The Salmon Library at UAH supports the academic and research programs of the university through its collection of 415,300 volumes, 2,460 periodical subscriptions, U.S. government documents, sound recordings, materials in microform and microfiche, and manuscript collections.

Microfiche collections, such as the Evans Imprint series, the Library of American Civilization and slide collections on Afro-American art are of particular value to students in the social sciences and humanities.

For students in engineering and the sciences, the Salmon Library is supplemented by the Redstone Scientific Information Center. This library supports the wide-ranging research interests of NASA and the U.S. Army Missile Command. Its collections of 351,967 volumes and 6,596 journal subscriptions, along with more than 1.9 million research reports, make it one of the finest scientific libraries in the southeast.

The library is also a member of several consortia that make available research materials not owned by libraries in North Alabama, including OCLC and the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries. The Salmon Library has also developed an innovative document delivery arrangement with the University of Illinois libraries. These agreements facilitate rapid document delivery and interlibrary loan service to faculty and students without charge.

Library services, including credit classes in library research, library orientation programs, and on-line bibliographic database searching, help faculty and students in their research. Professional reference librarians are available for research assistance at the library's reference desk during most hours that the library is open.