Collins Unbound

Starting on your research project early this year?  You may be able to get your ILLiad requests sooner than you think!  BEFORE submitting ILLiad requests, be sure to ALWAYS check our resources in Collins Library first!  Here’s why!

Last year, we cancelled 1,557 article requests.  721 of those were available in our full-text databases.  That’s 46%!  228 of the article requests were available in our book or print journal collections.

Also, we cancelled 1,128 loan requests.  106 of those were available in our print or electronic collections.  361 of the loan requests were available in Summit.

Some quick tips:

• For Articles:
  • Check the Journal Locator.  We may have the journal you need in one of our full-text databases and/or our print and microform collections.
  • Don’t forget our Microform Scanning Service!  If you need an article from a journal we own, but it’s only available in microform format (either microfilm or microfiche), we will scan the article for you and deliver it electronically to your ILLiad account!
  • For Books:
    • Check Collins Catalog.  We may have the item in our print or e-book collections.
    • If it’s not in our collection, currently checked out, damaged or missing, check Pugetsound Worldcat.  There may be available copies in Summit.

For more Interlibrary Loan information, click here.  If you have questions, email ill@pugetsound.edu.

Did you know that ARTstor has high quality religious images in its collection? Western and Eastern religious beliefs and traditions are represented by sacred texts, religious iconography, ceremonial objects, and places of worship, including temples, cathedrals, synagogues, churches, and mosques. To see a sampling of religious images in ARTstor, click here. You’ll also find religious iconography in the University’s Image Collection.