Main Collection
Summar Library has made every attempt to build a solid collection which serves our Union University community. The Main Collection contains more than 100,000 monographs that have a designation of Book Stacks in the online catalog.

Juvenile
A collection of children’s literature for grades K-12 is provided in support of education courses.

Reference
The library houses more than 9,000 reference materials located in the area behind the Circulation Desk.

Curriculum
A collection of elementary and secondary school textbooks and related instructional material is provided in support of teacher education courses.

Oversize
Oversize books are organized by LC subject order centrally located in the library.

Lee Library
Union is privileged with the curatorship of the Lee Memorial Library. The book collection owned by Dr. Robert G. Lee, a noted Southern Baptist preacher from Memphis, Tennessee, is located in room F 55 of the Library. It may be viewed from the main corridor or may be entered upon request. These books do not circulate, but they may be used in the Library. They are designated in the online catalog with the location of Lee Library.

Archive Collections
The University Archives and Special Collections consist of the official records of the University and other collections of material that are held in trust for historical research. These materials are available to all library patrons for in house use and are housed in closed stacks in the library. Requests for access to these materials should be made at the Circulation Desk.

• Old and Rare
• Heritage Collections
• Tennessee Baptist Convention Collections
• Eaton Collections
• Grave Collections
• Bateman Collections
• Savage Collections

Recreational Reading
The Recreational Reading contains more than 200 books from a variety of genres and disciplines that offers an easy to browse carousel.

Periodicals
Periodicals are housed in a variety of formats, including bound volumes, current paper issues, microform, and online. Summar Library holds more than 400 current subscriptions. In addition, Summar Library has more 1,000 titles of older issues in microfiche and bound. Students also have access to more than 3,000 titles through online databases.

Media (video, CD, Audiocassettes, LPs)
The main media collection is closed stack containing more than 14,000 media material including 4,000 videos (more than 500 DVDs) and 1600 Compact Discs. Recordings of music CD are located in the closed stacks of the Media Center. They are designated in the online catalog with a location of IMC. There are more than 3,000 LP sound recording located in the Instruction Lab.

Newspapers
The Library subscribes to the following newspapers: The Commercial Appeal (daily), The Jackson Sun (daily), The New York Times (Sunday), The Tennessean (daily), USA Today (daily M-F), and The Wall Street Journal (daily M F).