Find, Borrow & Renew Materials
The library helps organize the giant "bibliographic universe" and provide tools for finding what you need.
Not sure where to start? Try entering keywords in Primo or Google Scholar. Connect with a librarian for help!
Can't find what you want? Try requesting it using our interlibrary loan (ILL) service. We'll try get it for you from another library.
Finding:
| To Find This | Look Here | And Get Via | Guide |
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| Books at GFU | Primo (Scope = GFU) |
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| Books: Summit partners | Primo (Scope = GFU+Summit) | Summit Lending | |
| Books: Libraries nationwide | WorldCat | Interlibrary Loan | |
| Ebooks | Primo (Material Type = Ebooks) | cannot be borrowed | |
| Archival Material | cannot be borrowed | ||
| Audiobooks | Primo (Resource Type = Audio CDs) | ||
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| Foreign-Language items | Primo (filter results using Language facets) | ||
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Print issues cannot be borrowed | |
| Magazines |
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Electronic only | |
| Music |
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Interlibrary Loan | |
| Reserves | Primo (Physical Location facet: Reserve) | Circulation | |
| Technology | Ask at the front desk | Circulation | |
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Borrowing:
Circulation Services coordinates the lending of books, DVDs, and other media to member of the George Fox community.
Because of resource-sharing agreements among libraries, there are three sources of materials:
- Owned by George Fox: Simply bring the items and your GFU ID card to the Front Desk, or request via the item's Primo record.
- Owned by Nearby Libraries (Summit): The default search in Primo will include books & media owned by other institutions in the Orbis Cacade Alliance. Simply click the Request link in an item's record.
- Interlibrary Loan: Articles, books, and media owned by libraries throughout the continental United States. Request via Primo, WorldCat or article databases; articles often come electronically within a few days, books in a week or more.
To view items you have checked out and when they are due, go to My Account in Primo.