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Library Building, Suite 111

3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508

Reference Desk
(907) 27-ARLIS
(907) 272-7547
Contact Reference

Reference Hours
Visitors: by appointment only
Founders: 8-5 M-F

Open Hours
Mon - Fri, 8am - 5pm

Free Parking Available

Databases for Visitors

ARLIS - Visitor Databases

ARLIS extends database access services to all in-person library users, including full search capabilities and PDF downloads (bring thumb drive).

This list of databases, arranged alphabetically, is provided for the convenience of ARLIS visitors. Founders, please login and use the list under the Founder Services tab.

 

Click on a database title below to view its details.

Go to Academic Search Premier*

Source: EBSCO

Description: Full text for many topics. Call 800-440-2919 if prompted for password.

Format: *Index to articles *Some Full-Text

Go to ADF&G Fisheries Publication Database

Source: ADF&G

Description: Alaska Department of Fish and Game historical and current fisheries publication series are accessible in full-text format, including publications of 5 Divisions: Sport Fish, Commercial Fisheries, Habitat, Subsistence, and the former FRED Division. Contact ARLIS if sought publications are not accessible.

Format: *Full text

Go to ADF&G Wildlife Publication Database

Source: ADF&G

Description: Alaska Department of Fish and Game historical and current Division of Wildlife Conservation publications are available in full-text format. Most journal article citations are limited to DOI links to preserve copyright. ARLIS provides journal articles in full to Founders upon request.

Format: *Full text *Citations

Go to Agricola*

Source: EBSCO

Description: Agriculture, forestry, and animal science. Call 800-440-2919 if prompted for password.

Format: *Index to articles *Some Full-Text

Go to AGU Digital Library

Source: American Geophysical Union, Wiley

Description: Search page covers all journals published on behalf of AGU, 1896 to present.

Format: *Full text.

Go to Alaska & Polar Periodicals Index

Source: UAF

Description: English language articles about Alaska, northern Canada, northern Scandanavia, the Russian Far East, and Antarctica, 1890-, strong from 1990-. 150,000 citations

Format: *Citations only. If direct link fails, Select Alas

Go to Alaska DGGS Publications Library

Source: Alaska DGGS

Description: The Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys has put significant effort into scanning and posting its own publications, as well as serial publications from the U.S. Geological Survey, the former U.S. Bureau of Mines, and the University of Alaska Mineral Industry Research Laboratory.

Format: *Full text *Citations/abstracts

Go to Alaska Geologic Data Index

Source: Alaska DGGS

Description: Index to maps and publications

Format: *Full text.

Go to ALNcat

Source: OCLC

Description: Subset of Worldcat that includes just the holdings of Alaskan libraries.

Format: *Citations, some links to full text. *WorldCat Loc

Go to Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA)*

Source: ProQuest

Description: Primary database of information on aquatic, marine topics and fisheries topics.

Format: * Books * Some Full-Text

Go to Arctic & Antarctic Regions*

Source: EBSCO

Description: Arctic & Antarctic Regions

Format: *Article, monographs, and proceedings on cold regi

Go to Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS)

Source: Arctic Institute of North America

Description: 79,000 records for publications and projects about northern Canada. ASTIS covers the three territories, the northern parts of seven provinces and the adjacent marine areas. ASTIS records contain abstracts, detailed subject and geographic indexing terms, and links to 21,000 publications that are available online.

Format: *Bibliographical references and abstracts *Some li

Go to ArticleFirst*

Source: OCLC

Description: Articles from the contents pages of journals.

Format: * Index to articles * Citations and abstracts only

Go to BioOne*

Source: BioOne

Description: About 160 ejournals and other publications from more than 120 publishers.

Format: *Full-Text articles.

Go to Chicago Manual of Style*

Source: University of Chicago

Description: 15th & 16th editions of a standard guide to style for scholarly publications.

Format: *Full text.

Go to Climatological Data-Alaska and other states

Source: NOAA

Description: Monthly and annual summaries (1915-present).

Format: *Normals, pdfs, data files.

Go to Conference Papers Index*

Source: ProQuest

Description: Citations to papers presented at scientific meetings worldwide, with subject emphasis in the environmental sciences.

