• Interlibrary loan service for items not held by ARLIS
  
• Web-accessible interlibrary loan forms
  
• Electronic delivery of articles
  
• Desktop access to electronic databases, including:
  
• Fish & Fisheries Worldwide
  
• Wildlife Worldwide
  
• Arctic & Antarctic Resources
  
• Water Resources Abstracts
  
• Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences
  
• Reference service via e-mail
  
• Document delivery of materials in the ARLIS collection
  
• Daily courier service to agencies in Anchorage; mail-out service to remote locations
  

• Circulation of materials (including reserve materials)
• Loan period of 4 weeks with unlimited renewals
• Reference service via phone, fax, or in-person
• Expert assistance with your research topic
• Customized bibliographies
• Dozens of topical databases for research use

• Priority use of the ARLIS conference room
• Free use of ARLIS copiers for work-related library research

Who are the ARLIS Founders?

ARLIS was created by merging the staff and collections of nine Anchorage natural resources libraries. The original founding agencies contributed collections and continue to fund ARLIS. Agencies may become founding agencies by making a commitment for on-going support of ARLIS at a significant level. Founding agencies have representation on the ARLIS Founders Board which governs the library.

Founders are employees of the founding agencies in Alaska.

• Alaska Department of Fish and Game
  
• Bureau of Land Management
  
• Environment and Natural Resources Institute (UAA)
  
• Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
  
• Fish and Wildlife Service
  
• Minerals Management Service
  
• National Park Service
  
• U. S. Geological Survey
  

• University of Alaska Anchorage

Faculty, staff, and graduate students at UAA and APU are entitled to a 4-week loan period and may checkout reserve materials.