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Britannica Online
Britannica Online Public Library Edition
Britannica Online School Edition
Enciclopedia Universal en Español
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Merriam-Webster Online
Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Reference Online Premium

Biography and Genealogy

Biography Reference Bank
HeritageQuest™ Online
Inside the Library Link HeritageQuest™ Online

Languages, Literature, Writers and Books

Book Collection: Nonfiction
Literary Reference Center
Literature Resource Center
--LRC includes Contemporary Authors
--Scribner's Writers Series
--Twayne's Authors Series
LitFinder
LitFinder: Poems
NoveList
PoemFinder See LitFinder: Poems
Tell Me More

Social Sciences and Tests

African-American History and Culture
Annals of American History Online
ERIC
Ethnic NewsWatch
Europa World
GPO Monthly Catalog
History Reference Center
LearningExpressLibrary
LegalTrac
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Professional Collection
Sanborn Maps, 1867- 1970: Alabama
Vocational and career collection
World Data Analyst

Business

Business and Company Resource Center
Business Index ASAP
Business Source Premier
Reference USA
Regional Business News

General Reference, Magazines, and Newspapers 

Academic OneFile
Academic Search Premier
EBSCOhost Deutsch
EBSCOhost Espanol
EBSCOhost Francais
EBSCOhost Web
Expanded Academic ASAP
FirstSearch
Gale Virtual Reference Library
General OneFile
General Reference Center Gold
¡Informe! (Revistas en Español)
News Library
Only The Birmingham News' articles are available full text
Power Search (Thomson Gale)
Serials Solutions
SIRS Knowledge Source
Student Research Center

For Young People

Britannica Learning Zone
Enciclopedia Juvenil
Homework Alabama
Kids InfoBits
Kids Search
Live Homework Help
SIRS Discoverer
Student Edition
Tutor.com

Health and Science

Alt HealthWatch
Auto Repair Reference Center
EBSCO's Encyclopedia of Animals
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

