Tax forms have arrived at the library! You’ll find them just across from the Main Circulation Desk. We have the following forms and instructions:
1040EZ
1040A
1040
Need help with your taxes? Visit one of the many free tax preparation sites in Anchorage before April 18 to have your federal income taxes prepared and filed for free by one of AARP Foundation Tax-Aide’s IRS-certified volunteers. Consult the calendar below for more information.
The Consortium Library does not purchase textbooks for classes, but fortunately you have some alternatives:
1) Stop by the Library’s circulation desk to see if the book for your class has been put on reserve by your professor. Make sure you know the instructor’s last name and the title of the item. Or you can check for yourself by going to the Library Catalog, change the default from “All Collections” and choose Course Reserves Consortium or Course Reserves LC (Learning Commons). You can search by instructor last name, course name, or course ID.
2) Check if you are able to rent the textbook through the UAA Campus Bookstore or purchase a used copy.
3) Try one of the websites listed in our Textbook guide to rent, download, purchase used, or access an open textbook.
Good luck with the spring semester!
Happy Holidays!
While the choir doesn’t sound quite as gleeful as it might, here’s a link to one of the cheeriest carols around, Walt Kelley’s ‘Deck Us All With Boston Charlie’ from Pogo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL0lPcNwRqQ
The Reference News Blog will return in early January.
The Consortium Library Prize lauds an exemplary undergraduate research project from any discipline which demonstrates evidence of significant scholarly investigation and utilization of library resources, print and archival as well as electronic. The selected student will be officially recognized university-wide and will be honored with a $500 award.
Deadline: The fall 2016 deadline is December 9th at 5:00pm.
To Apply: To apply, complete this cover sheet and submit, with your project, following instructions from the Office of Undergraduate Research.
Eligibility: Applicants must meet the following criteria:
Research projects can be submitted by either December 9, 2016 or March 21, 2017. Projects must have been completed in the Spring 2016, Summer 2016, or Fall 2016 semester. Research projects completed in Spring 2017 are eligible for the award as long as the final project can be submitted by the spring deadline.
To learn more about this prize, you can visit the Consortium Library Prize guide.
If don’t already have coverage for 2017, you may be eligible to sign up for health insurance through ACA’s Health Care Marketplace. Open enrollment runs from November 1 – December 15, 2016 for coverage starting January 1.
If you miss the open enrollment deadline, January 31, 2017 is the last day to sign up to receive coverage for 2017.
There are many types of plans, so to help you decide, check out this helpful guide on the Affordable Care Act and Insurance Exchanges, kindly compiled by Sigrid Brudie, Alaska Medical Library. Alaska-specific information is included there as well.
Despite election promises to end ACA, experts say to go ahead and sign up since laws prevent your policy from being cancelled during 2017. If Congress ends the subsidies before the year is out, you can drop the coverage without penalty.