Using CCC Library

Books

CCC Library shares an online catalog with Summit libraries. You can search for and request items in the catalog.

CCC Library's catalog searches three different sizes of content:

• CCC Library: books, eBooks, videos, and other items at CCC Library.
• CCC Library + Summit: books, eBooks, videos, and other items available at CCC Library and Summit libraries.
• CCC + Summit + Articles: books, eBooks, videos, and other items at CCC Library and Summit libraries, and a sizable portion of CCC Library's article databases (but not all - EBSCO databases are excluded).

Articles

The library catalog does not have full-text access to articles from Summit libraries' collections. To request an article that CCC Library does not have access to, you will always use Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

If you find a print book, CD, or DVD that CCC Library doesn’t have, you can request it through Summit. Here's what to do:

1. Type in search terms for the item you want using CCC Library Search.
2. As you type in your keywords, a dropdown should appear, select "CCC + Summit" then select Search.
   • If you are doing this on the library homepage, select "CCC + Summit" from the dropdown menu next to the search box, then select Search.
3. Select the CCC Library users sign in for request options link. 
   
4. Log in using your full Clackamas email address and password.
5. Learn how to get the item by clicking the item's title. 
   1. If an item has text reading Available at..., it is currently available at CCC. You can come to the library and get it. 
   2. If an item has text reading Checked out from CCC Library... or Find & Request, it is available through Summit. Find the "How to get it" section of the record and move to step 6.
6. Select Request from Other Summit Libraries.
   
7. Select your Pickup Location.
   
8. Select Request.
9. Once completed, select Sign Out in the upper right corner of the page. Then, close your browser window to ensure that your account is closed completely.

CCC Library will email you when your Summit item is available for pick up. Items must be picked up within two weeks after they are available or they will be returned to the lending library.

If your Summit request cannot be filled, an email will notify you that your request was canceled. Instructions on how to request the item through ILL will be available on the cancelation email.

Community borrowers cannot use Summit, but they can request books through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

Current CCC students and employees can directly borrow items when they visit other Summit (Orbis Cascade Alliance) libraries. This benefit is called the "Summit Visiting Patron" program. Borrowers must be able to show proof of current affiliation with their partner library.