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Overview (General Collection, Oversize Books, Juvenile Collection, Recordings, Reference Collection, Indexes and Abstracts, Map Collection)

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Overview

General Collection

The largest collection in the library, the General Collection, contains materials you may check-out of the library in all subject areas. Library of Congress call numbers ranging from A-PZ are located on the Lower Level, and call numbers Q-Z are housed on the Mezzanine Level. General Collection books will have the location designation "Circulating Collection" and "Stacks" in the Library Catalog.

Oversize Books

All circulating books of large dimensions (over 12") are shelved along the back wall of the Lower Level and are identified by the location designation "Oversize" in the Library Catalog.

Juvenile Collection

Egan Library has a sizeable collection of juvenile literature. This includes children's and young adult books, preschool through Grade 9, in both Fiction and Non-Fiction. These books are shelved on the Mezzanine Level as a separate collection and provide additional support for our Education and Early Childhood Development programs. Fiction items are shelved alphabetically by author, and Non-Fiction items are arranged according to the Dewey Decimal Classification system. The location designation for this collection in the online catalog is "Juvenile Fiction" or "Juvenile Non-Fiction."

Recordings

Over 1,000 musical and spoken-word cassettes are available for circulation. The library also has a growing collection of videos relating primarily to courses offered at UAS. The video collection is housed near the Reference Desk and titles can be found through the Library Catalog. The music audiocassettes are kept at the Circulation Desk and can be searched and identified through the Library Catalog. Spoken-word cassettes are shelved in the General Collection and may also be found through the online catalog. Cassette and video players are available in the Audio/Video section of the Library.

Egan Library provides a collection of sound recordings on public affairs for checkout. Dialogue,a radio program sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, is available on CD in the Periodicals area.

Reference Collection

Indexes and Abstracts

You may identify articles written on specific topics which have appeared in various journals, magazines, and newspapers by using periodical indexes and abstracting services. In addition to general indexes which cover several subjects, each major discipline has its own subject indexes. Some examples are:

Social Sciences Index
Essay and General Literature Index
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
America: History and Life
Business Indexes
Health Reference Services
Bald Eagle Index (Bibliography containing hundreds of articles on Bald Eagles - the articles are located in a file in Egan Library Reference Collection)
Southeast Alaska Heritage Index (Index to articles on Tlingit/Haida cultures - the articles are located in a file in Egan Library Reference Collection)

Map Collection

The Egan Library maintains a non-circulating collection of maps and atlases, located near the reference desk. This collection includes complete sets of the National Ocean Services coast survey nautical charts for Alaska, and of the USGS topographical series maps of Alaska in the scale of 1:63,360. The collection also includes USGS topographical maps of Alaska in scales of 1:25,000, 1:50,000 and 1:250,000; U.S. and Canadian road maps; and a variety of miscellaneous thematic maps that include charts of the moon.

Government Documents

 

Egan Library is designated as a selective depository for publications of the U.S. Government. These federal publications are integrated into the General Collection and can be found by searching the Library Catalog.

Egan Library is one of eight Alaskan libraries participating in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). For more information about these libraries, about the FDLP, and for links to additional government information, visit the AkLA Government Documents Roundtable page.

For additional government information see the Government, Political Sciences & Law Electronic Resources page.