About Summit, the union catalog
Summit
is the unified library catalog of universities and colleges in the Pacific
Northwest and the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago. Through Summit you
have access to over 22 million books, sound recordings, films, video tapes, and
more. With a single search you can view selections from the collection and
eligible patrons at member
institutions can borrow materials.
Connect
to Summit through any member library catalog. You can easily move between your
local catalog and Summit at any time with a single keystroke, or the “return
home” button.
You
can search for titles, authors, and publisher numbers. Search keywords from
subjects, content notes, titles, personal and corporate authors and more.
Explore subject headings from the Library of Congress, and from other subject
headings lists such as medical, agricultural, children's literature.
Magazines,
annual reports, symposia, journals and other periodicals are available through
a separate “journal” search.
Summit
provides the local call number, circulation and order status of items at the
home libraries. Information is always current as the Summit catalog is
continuously updated from each library over the Internet.
Summit Borrowing: This rapid, self-service
interlibrary loan program is available to authorized borrowers. "Request
Item" may be used from library computers or from your home or office.
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