Local History

Alabama Coal Mine Fatalities, 1898 - 1938
Alabama Episcopal Church Registers
Alabama Inventors Database
Alabama Mosaic
Digital Collections
Obituary Index : Birmingham Area Newspapers
Red Mountain Cemetery, Records of Interments, 1888-1906
WPA Index to Alabama Biography
Title Description Audience Source Help
Academic OneFile Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily. Audience: college Adults AVL
Academic Search Premier Full text and images from over 4,700 journals covering biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc. Teens Adults AVL
African-American History and Culture Comprehensive reference of African-American history, culture, and experience. Biographies, encyclopedia, historical documents, photo gallery, maps, quotes, bibliographies, and charts. Browse categories or search specific topics. Many links to related subjsubjects in the database and to other Web sites researched and compiled by the editors. Timelines with links to specific persons and subjects in African-American history, slavery, and civil rights. From Facts on File. Children Teens Adults APLS
Alabama Coal Mine Fatalities, 1898 - 1938 The Alabama Coal Mine Fatalities Database consists of 2188 records compiled by the staff of the Government Documents department using available annual reports of Alabama mine inspectors from 1898 through 1938. Teens Adults BPL
Alabama Episcopal Church Registers The Alabama Episcopal Church Registers are a part of the records of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama preserved in the Archives of the Birmingham Public Library. The Alabama Episcopal Church Registers lists confirmations, baptisms, marriages, burials and more for 14000+ people in a growing list of Alabama parishes. Teens Adults BPL
Alabama Inventors Database This database includes inventors who lived in Alabama at the time they received their patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The Government Documents Department of the Birmingham Public Library has compiled these records and will add to and update them as information becomes available. Teens Adults BPL
Alabama Mosaic AlabamaMosaic (Alabama's Digitization Project) is a work in progress. A number of collections are available for browsing and searching. More collections will be added in the near future. The purpose of AlabamaMosaic is to make unique historical treasures from Alabama's archives, libraries, museums, and other repositories electronically accessible to Alabama residents as well as scholars throughout the world Teens Adults NAAL
Alt HealthWatch Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine. It offers libraries an immediate resource of full text articles, from 140 international, and often peer-reviewed, journals, reports, proceedings and association & consumer newsletters. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Teens Adults AVL
Annals of American History Online History, society, and everyday life come into focus through a variety of articles and media. You now have access to search the 5.2 million words, graphics, and multimedia from the Annals of American History Online, including: 2,100 entries from 1493 to the present, and original source documents such as speeches, essays, biographies, and editorials. Children Teens Adults AVL
Auto Repair Reference Center Auto Repair Reference Center includes automotive repair information supplied by Nichols Publishing, the former publisher of the Chilton information. It contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1954. Database content includes approximately 25,000 vehicles covered from 1954 to present; over 100,000 factory drawings and step-by-step photographs; over 65,000 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer; wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing; specifications & maintenance schedules; Labor Time Guide & Estimator; and Quick Tips, a complete guide to vehicle ownership & maintenance. New repair procedures and updates will also be added continuously. Teens Adults AVL Auto Repair Resource Center
Biography Reference Bank Biography Reference Bank contains biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present, along with thousands of images. It contains the full text of the articles from more than 100 volumes of biographical reference books published by H. W. Wilson, including all the articles from all volumes of Current Biography, the World Author Series, Nobel Prize Winners, World Artists, World Film Directors, American Reformers, and numerous biographical books on musicians and composers throughout history. Also included are thousands of biographies from other respected publishers, including Macmillan UK, Greenwood, Houghton Mifflin, and Harvard University Press Teens Adults AVL
Book Collection: Nonfiction A rich research database for public libraries, it contains informative abstracts and full text for more than 2,000 popular nonfiction books. The database includes full text entries on social studies and science, as well as information on careers, health, sports, adventure, and technology. Children Teens Adults AVL
Britannica Learning Zone This classroom-tested online resource is designed specifically for young learners. Students can choose to Play, Explore, Read, or Draw. Your students will find engaging and developmentally-appropriate activities including an interactive atlas, learning games, engaging audio and video, and effective vocabulary builders. The Britannica Learning Zone teaches concepts such as geography, time, shapes, numbers, and reinforces relevant vocabulary, all in a fun and safe online environment. There is also an area where students can demonstrate their creativity and practice what they've learned. Children AVL
Britannica Online Encyclopædia Britannica Online includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year. Through this service, you can find more than 118,000 articles, updated and revised by Encyclopædia Britannica editors and contributors; over 14,000 illustrations, including photographs, drawings, maps, and flags; and more than 215,000 entries--including definitions, pronunciation guides, and word histories. Teens Adults AVL
Britannica Online Public Library Edition Britannica Online Public Library Edition includes two unique home pages -- one for children and another for adults -- that will serve an entire library community with a single product. Britannica Online Public Library Edition contains 4 full encyclopedias, the Encyclopædia Britannica, Compton’s by Britannica, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia each covering the research needs of a different age group. Along with this encyclopedia content, Public Library Edition contains full-text magazine articles, Web sites that have been reviewed and verified by Britannica editors, a homework help section for students, a world atlas, Merriam-Webster dictionaries and thesauri for children and adults, a Spanish-English dictionary, video and audio content, daily content updates, and more. Audience: general public Teens Adults AVL
