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  • Academic Search Premier
    Full text periodicals covering nearly all subjects.
  • Agricola
    National Agricultural Library index covering journal articles, books, theses, technical reports, and other publications.
  • Alaska & Polar Periodical Index
    Index to Alaska related articles from journals and newspapers.
  • Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives (APRCA) Digital Repository
    From the Rasmuson Library at UAF, holdings range from 16th-century speculative maps of the Arctic to present-day videos of Yup’ik dances. Includes historical manuscripts, photographs, rare books, maps, films, videos, and oral histories.
  • Alaska Library Catalog (ALC)
    Select your participating library from the list.
  • Alaska's Digital Archives
    A repository of digitized historical manuscripts, photographs, newspapers, maps, books, and other publications, along with significant personal collections.
  • All EBSCOHost Databases
    About 30 databases, including Academic Search Premier and Newspaper Source Plus, containing citations and full text publications in a variety of subject areas.
  • Alt HealthWatch
    Full text articles, pamphlets, reports, and other publications on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
  • Biography Reference Center
    More than 461,000 full-text biographies.
  • Book Collection: Nonfiction
    Full text popular nonfiction books in basic science, history, social sciences, art, careers, health, adventure, technology, and other topics.
  • BrainPop
    Because of budget cuts and cost increases, BrainPOP will only be renewed through SLED through June 30, 2025. Educators wishing to continue the resource locally, see note on SLED home page.

    Short animated films on science, social studies, English, math, engineering & tech, health and arts and music. Students may also take quizzes, do activities and view related videos.

  • BrainPOP Educators

    Educational teaching resources including lesson planning and professional development for our BrainPOP subscription.

  • BrainPopJr (K-3)
    Because of budget cuts and cost increases, BrainPOPJr will only be renewed through SLED through June 30, 2025. Educators wishing to continue the resource locally, see note on SLED home page.

    Short animated films for K-3 students on science, social studies, English, math, engineering & tech, health and arts and music. Students may also take quizzes, do activities and view related videos.

  • Business Source Premier
    Business articles from financial, banking and industry publications.
  • Business Source Premier Business Searching Interface
  • Chronicling America
    Access digitized historical newspapers from around the state and country.
  • Computer Source
    Index and abstracts of publications covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, information systems, and software; includes many full text publications.
  • Consumer Health Complete
    Comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content.
  • EBSCO Open Dissertations (formerly American Doctoral Dissertations)
    An open-access database built to assist researchers in locating both historic and contemporary dissertations and theses, incorporating EBSCO’s previously released American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933-1955, with additional dissertation metadata contributed by select American colleges and universities. When full text is not directly accessible, there is sometimes a link to free full text at institutional repositories.
  • ERIC
    Index and abstracts of journal articles and reports on education; some publications are available in full text.
  • Explora Educator's Edition
    Access lesson plans, student tools, curriculum standards and more, as well as a search of ERIC, Teacher Reference Center and Professional Development Center.
  • Explora for Grades 6-12
    A dedicated, graphically oriented search for EBSCO's health and education related databases geared towards grades 6-12.
  • Explora for Grades K-5 Best Bet
    A dedicated, graphically oriented search for EBSCO's health and education related databases, geared towards Kindergarten through 5th grades.
  • Fuente Académica
    Scholarly academic journals in Spanish in all major subject areas.
  • Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
    An online encyclopedia.
  • Gale in Context
    Includes access to over 150 ebooks, as well as full text of magazines and newspapers, and multimedia. Formerly known as Student Resources in Context, Gale in Context: High School and Gale in Context: College are both the same database.
  • GreenFILE
    Index and abstracts of scholarly, government, and general-interest publications covering human impact on the environment, such as global warming, green building, and renewable energy.
  • Health Source - Consumer Edition
    Full text general health care publications and medical journals.
  • Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
    Full text scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
  • HeritageQuest Online
    Genealogy resources, including US Federal Census records, genealogical book and periodical indexes, Revolutionary War records and Freedman's Bank records.
  • History Reference Center
    Designed for academic research, this database features full text for more than 1,990 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books.
  • HistoryMakers
    "Over 148,163 stories are assembled here from life oral history interviews with 2,691 historically significant African Americans as of October 1, 2020."
  • Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
    Index, with abstracts, of periodicals, books, research reports and proceedings covering librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
  • Live Homework Help
  • MAS Ultra - School Edition
    Magazines for students in high school.
  • MasterFILE Complete
    Full text periodicals covering business, health, social science, education, and other general interest topics.
  • MedicLatina
    Spanish language medical research and investigative journals.
  • MEDLINE
    Index and abstracts from biomedical journals.
  • Middle Search Plus
    Magazines for students in middle school.
  • Military & Government Collection
    Index and abstracts of articles pertaining to all branches of the military and many government agencies.
  • Newspaper Source Plus
    Full text articles from US and international newspapers, as well as radio and television news transcripts.
  • NoveList
    Information designed to help match books with readers.
  • Novelist K-8
    Information designed to help match books with young readers.
  • Open Polar
    The global open access portal for research data and publications on the Arctic and Antarctic. Provides a combination of links to full text/image/audio/video and citations with abstracts.
  • Oxford Premium Reference Collection
    Over 100 English and bilingual dictionaries, books of quotations, maps, timelines, and more.
  • Points of View Reference Center
    Contains resources that present multiple sides of an issue.
  • Primary Search
    Magazines for students in elementary school.
  • Professional Development Collection
    Full text journals and reports for professional educators.
  • Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
    Full text articles on topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
  • Regional Business News
    Current news on industries around the world.
  • Religion and Philosophy Collection
    Full text articles covering such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.
  • Science Reference Center
    A comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text, science-oriented content.
  • Semantic Scholar
    Search open scholarly sources using artificial intelligence: narrow down your search with suggested search terms, see overviews of research on specific topics, and see connections between studies.
  • Small Business Reference Center
    Full text periodicals, reference books, and videos on a variety of business topics including hiring and managing employees, marketing, interviews, customer service, and communication. Includes books published by Nolo, a well-respected publisher of legal resources for people who are not legal professionals.
  • Teacher Reference Center
    Index and abstracts of journals and magazines for professional educators.
  • Teen Health & Wellness
    A comprehensive database that allows teens (and those who care about teens) to research health-related issues important to their well-being. It’s both a research/report tool and a self-help resource.
  • TOPICsearch
    Selected articles relating to school debate topics and current events.
  • Tumblebooks Featured
    Includes ebooks, animated ebooks, and videos for kids in kindergarten through 6th grade, in English, Spanish, and French. Flash required to access animated and video content. Available as an iOS or Android app. Paid for by the Alaska Dept. of Education and Early Development.
  • Worldcat.org
    Find entries for more than 2 billion library items in more than 10,000 libraries around the world.