Get Started @ Egan Library

Your UA Student ID is your library account number, and you can use your Whalecard as your library card to check out library materials, like books and DVDs, and to use Alaska Digital Library for ebooks and audiobooks! Egan Library online resources (journal article databases, ebooks, etc.) are accessible using your UAS username and password.

If you are an e-Learner, you can also have library materials delivered to your local library or your home. Learn more about your library card and checking out materials from Egan Library and other libraries in our consortium.

You can access our electronic resources, which include books and full-text articles, from any computer with an Internet connection through the Library's website 24/7.  If you are off-campus, you will be prompted to login using your UA username and password. Check ELMO if you don't have or have forgotten this information.

You can request books that are available at any library that is part of the Alaska Library Catalog, including all of the UA libraries, Juneau and Sitka public libraries, and many others. The item will be delivered to your home library, and you will be notified when you can pick it up. It's free and easy! 

1. Find the item that you want in the catalog and click "Place Hold."
2. Log in with your full UA email address and password.
3. Select a library from the drop-down menu. This is where you will be able to pick up the book.

You will receive an email when your book has arrived and is ready to be picked up.

We do our best to have the materials that you need for your research and study in our collection.  If we don't have an item that you need, you may find it in one of the libraries that participate in the Alaska Library Catalog (which is the same as the Egan Library Catalog). If you need to expand your search beyond the collections of the libraries that participate in the Alaska Library Catalog, you can get materials from libraries around the world using our Interlibrary loan (ILL) service. The first time you login with your UA username and password, you'll be prompted to fill out a registration form.