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
Articles	Primo (Material Type: Articles) EBSCO All Article databases	Databases often have full articles as PDF or HTML Interlibrary Loan
Books at GFU	Primo (Scope = GFU)	Find books on library shelves Borrow at the Front Desk
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	Archives Catalog Digital Commons	cannot be borrowed
Audiobooks	Primo (Resource Type = Audio CDs)	Circulation Interlibrary Loan
Dissertations	Digital Commons Primo WorldCat	Many universities make full text available on their website Interlibrary Loan
Foreign-Language items	Primo (filter results using Language facets)	Circulation Interlibrary Loan
Journals	Primo (Material Type: Journals) E-Journals feature in Primo	Print issues cannot be borrowed
Magazines	Flipster reader app E-Journals feature in Primo	Electronic only
Music	Primo (Material Type: Audio & Video) Streaming Music databases	Interlibrary Loan
Reserves	Primo (Physical Location facet: Reserve)	Circulation
Technology	Ask at the front desk	Circulation
Video	Primo (Material Type: Audio & Video) Streaming Video databases	view streaming video online borrow physical items (DVDs) via the Front Desk or Interlibrary Loan

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): For books & media owned by other institutions in the Orbis Cacade Alliance, select
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.