Britannica Online School Edition Britannica Online® School Edition offers teachers and students access to three complete encyclopedias, the Encyclopedia Britannica, the Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia that ensure consistency with classroom-topics and age-appropriate language. Teacher and student tools are also included such as video, media, journals, magazines, interactive activity guides, lesson plans, an Internet guide and downloadable student activities. The School Edition has 118,000 articles, 22,000 images, 2,000 video clips, 24,000 biographies and detailed maps of 196 countries. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus and Spotlight features are also a part of this resource. Children Teens AVL
Business and Company Resource Center Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, histories, chronologies. Detailed news and information on companies and industry. Teens Adults AVL Business and Company Resource Center
Business Index ASAP Management issues, economic indicators, business theories and practices, activities of companies and industries worldwide. Full-text articles, images, and citations from academic journals and trade magazines. Teens Adults AVL
Business Source Premier Business, management, economics, finance, banking, and accounting. Full-text articles from more than 1,000 newspapers and magazines. Teens Adults AVL
Digital Collections   Teens Adults BPL
eBooks   Children Teens Adults JCLC
EBSCOhost Deutsch     AVL
EBSCOhost Espanol     AVL
EBSCOhost Francais     AVL
EBSCOhost Web Full text articles, abstracts, and citations from magazines, newspapers, academic and professional journals, trade publications, reference works, travel guides, ERIC(r) the Educational Resource Information Center, etc. Daily news updates. General reference, current events, business, consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals. Images and maps. Electric Library Full text from popular magazines, reference books, travel guides, newspapers, and broadcast transcripts. Find topics, pictures, and maps by subject. Many options for sorting results include relevance, date, reading level. Has a "go to best part" feature. Children Teens Adults AVL EBSCOhost Web (PDF)
EBSCO's Encyclopedia of Animals Information on animals and topics relating to animals. Images. Children Teens Adults AVL
Enciclopedia Juvenil Enciclopedia Juvenil from Encyclopedia Britannica is a comprehensive reference resource for ages 6-12. The Elementary Encyclopedia, with more than 1,500 articles and 1,000 images, is age-appropriate and based on school curriculum needs Children AVL
Enciclopedia Universal en Español Enciclopedia Universal en Español is the perfect resource for native Spanish speakers, bilingual students, and students learning Spanish. It is a comprehensive encyclopedia in the Spanish language, containing over 47,000 articles plus 8,300 photos and images Teens Adults AVL
ERIC Part of EBSCOhost Web. Educational Resource Information Center. Full text of more than 2,200 digests. Citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals. Adults AVL
Ethnic NewsWatch Information about ethnic groups in articles, editorials, and reviews. Newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic and minority press. Teens Adults AVL
Europa World Provides detailed country surveys containing the latest analytical, statistical, and directory data available for over 250 countries and territories. The database includes a comprehensive listing of some 1,700 International Organizations such as the United Nations, The European Union, the International Organization for Migration and the World Trade Organization, and provides details of countries arranged alphabetically from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Teens Adults AVL
Expanded Academic ASAP Full text of magazine and journal articles, citations for additional articles, and links to other relevant articles. Find articles by topic, relevance, or keyword. Features allow narrowing subjects with more specific subdivisions, limiting results by date or to a specific publication, broadening search to expanded subdivisions, or selecting only articles having full text. Teens Adults AVL
FirstSearch Worldwide library catalog identifies libraries that own items searched. Comprehensive reference service available only though libraries. Databases, links to the World Wide Web, over 10 million online full-text articles, full-image articles from over 4,000 electronic journals. Wide range of subject areas. Bibliographic and full-text databases, directories, almanacs and encyclopedias. Children Teens Adults AVL
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia   Teens Adults AVL
Gale Virtual Reference Library Gale Virtual Reference Library delivers a wealth of eBook reference content in a database format, allowing libraries to choose exactly which titles to make available to their patrons. The sources that Gale Virtual Reference Library offers in eBook format include multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized reference sources. Subjects covered include Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science, and Social Science. Teens Adults AVL
General OneFile Millions of full-text magazine articles on business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature, art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, etc. Images. Updated daily. Find articles by topic, relevance, or keyword. Features allow narrowing subjects with more specific subdivisions, limiting results by date or to a specific publication, broadening search to expanded subdivisions, or selecting only articles having full text. Children Teens Adults AVL
General Reference Center Gold Directory listings for over 150,000 companies. Reports on major companies and industries. Primarily full-text articles. Available in the Birmingham Public Library Business, Science & Technology Department. Children Teens Adults AVL General Reference Gold (PDF)
GPO Monthly Catalog Consists of references to congressional committee reports and hearings, debates, documents from executive departments, and judiciary materials. Adults AVL
Health Source: Consumer Edition This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 150 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis. Teens Adults AVL
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis. Adults AVL
HeritageQuest™ Online
Inside the Library Link HeritageQuest™ Online
