Database Details

APPI - Alaska and Polar Periodical Index

Type:   Index
Description:   This index, also known as the Bibliography of Alaska and Polar Regions, cites articles in English about Alaska, northern Canada, northern Scandinavia, the Russian Far East, and Antarctica.
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.
It also includes two weekly newspaper magazine supplements: We Alaskans from The Anchorage Daily News (ceased publication in 2000) and the The Heartland from the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
The index is produced by the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Publisher:   University of Alaska Fairbanks
Creator:   University of Alaska Fairbanks
Library System:   Unicorn (SIRSI)