The library is affiliated to the Postgraduate Studies and Research Sector at the faculty. It occupies a single hall housing about 10,560 books, including approximately 4,367 books in Arabic language and 6,193 books in foreign languages. In addition, the library holds more than 1,200 master and Ph.D. theses, as well as a number of specialized periodicals. These collections cover various fields including tourism studies, hotel management, and Tourist Guidance, and   some general subjects.

The services provided by the library including both internal and external lending, as well as developing specialized databases regarding bibliographic information and abstracts of the scientific theses it holds. The library offers its services free of charge to students of the faculty and other faculties affiliated to Helwan University, whereas visitors from outside the university pay fees set by the General Administration of Libraries of Helwan University. The library continually expands its collections through purchases and donations. It is noteworthy that all books and scientific references available in the library are also accessible on the Egyptian Universities Libraries Union website.

The library staff attempt to deliver services effectively and efficiently as a core part of their mission. This is achieved through organizing information resources, improving the offered services and innovating new ones to maximize the benefits presented by the library.

Three sections have been the undergraduate section, the postgraduate section, and the general knowledge section. The postgraduate section contains the latest reference materials recently purchased, in addition to the scientific theses available in the library. Meanwhile, the general knowledge section houses books and references that are not related to the faculty’s specialized academic fields.

A new student activity called the Library Magazine has been established for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. One issue of the magazine is published online each semester in PDF format. It includes articles related to tourism, hospitality, tourist guidance, heritage, antiquities and museum studies. The magazine is supervised by faculty staff joined the library committee, and is published on the official Facebook page of the Postgraduate Studies and Research Sector.  The participating students are honored with certificates of appreciation, and photos of the award ceremony are displayed on the page.

This service involves responding to the users’ inquiries related to the way of usage the library’s collections. When users are present at the library; library staff guide them to get the materials on the shelves and explain various systems and regulations. Additionally, inquiries can be answered via the library’s official email: Library@fth.helwan.edu.eg.

The library receives full abstracts of theses from the postgraduate Studies Department in a paper form (received from Traditional and New programs) since August 2021. Each researcher is required to summarize his thesis in 13 lines, and these abstracts are available. A voluntary student activity called the “Library Support Team” was established to support in writing these abstracts in the library’s computer system as a database, whereas a number of library committee's members review them. Thus, the library now has a database of these abstracts, both in paper and electronic forms, for each academic department.