Fifteen individual study rooms on the second floor provide complete privacy for researchers. Patrons may also avail themselves of one of the more than 100 study carrels located throughout the building. The building also contains a conference room for group meetings and a computer lab for student, faculty, and staff use. To serve the complete study needs of the campus community, Vining Library offers twenty-five Internet computer workstations. The EbscoHost database service includes Academic Search Elite, Business Source Elite and some medical sources. Photocopying and FAX services are also available. 

The Kraybill Room, named for D.B. Kraybill, a former dean at Tech, is on the first floor of Vining Library. It houses Tech’s West Virginia Collection, including more than 2,000 volumes about West Virginia or by West Virginia authors. 

The library staff, dedicated to helping patrons in their research and study needs, is available to assist any student in using the library facilities during regular hours throughout the school year.