Services

Ask A Librarian

Reference librarians are available to help you with your research. Call up the form in your web browser to submit a question. Questions are read and answered on a daily basis. You must be a member of the CWU community to use this service. You may also call the main campus Library Reference Desk at 509.963.1021 for help.

Circulation & Reserves

The Circulation Department offers a wide variety of services including but not limited to:

  • Check out library materials
  • Course Reserves
  • Renewals of materials online
  • Summit Service
  • View your account to:
    • Renew
    • Check due date
    • Check status of Summit items

Course Reserves By Course

Search and locate reserve materials by course name / number. These are materials assigned by professors that may be checked out from the Circulation Desk for a 2 hour loan period.

Course Reserves By Professor, Lecturer Or Instructor Name

Search by name of faculty member to locate reserve materials. As immediately above, may be checked out from the Circulation Desk for a 2 hour loan period.

Interlibrary Loan Services

Use Brooks Library's Interlibrary Loan service to obtain materials not held by the Brooks Library, including books and photocopies of periodical articles. Before requesting books and journal articles please first determine if the materials you need are available from other sources.

For Books

  1. Search the Library Catalog (Cattrax) to see if the Library owns the item.
  2. If we do not have the title you need, search the Summit Catalog to see if the book is available from one of the 30+ Summit academic libraries in Washington and Oregon.

For Articles

  1. Search the Library Catalog (Cattrax) to see if the Library subscribes to the journal, magazine or newspaper.
  2. Browse or search our Electronic Journals Collection to see if you have online access to the periodical.

Laptops

Laptops are available at Media Circulation for checkout and use in the Library for up to two (2) hours by currently enrolled CWU students only. Includes information on using personal laptops in the library.