The James G. Gee Library, named for Texas A&M University-Commerce's fifth president, is the academic center of campus. The online catalog, which is Internet accessible, provides access to the library's collection containing over 1.8 million monographs, periodicals, microforms, and other processed materials including non-print media. This total includes collections of juvenile and young people's literature, archival materials, curriculum materials and maps. The University has been a depository for federal government publications since 1937 and for Texas state documents since 1963.

In support of undergraduate and graduate programs, the library provides free access to CARL, UnCover, FirstSearch, PsychInfo, Medline, America: History and Life, ERIC, MLA Bibliography and numerous Wilson indexes; and fee-based access to other databases and service, Internet access to other library catalogs is also available. An interlibrary loan service delivers publications to Gee Library from libraries throughout the world. Viewing machines are available for microform items, and reader-printers enable students to obtain hard copies of microform materials. Photocopy machines are also available in the library. The library's extensive microform collections include ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) documents.

TAMU-Commerce Library is a member of the AMIGOS Bibliographic Council, Phoenix Group, and the Alliance for Higher Education These alliances allow TAMU-C students access to all state-supported academic libraries plus many of the regional private universities as supplementary resources to the Gee Library collections.

The library computer laboratory, located on the second floor, is available to all students. The lab contains IBM-PC compatible and Macintosh computers, printers and software for word processing, spreadsheets and reports. The lab also provides access to the Internet.