The Los Angeles Library shares an online catalog with the other Alliant Library locations, so resources available anywhere in the system are easily located and requested.  Materials that are not owned by Alliant are available through LINK+, interlibrary loan and access to library collections at other institutions in the LA metropolitan area (e.g., UCLA, USC, and the University campuses.

Students and faculty have access to a variety of electronic indexes and databases, many of which include full-text articles and books. Databases such as PsycINFO, Business Source Premier, and Social Science Citation Index are available on public-access computers in the Library and may be searched, via the Web, from students' homes and offices.  

Alliant librarians are available to: answer reference questions in person, by email, and over the telephone; orient new students on library resources, policies and procedures, and principles of information competence; tutor students (individually and in groups) about information resources and the intricacies of database searching; provide customized class presentations on specialized topics such as locating measuring instruments for dissertation research and psychometric information about them; provide individual research consultations (by appointment) to assist students and faculty in performing comprehensive literature searches on a particular topic for their dissertations, doctoral projects, journal articles, book chapters, etc.; develop print and electronic research guides on various topics and databases; and select books and other materials for the library’s collection to meet the unique research needs of Alliant students.