directories. For details, contact Learning Resources Centre at ECT. Internet facility is available to our students in the two libraries, in classrooms, and in all labs. There are more than ten computers available in each library for students use throughout the working day. There are several newspapers available on a daily basis: Al-Itihad Arabic newspaper and the English newspapers “Gulf News” and Daily "Khaleej Times" are the most prominent.

All of these are available for students and faculty in the library. The library also has acquired hard copies of a selection of refereed periodicals in the areas of business administration, IT, computer science and English language to support research activities of its faculty. ECT has acquired or subscribed to various CD-Rom and Online databases to support teaching and learning at ECT. Students can have electronic access to materials in the library and elsewhere through local area network available in the library, computer labs and in the classrooms. ECT web site that can be accessed by registered students to access valuable information from the library. Students can also access the electronic library, which is continuously being updated with new sites and facilities to support teaching and learning for all the courses offered.

Our students could also use the Cultural Foundation library in Abu Dhabi, which is available for the public & contains thousands of books and references and other resources. It also has reading area and study rooms. As part of the orientation given to new students, ECT arranges an official visit to the cultural foundation where students will be introduced to the facilities available for the public and the library policies. The library has photocopy facilities that are currently available for students, faculty, and staff. The main photocopy facility is also available to duplicate course materials prepared by the faculty members to the students. ECT has fully equipped computer labs and one dual-purpose language/computer lab.

Students & faculty can use language/computer lab during their English courses to access various Internet sites that can be used in the English language and communications courses and can be used to improve the students’ grammar & vocabulary and sharpen their reading, speaking, listening, & writing skills. The computers are fully equipped with multimedia kits and headphones. The same facilities are available in the library to enable students to work on their own during their free time, or when the language lab is occupied by other students. All computers in the labs are connected through a local area network and can access library information and facilities as well. Each student is responsible for his/her computer.

The student will be charged if he purposely damages a computer or the software it has. In addition, a warning will be issued to the student who has done the damage. The student is also responsible for keeping his password to himself only. ECT Students, Faculty, and Staff can borrow books and other permissible material from the ECT Library and Learning Resources Centre. The following policies and rules concerning library borrowing will apply Faculty members, students and staff can borrow the library materials (books, software, video, & audio tapes….etc.). Faculty members can borrow the library materials for a whole semester. Students can borrow the library materials if they have a valid ID card.

Other forms of identification are not accepted. A maximum of two books/materials may be issued to students for a period of two weeks. Borrowing can be renewed for another week if the books / materials are not requested by others. Students will be entitled to borrow for two hours/ over night software system reference books kept on reserve in the library. No one is allowed to take the library materials without filling a request form. Forms are available on the circulation desk. If books / materials are kept by a student after the due date, a fine of Dhs. 5/- per day will be charged. Students will be charged double price of the book if it is lost or damaged. Marking or writing on the book is strictly not allowed. If students do so; they will be fined @ 300 AED per book or the material and they will also have to pay for buying the new book or material.