LibGuides: Alaskan Issues: Find Books, Articles, and More!

Featured Books

Alaska at 50 by Gregory W. Kimura (Editor)
Call Number: F904.A477 2009
ISBN: 9781602230613
Publication Date: 2009
Amazing Alaska! by Deb Vanasse; K. E. Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: 979.8 VANASSE Book - Children's Alaskan Collection
ISBN: 9781570615429
Publication Date: 2010

Highlighted Databases for Alaskan Issues

While most databases available through the Egan Library will have some items on Alaska, these databases have a particular Alaska/polar regions focus.

Alaska and Polar Periodical Index This link opens in a new window
Newspaper, magazine, journal, and newsletter articles about Alaska and the polar regions. More than 150,000 articles are covered, with 5,000 added each year; most articles are not in any other index. Coverage is strong from the 1980s to the present. There are articles from key periodicals such as "National Geographic" (1890 to present), "Alaska Life: the Territorial Magazine" (1938-1946), the UA student newspaper "Farthest North Collegian" (1923-1958), etc. This database is open to all.
More than 200,000 articles are covered, and most articles are not in any other index. Coverage is strong from the 1980s to 2016. There are articles from key periodicals such as "National Geographic" (1890 to 2012), "Alaska Life: the Territorial Magazine" (1938-1946), the UA student newspaper "Farthest North Collegian" (1923-1958), etc. Obituaries for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, the Alaska Dispatch News, and the Juneau Empire are indexed through June 30, 2016. For obituaries after this date, digital versions exist through Legacy.com.
Index - not all entries available in full text. If the article you need is not available, contact Egan Library. The Library may be able to obtain it using interlibrary loan.

Anchorage Daily News
This database from NewsBank Full-Text Newspapers contains local news stories published in the Anchorage Daily News from October 1985 to the present. It does not contain photos, graphics, national news stories or advertising (classified or retail).
Arctic & Antarctic Regions
Arctic & Antarctic Regions is the world's largest collection of international polar databases. With over 1 million records from 1800 to the present, Arctic & Antarctic Regions covers a wide variety of sources from multiple disciplines. Many sources are indexed only in Arctic & Antarctic Regions making it the best resource for research on cold regions anywhere, from temperate regions with cold winters to the Himalayas of Tibet.
See all databases for Alaskan Issues

Finding Books and Media

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