About ARLIS

1. Mission Statement
2. Principles & Goals
3. Collection
4. Services
5. Joint Library Catalog
6. Electronic Resources
7. Policies

Mission Statement:

Alaska Resources Library and Information Services provides universal access to natural and cultural resources information. The library staff and ARLIS's federal, state, university, and future partners recognize that improved understanding of Alaska's resources facilitates wise development, conservation and management. ARLIS serves the diverse information needs of its customers in an unbiased and effective manner.

Principles & Goals (Click here)

Collection

The natural and cultural resources collection at ARLIS consists of:

• More then 200,000 books
• 700 journals
• Electronic databases
• Legal materials
• Federal and state documents
• Agency documents
• Maps and atlases
• Conference proceedings
• Masters theses and Ph.D. dissertations
• Videos, slides, and photos
• Furs, skulls, and bird mounts
• Educational science kits
• Environmental education materials

Services

The library is staffed Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Reference

• Skilled librarians available to assist you at all times
• Telephone reference service for quick information
• Access to the Internet
• Reference e-mail reference@arlis.org
• Access to CD-ROM and on-line databases focusing on Alaskan resource issues including:
• fish and wildlife
• geology
• mining
• oil and gas
• forestry
• land use management
• environmental pollution
• recreational and scenic resources
• cultural heritage
• legal topics
• Librarians will provide assistance in helping you with research

Services Available to Founders

• Direct delivery of library materials
• Document delivery: faxing or mailing photocopies of articles and documents from the ARLIS collection and other sources
• Interlibrary loan: materials unavailable at ARLIS may be borrowed from other libraries in Alaska or out of state
• In depth reference: customized research for special needs, written summaries and reports, preparation of bibliographies

Access to the Library Collection

• Most materials can be checked out
• Internet access to the library's on-line catalog
• Materials are available outside of Anchorage through interlibrary loan, please contact your local library

Joint Library Catalog

ARLIS, Anchorage Public Libraries, and the University of Alaska Anchorage libraries share a joint library catalog. A default search will list the call numbers from each library. To search ARLIS only, change the default from "all libraries" to "ARLIS Library."

Electronic Resources

Searchable databases are available to founding agency staff via the ARLIS website. Walk-in patrons may access the following at our public computers. (Click here for founder access)

Among the electronic resources available to founding staff agency are:

NISC Biblioline

• Fish & Fisheries Worldwide
• Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide
• Arctic & Antarctic Regions

Other Online Resources

• Anthropology/Plus
• Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts
• Environment Complete
• GeoRef
• ScienceDirect
• Water Resources Abstracts

In Library Resources

• Many other databases are available for in-library use. These are listed on our public computers.

Policies (Click here)