Institutional libraries: every institution has own libraries. In most institutional libraries you can check your e-mail and surf the Internet for free.
Please check the institution’s library guidelines.

Ghent University
University College Arteveldehogeschool
University College Ghent
Catholic University College Ghent
University College for the Sciences & the Arts

The city library
The city library is well equipped with fiction, non-fiction, audio & documentation, mainly in Dutch, but also in various other languages. It is centrally located (Woodrow Wilsonplein, next to the Foreigners Registration Office) and is open during normal office hours.
Website: www.bibliotheek.gent.be.