A new document image retrieval algorithm is proposed in view of the inefficient retrieval of information resources in a digital library. First of all, in order to accurately characterize the texture and enhance the ability of image differentiation, this paper proposes the statistical feature method of the double-tree complex wavelet. Secondly, according to the statistical characteristic method, combined with the visual characteristics of the human eye, the edge information in the document image is extracted. On this basis, we construct the meaningful texture features and use texture features to define the characteristic descriptors of document images. Taking the descriptor as the clue, the content characteristics of the document image are combined organically, and appropriate similarity measurement criteria are used for efficient retrieval. Experimental results show that the algorithm not only has high retrieval efficiency but also reduces the complexity of the traditional document image retrieval algorithm.