Format: * Index to Articles * Citations Only

Go to Current Contents - Life Sciences

Source: Wolters Kluwer

Description: Animal & Plant Sciences; Cell & Developmental Biology; Physiology; Genetics

Format: *Journal browse *Journal search

Go to Current Contents Connect - Agriculture, Biology, & Environmental Sciences

Source: Clarivate Analytics

Description: Agricultural chemistry, agronomy, animal sciences, aquatic sciences, biology, biotechnology & applied microbiology, entomology/pest control, environemnt/ecology, food science/nutrition, plant sciences, and veterinary medicine/animal health.

Format: *Citations *Links to full text

Go to Digital Pipeline

Source: Alaska Library Network

Description: Array of databases on many topics selected for Alaskan public libraries. Call 800-440-2919 if prompted for password.

Format: *Index to articles *Some Full-Text

Go to Dissertations & Theses Global

Source: ProQuest

Description: Dissertations & theses in many disciplines.

Format: *Abstracts *Mainly full text

Go to Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database*

Source: ProQuest

Description: Comprehensive focus on scientific literature concerning all aspects of water resources.

Format: *Index to articles and books *Citations and abstra

Go to Electronic Collections Online*

Source: OCLC

Description: Articles published in scholarly journals.

Format: * Books * Index to Articles * Citations Only

Go to Environment Complete*

Source: EBSCO

Description: Contains full text for more than 400 journals, offers deep coverage in all areas of environmental science. 1,590,000 records from 1,500 journals going back to 1920s, including 959 active core titles.

Format: * Index to articles * Some Full-Text

Go to Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management*

Source: ProQuest

Description: Comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences, including abstracts and citations from over 4000 scientific journals.

Format: * Index to Articles

Go to Fish, Fisheries, & Aquatic Biodiversity Worldwide*

Source: EBSCO

Description: Articles, monographs, and proceedings on fish and all related topics.

Format: * Index to articles * Citations and abstracts * So

Go to FWS ServCat

Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Description: Service Catalog (ServCat) provides full-text access to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service publications from a multitude of regions, programs, and refuges, chosen for their historic or scientific value. Public access is limited to selected records.

Format: *Some full text *Citations/abstracts

Go to Google Scholar

Source: Google

Description: Content access authenticated by ARLIS Ezproxy server.

Format: *Citations *Abstracts *Full text

Go to GreenFile

Source: EBSCO

Description: Citations on relationships of humans and the environment, including global warming, recycling, and alternate fuels. 295,000 records from more than 600 titles, 1914 to date.

Format: * Index to articles * Links to freely available te

Go to JSTOR Biological Sciences Collection

Source: JSTOR

Description: Non-current, back volumes of more than 150 journals in the biological sciences.

Format: *Full text

Go to Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data Alaska

Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Description: Interactive map showing multiple geospatial scientific data sets relevant to mineral resource assessment, exploration, and related environmental concerns.

Format: *Maps *Data sets

Go to National Sea Grant Program Library

Source: University of Rhode Island

Description: Digital library and official archive for NOAA Sea Grant documents. More than 22,000 full text documents. Updated monthly.

Format: *Citations/Abstracts *PDF full text for 20,000+ pu

Go to Newspapers - U.S. Major Dailies

Source: ProQuest

Description: Newspapers

Format: *Chicago Tribute *Los Angeles times *New York Time

Go to Northwest Boreal LCC Alaska and Canada Bibliography

Source: USFWS

Description: NB LCC A&C Bibiliography

Format: *Map interface *Peer reviewed articles, state and

Go to NPS Datastore, IRMA (Integrated Resource Management Applications)

Source: National Park Service

Description: Data portal for GIS and other datasets, maps, National Park Service publications, reports and journal articles related to U.S. national parks and monuments.

Format: *GIS and other datasets *Full text *Citations/abst

Go to Oceanic Abstracts*

Source: ProQuest

Description: Focuses on technical literature pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environment.

Format: * Index to Articles

Go to OnePetro

Source: OnePetro

Description: Technical literature on oil/gas exploration/production from American Petroleum Institute and other industry and professional groups.

Format: *PDFs

Go to PapersFirst*

Source: OCLC

Description: Papers presented at conferences worldwide.

Format: * Index to Articles

Go to ProceedingsFirst*

Source: OCLC

Description: Worldwide conference proceedings.

Format: * Books * Some Full-Text

Go to Sanborn Maps of Alaska

Source: Library of Congress

Description: Historical insurance maps of Alaskan cities.

Format: *Digital maps *Descriptive keys

Go to Sanborn Maps of Cities in Alaska

Source: ProQuest

Description: Historical insurance maps of Alaskan cities.

