UAF has two libraries on the Fairbanks campus and libraries on three rural campuses. The Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, on the Troth Yeddha' campus in Fairbanks, is the leading research library in the state, with a comprehensive physical and online collection. The Keith B. Mather Library, also on the Troth Yeddha' campus in Fairbanks, holds collections in the geological and biological sciences and is Alaska’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office depository. Both libraries offer wireless networking, public computer terminals and designated quiet study spaces with natural lighting. Rasmuson Library also has group study rooms and a secure 24-hour study space with computers.

The Rasmuson and Mather libraries provide extensive reference and instructional services for students. Library faculty and staff help students conduct library research using print materials and online databases and collections. The library information and research course, LS F101X, is a required course for bachelor's and associate degrees and gives students an introduction to effective methods of identifying, locating and evaluating information resources, as well as a thorough introduction to information literacy.

UAF libraries provide access to online catalogs and databases, as well as resources worldwide through interlibrary loans. The library website is a gateway to more than 200 subscribed online databases, with broad coverage in the sciences, humanities and social sciences, business management and engineering. Web-based indexes and collections link to full-text articles from more than 60,000 periodicals. Additional web-based resources include reference tools, electronic books, specialized sources for Arctic and polar information and indexes to special formats such as government documents and dissertations. ScholarWorks@UA, the University of Alaska online institutional repository, makes theses, dissertations, articles and other scholarly works by UA students and faculty freely available to the public.

The Rasmuson Library is a federal depository library and houses titles from the Government Printing Office that are related to Alaska and some Pacific Northwest states. Special collections in the library include the internationally recognized Alaska and Polar Regions Collections and Archives, which houses historical books, periodicals, documents, manuscripts, photographs, film, audio recordings, oral history projects and maps. APRCA digitizes selected archival materials to make unique collection materials available worldwide.

Get more Rasmuson Library information at 907-474-7481, AskRasmusonLibrary@uaf.libanswers.com or at the Rasmuson Library's website.