The library facilitates the acquisition of bibliographic materials for the official use of and retention of officers and staff of the MRB by purchase of information materials (book, journals and e-journals, articles, audio-visual materials, etc.) for official purposes only. The library also facilitates interlibrary loan among local libraries for information materials not available in its collection.

The MRB Library uses the resources of local libraries first before sending the requests to information suppliers overseas. As charges from foreign information suppliers range from £12 (RAPRA or the British Library) to US$33 per article, limits for purchase may be imposed per person.