Format: *Digital maps *Descriptive keys

Go to Science Reference Center*

Source: EBSCO

Description: Biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.

Format: *Full text

Go to ScienceDirect*

Source: Elsevier

Description: More than 1,900 journals in all fields of the natural sciences and social science.

Format: *Full-Text.

Go to Scientific Style and Format: the CSE Manual for Authors, Editors and Publishers [8th edition]*

Source: Council of Science Editors,University of Chicago P

Description: Standard guide to manuscript style and format for scientific publications,8th edition.

Format: *Full text

Go to SLED

Source: Alaska State Library, UA Libraries

Description: Alaska

Format: *Citations *Magazines *Newspapers

Go to Toxline*

Source: ProQuest

Description: Access to information in all areas of toxicology, especially environmental pollutants.

Format: * Books * Some Full-Text

Go to TreeSearch

Source: U.S. Forest Service

Description: One stop site for research & development publications online.

Format: *Full text.

Go to Water Resources Abstracts*

Source: ProQuest

Description: Articles related to water resources, water pollution and other water-related topics, including fisheries.

Format: * Books * Some Full-Text

Go to Web of Science

Source: Clarivate Analytics

Description: Science Citation Index Expanded, 2006+; Social Science Citation Index Expanded, 2006+; Current Contents

Format: *Citations *Abstracts *Cited reference searching

Go to Web of Science - Cited Reference Search

Source: Clarivate Analytics

Description: Use drop down menu to change from \"Basic Search\" to \"Cited Reference Search\"

Format: *Cited reference searching *Citations *Abstracts *

Go to Wildlife & Ecology Worldwide*

Source: EBSCO

Description: Articles, monographs, and proceedings on wild mammals, birds, and related topics. Good source for grey literature and agency reports.

Format: * Books * Citations * Some full text

Go to WorldCat*

Source: OCLC

Description: Traditional interface to the most comprehensive catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. More precise search results than yielded by Worldcat Local.

Format: Citations to * Books * Articles Some links to f

Go to Worldcat Local

Source: OCLC

Description: Modern, faceted interface to the most comprehensive catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Freely available.

Format: Citations to * Books * Articles *Some links to

Databases for Visitors

ARLIS - Visitor Databases

ARLIS extends database access services to all in-person library users, including full search capabilities and PDF downloads (bring thumb drive).

This list of databases, arranged alphabetically, is provided for the convenience of ARLIS visitors. Founders, please login and use the list under the Founder Services tab.

 

Click on a database title below to view its details.

Go to Academic Search Premier*

Source: EBSCO

Description: Full text for many topics. Call 800-440-2919 if prompted for password.

Format: *Index to articles *Some Full-Text

Go to ADF&G Fisheries Publication Database

Source: ADF&G

Description: Alaska Department of Fish and Game historical and current fisheries publication series are accessible in full-text format, including publications of 5 Divisions: Sport Fish, Commercial Fisheries, Habitat, Subsistence, and the former FRED Division. Contact ARLIS if sought publications are not accessible.

Format: *Full text

Go to ADF&G Wildlife Publication Database

Source: ADF&G

Description: Alaska Department of Fish and Game historical and current Division of Wildlife Conservation publications are available in full-text format. Most journal article citations are limited to DOI links to preserve copyright. ARLIS provides journal articles in full to Founders upon request.

Format: *Full text *Citations

Go to Agricola*

Source: EBSCO

Description: Agriculture, forestry, and animal science. Call 800-440-2919 if prompted for password.

Format: *Index to articles *Some Full-Text

Go to AGU Digital Library

Source: American Geophysical Union, Wiley

Description: Search page covers all journals published on behalf of AGU, 1896 to present.

Format: *Full text.

Go to Alaska & Polar Periodicals Index

Source: UAF

Description: English language articles about Alaska, northern Canada, northern Scandanavia, the Russian Far East, and Antarctica, 1890-, strong from 1990-. 150,000 citations

Format: *Citations only. If direct link fails, Select Alas

Go to Alaska DGGS Publications Library

Source: Alaska DGGS

Description: The Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys has put significant effort into scanning and posting its own publications, as well as serial publications from the U.S. Geological Survey, the former U.S. Bureau of Mines, and the University of Alaska Mineral Industry Research Laboratory.

Format: *Full text *Citations/abstracts

Go to Alaska Geologic Data Index

Source: Alaska DGGS

Description: Index to maps and publications

Format: *Full text.

