Quick Introduction to Library Resources: Print Resources

This short video will show you how to use Library Search to discover books and articles in print and full text online at Chemeketa and many other libraries.

Summit is the system used to request books and other items from 37 other college and university libraries in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. You must be logged into the Primo library search to see Summit links.

Requesting from Summit

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Any item in the library search results that says Check availability and request options is a potential Summit Plus physical item request.

1. Click the Check availability link.
2. The Request from Summit Plus link will display if there is at least one copy in a Summit library. (Remember, you won't see it if you're not logged in.)
3. Click the link to start a request.
4. Summit will automatically check to see if there is a requestable copy
5. You will have to choose your preferred pickup location (Salem or Yamhill campus, Polk Center, or Woodburn Public Library). When the item arrives at the library, we will email you at your college email to inform you.
6.  If the item has multiple volumes, specify which one you want.
7. Click the Request button.

      You can check on your your request in your Library Account. 

Renewing in Summit

You can renew your Summit book by signing into your library account in Primo or from the Library Account button on the library home page. Note: If the item has been requested by a user of the library that has lent it, renewal will be blocked.

You can request items from public libraries in our area by using the CCRLS Bridge in our Primo Library Search. A full explanation of how to use it is available

What if a book isn't available through Summit or CCRLS?  The library offers interlibrary loan services to Chemeketa students and employees. For more information go to Interlibrary Loan Information. 

• E-mail a Question to Reference
• Phone Reference at 503.399.5231
• Chat reference: Please use the form below
• We recommend that you include an e-mail address so that you can receive a transcript of your chat and so the library can send you any followup help.

Chemeketa Community College library uses the Dewey Decimal System. Every book has a Dewey Decimal call number that's used to keep books organized and to find them on the shelf.  Call numbers group books on the same subject in the same location on the shelf.  For example, all of the books with the 551.21 number are about volcanoes.  Because there is often more than one book with the same Dewey Decimal number, the first letters of the author's last name and additional numbers are included. 

The book with the call number illustrated (REF 423.1 Up8) is located in the Reference collection in the call number area 423.1 and the author's last name is Upton.