Textbook Reserves
Read about Summit’s Textbook Reserve Service as an alternative to purchasing course - required Textbooks.
Each semester, the Library has all “required texts” available to be loaned out for 2-hour periods. If you do not want to buy a textbook, you can utilize the Textbook Reserves. However, they are not guaranteed to be available on demand. After the 2-hour loan period has expired, you must bring the textbook back to the Library as another student could be waiting for it. If there is no additional request you can borrow it for another 2 hours.
In order to access Textbook Reserves, please come into the Library. Textbook Reserves are kept behind the counter and are available upon request.
Archives
Materials from the Hudson Library Archives can be a valuable addition to research. Read about the Collections the Library has collected here.
The Hudson Library’s physical Archive holds a number of different physical collections and is home to historical information about Summit Pacific College. Our Archives can be searched in the Library Catalog which you can find a link to under “FIND.”
The main collections in the Archive include:
Rare Book Collection
Archival Modern Christian Literature
John Bunyan Collection
Stronstad Canadiana Collection
The Archive is also home to a number of historical artifacts relevant to Summit Pacific College. You can find old CD’s, DVD’s, cassettes, photo archives, and documents on the history of the school.
If you find something in the Catalog that is from the Archive, please contact the Librarian for access. If you are looking for something outside of the scope of the Catalog but pertains to the history of the College, please contact the Librarian and we can help you find materials to aid in your research. All Archival items are for use in the Library only.
The Library is also working on digitizing items in the Archive so that eventually they will be available to be viewed as online collections.
Stronstad Reading Room
Read about our biggest donated Collections.
This collection was donated by the late Dr. Roger Stronstad (1944 - 2022). Roger served as the Dean of Education, instructor, mentor, and friend to over two generations of students. His ministry at Summit Pacific College extended from 1974 to his retirement in 2015. As well, his pivotal work, “The Charismatic Theology of St. Luke” has had a profound influence on the worldwide Pentecostal/Charismatic community.
The Stronstad Reading Room is location in the far southwest area of the Library past the Circulation Desk. You can search for items in the Stronstad Reading Room in the Library Catalog. Please not all items in this collection are for use in the Library only.
Modern Christian Literature Collection
Check out this Collection with rare books from the Inklings.
This is a collection of popular Christian Literature books written by the “Inklings,” made up of: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams, Christopher Tolkien, Warren Lewis, Hugo Dyson, Lord David Cecil, Roger Lancelyn Green, Adam Fox, R. A. Havard, J. A. W. Bennett, and Nevill Coghill. The Hudson Library’s Collection of Modern Christian Literature includes works such as: The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton (mcl PR4453 C4); C.S. Lewis Index (mcl BX5199 L53 G65 1995); C.S. Lewis: Life, Works and Legacy. 4 vols. mcl PR6023 E926 Z597 2007); The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. 4 vols. mcl PR6037 A95 Z48 1995); J.R.R. Tolkien; The Lord of the Rings. 3 vols. mcl PR6039 O32 L67 1973).
This collection includes both Fiction and Non-Fiction titles. You can find it on the outer bookshelves below the windows in the Library.