Go to ALNcat

Source: OCLC

Description: Subset of Worldcat that includes just the holdings of Alaskan libraries.

Format: *Citations, some links to full text. *WorldCat Loc

Go to Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA)*

Source: ProQuest

Description: Primary database of information on aquatic, marine topics and fisheries topics.

Format: * Books * Some Full-Text

Go to Arctic & Antarctic Regions*

Source: EBSCO

Description: Arctic & Antarctic Regions

Format: *Article, monographs, and proceedings on cold regi

Go to Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS)

Source: Arctic Institute of North America

Description: 79,000 records for publications and projects about northern Canada. ASTIS covers the three territories, the northern parts of seven provinces and the adjacent marine areas. ASTIS records contain abstracts, detailed subject and geographic indexing terms, and links to 21,000 publications that are available online.

Format: *Bibliographical references and abstracts *Some li

Go to ArticleFirst*

Source: OCLC

Description: Articles from the contents pages of journals.

Format: * Index to articles * Citations and abstracts only

Go to BioOne*

Source: BioOne

Description: About 160 ejournals and other publications from more than 120 publishers.

Format: *Full-Text articles.

Go to Chicago Manual of Style*

Source: University of Chicago

Description: 15th & 16th editions of a standard guide to style for scholarly publications.

Format: *Full text.

Go to Climatological Data-Alaska and other states

Source: NOAA

Description: Monthly and annual summaries (1915-present).

Format: *Normals, pdfs, data files.

Go to Conference Papers Index*

Source: ProQuest

Description: Citations to papers presented at scientific meetings worldwide, with subject emphasis in the environmental sciences.

Format: * Index to Articles * Citations Only

Go to Current Contents - Life Sciences

Source: Wolters Kluwer

Description: Animal & Plant Sciences; Cell & Developmental Biology; Physiology; Genetics

Format: *Journal browse *Journal search

Go to Current Contents Connect - Agriculture, Biology, & Environmental Sciences

Source: Clarivate Analytics

Description: Agricultural chemistry, agronomy, animal sciences, aquatic sciences, biology, biotechnology & applied microbiology, entomology/pest control, environemnt/ecology, food science/nutrition, plant sciences, and veterinary medicine/animal health.

Format: *Citations *Links to full text

Go to Digital Pipeline

Source: Alaska Library Network

Description: Array of databases on many topics selected for Alaskan public libraries. Call 800-440-2919 if prompted for password.

Format: *Index to articles *Some Full-Text

Go to Dissertations & Theses Global

Source: ProQuest

Description: Dissertations & theses in many disciplines.

Format: *Abstracts *Mainly full text

Go to Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database*

Source: ProQuest

Description: Comprehensive focus on scientific literature concerning all aspects of water resources.

Format: *Index to articles and books *Citations and abstra

Go to Electronic Collections Online*

Source: OCLC

Description: Articles published in scholarly journals.

Format: * Books * Index to Articles * Citations Only

Go to Environment Complete*

Source: EBSCO

Description: Contains full text for more than 400 journals, offers deep coverage in all areas of environmental science. 1,590,000 records from 1,500 journals going back to 1920s, including 959 active core titles.

Format: * Index to articles * Some Full-Text

Go to Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management*

Source: ProQuest

Description: Comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences, including abstracts and citations from over 4000 scientific journals.

Format: * Index to Articles

Go to Fish, Fisheries, & Aquatic Biodiversity Worldwide*

Source: EBSCO

Description: Articles, monographs, and proceedings on fish and all related topics.

Format: * Index to articles * Citations and abstracts * So

Go to FWS ServCat

Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Description: Service Catalog (ServCat) provides full-text access to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service publications from a multitude of regions, programs, and refuges, chosen for their historic or scientific value. Public access is limited to selected records.

Format: *Some full text *Citations/abstracts

Go to Google Scholar

Source: Google

Description: Content access authenticated by ARLIS Ezproxy server.

Format: *Citations *Abstracts *Full text

Go to GreenFile

Source: EBSCO

Description: Citations on relationships of humans and the environment, including global warming, recycling, and alternate fuels. 295,000 records from more than 600 titles, 1914 to date.

Format: * Index to articles * Links to freely available te

Go to JSTOR Biological Sciences Collection

Source: JSTOR

Description: Non-current, back volumes of more than 150 journals in the biological sciences.

Format: *Full text

Go to Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data Alaska

Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Description: Interactive map showing multiple geospatial scientific data sets relevant to mineral resource assessment, exploration, and related environmental concerns.

Format: *Maps *Data sets

Go to National Sea Grant Program Library

Source: University of Rhode Island

Description: Digital library and official archive for NOAA Sea Grant documents. More than 22,000 full text documents. Updated monthly.

Format: *Citations/Abstracts *PDF full text for 20,000+ pu

Go to Newspapers - U.S. Major Dailies

Source: ProQuest

Description: Newspapers

Format: *Chicago Tribute *Los Angeles times *New York Time

Go to Northwest Boreal LCC Alaska and Canada Bibliography

Source: USFWS

Description: NB LCC A&C Bibiliography

Format: *Map interface *Peer reviewed articles, state and

Go to NPS Datastore, IRMA (Integrated Resource Management Applications)

Source: National Park Service

Description: Data portal for GIS and other datasets, maps, National Park Service publications, reports and journal articles related to U.S. national parks and monuments.

Format: *GIS and other datasets *Full text *Citations/abst

Go to Oceanic Abstracts*

Source: ProQuest

Description: Focuses on technical literature pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environment.

Format: * Index to Articles

Go to OnePetro

Source: OnePetro

Description: Technical literature on oil/gas exploration/production from American Petroleum Institute and other industry and professional groups.

Format: *PDFs

Go to PapersFirst*

Source: OCLC

Description: Papers presented at conferences worldwide.

Format: * Index to Articles

Go to ProceedingsFirst*

Source: OCLC

Description: Worldwide conference proceedings.

Format: * Books * Some Full-Text

Go to Sanborn Maps of Alaska

Source: Library of Congress

Description: Historical insurance maps of Alaskan cities.

Format: *Digital maps *Descriptive keys

Go to Sanborn Maps of Cities in Alaska

Source: ProQuest

Description: Historical insurance maps of Alaskan cities.

Format: *Digital maps *Descriptive keys

Go to Science Reference Center*

Source: EBSCO

Description: Biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.

Format: *Full text

Go to ScienceDirect*

Source: Elsevier

Description: More than 1,900 journals in all fields of the natural sciences and social science.

Format: *Full-Text.

Go to Scientific Style and Format: the CSE Manual for Authors, Editors and Publishers [8th edition]*

Source: Council of Science Editors,University of Chicago P

Description: Standard guide to manuscript style and format for scientific publications,8th edition.

Format: *Full text

Go to SLED

Source: Alaska State Library, UA Libraries

Description: Alaska

Format: *Citations *Magazines *Newspapers

Go to Toxline*

Source: ProQuest

Description: Access to information in all areas of toxicology, especially environmental pollutants.

Format: * Books * Some Full-Text

Go to TreeSearch

Source: U.S. Forest Service

Description: One stop site for research & development publications online.

Format: *Full text.

Go to Water Resources Abstracts*

Source: ProQuest

Description: Articles related to water resources, water pollution and other water-related topics, including fisheries.

Format: * Books * Some Full-Text

Go to Web of Science

Source: Clarivate Analytics

Description: Science Citation Index Expanded, 2006+; Social Science Citation Index Expanded, 2006+; Current Contents

Format: *Citations *Abstracts *Cited reference searching

Go to Web of Science - Cited Reference Search

Source: Clarivate Analytics

Description: Use drop down menu to change from \"Basic Search\" to \"Cited Reference Search\"

Format: *Cited reference searching *Citations *Abstracts *

Go to Wildlife & Ecology Worldwide*

Source: EBSCO

Description: Articles, monographs, and proceedings on wild mammals, birds, and related topics. Good source for grey literature and agency reports.

Format: * Books * Citations * Some full text

Go to WorldCat*

Source: OCLC

Description: Traditional interface to the most comprehensive catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. More precise search results than yielded by Worldcat Local.

Format: Citations to * Books * Articles Some links to f

Go to Worldcat Local

Source: OCLC

Description: Modern, faceted interface to the most comprehensive catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Freely available.

Format: Citations to * Books * Articles *Some links to


ARLIS Contact Information

ARLIS
Library Building, Suite 111

3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508

Reference Desk
(907) 27-ARLIS
(907) 272-7547
reference@arlis.org

Reference Hours Visitors: by appointment only

Founders: 8-5 M-F

Free Parking Available