census data, family records and local histories. This collection assembles every extant U.S. federal census, banking and military records, genealogies, local histories, primary source materials, and genealogical and local history serials. An ongoing project (new content is added weekly), HeritageQuest Online will grow to encompass obituaries, Freedman’s Bank Records, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Index and additional materials. Adults JCLC
History Reference Center History Reference Center features cover-to-cover full text for more than 650 historical encyclopedias and other non-fiction books. The database also includes full text for nearly 60 leading history periodicals; 58,000 historical documents; 43,000 biographies of historical figures; more than 12,000 historical photos and maps; and 87 hours of historical film and video. Teens Adults AVL
Homework Alabama Alabama's Free Live Online Homework Help Service: HomeworkAlabama.org. This service offers free homework help from subject specialists. Available Everyday from 3 p.m. until Midnight ! ! ! Free Tutoring - Math - Science - Social Studies - English Grades 4-12 and College Intro. HomeworkAlabama.org is provided free of charge to all residents of Alabama by APLS (the State Library of Alabama) and your local Public Library with a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Children Teens APLS
¡Informe! (Revistas en Español) Spanish magazine articles. Searchable in Spanish. Some articles in English. Current events, business, health, technology, culture, etc. Children Teens Adults AVL
Kids InfoBits Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Children AVL Kids InfoBits (PDF)
Kids Search This new interface is designed to offer elementary school students an easy-to-use and graphically appealing search experience, including improved functionality over Searchasaurus and Primary Search. It features better relevancy ranking, topic searching and access to a wide variety of source types. The Basic Search screen highlights Topics rather than Source Types, and includes the ability to search Images or Images/Videos, from the toolbar. Children AVL Kids Search (PDF)
LearningExpressLibrary Skill-building and test preparation materials for standardized tests. Interactive practice exams based on official exams. Scoring and analysis of practice test responses. Basic skills, college preparatory, civil service, GED, and some specific careers. Teens Adults APLS LearningExpressLibrary (PDF)
LegalTrac Index to articles in all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals, and legal newspapers. Indexes articles on federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice. Also included are: British Commonwealth, European Union, and International Law. Adults AVL
Literary Reference Center Literary Reference Center (LRC) is a comprehensive literary reference database that provides a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. LRC is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else Teens Adults AVL
Literature Resource Center
--LRC includes Contemporary Authors
--Scribner's Writers Series
--Twayne's Authors Series
Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis of more than 120,000 literary figures from all time periods in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, etc. Full-text, excerpted, and commissioned essays. Explanations and overviews of prominent literary works. Links to about 5,000 Web sites on major authors and their works. Timeline placing literature within historical context. 2,300 author portraits. Search by author, title, genre, literary movement or theme. Teens Adults AVL
LitFinder Full-text poems, poem citations, and excerpts from books and magazines. Find poems by author, title, subject, keywords, first line or last line. International coverage from ancient times to the present. Poetry for children and adults. Includes all important schools and movements. Year's best poetry, new poems, explanations, biographies, pictures, glossary. Over 100,000 full-text poems including over 10,000 copyrighted poems. More than 800,000 poem citations and excerpts. Includes short stories, essays, plays, and speeches. Children Teens Adults AVL LitFinder (PDF)
LitFinder: Poems   Children Teens Adults AVL
Live Homework Help Alabama's Free Live Online Homework Help Service: HomeworkAlabama.org. This service offers free homework help from subject specialists. Available Everyday from 3 p.m. until Midnight ! ! ! Free Tutoring - Math - Science - Social Studies - English Grades 4-12 and College Intro. HomeworkAlabama.org is provided free of charge to all residents of Alabama by APLS (the State Library of Alabama) and your local Public Library with a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Children Teens APLS
Merriam-Webster Online   Teens Adults  
News Library
Only The Birmingham News' articles are available full text
Full text articles from The Birmingham News. Select Alabama on the map, then choose to search The Birmingham News. Scroll down to the search box, type the name, word, or phrase. Limit with additional search options provided. Select full-text articles from the abstracts. Children Teens Adults JCLC NewsLibrary (PDF)
NoveList Helps readers find fiction authors and titles of interest by name, theme, subject, genre, or plot. Feature articles, book discussion guides, book talks, and lists of outstanding titles in fiction. Materials for all ages, including picture books, children' Children Teens Adults APLS
Obituary Index : Birmingham Area Newspapers This database is an ongoing project of the Government Documents Department of the Birmingham Public Library. Obituaries from three Birmingham area newspapers are included: Birmingham News Birmingham World Methodist Christian Advocate Teens Adults BPL
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center This source draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. Teens Adults AVL Opposing Viewpoints (PDF)
Oxford English Dictionary The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books. The OED covers words from across the English-speaking world, from North America to South Africa, from Australia and New Zealand to the Caribbean. It also offers the best in etymological analysis and in listing of variant spellings, and it shows pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet Teens Adults AVL
Oxford Reference Online Premium Oxford Reference Online Premium brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource.The Core Collection contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. It is a fully-indexed, cross-searchable database of these books, giving subscribers unprecedented access to a comprehensive information resource.The Premium Collection offers all of the above, plus added functionality and more detailed information across a broad subject range from titles in the world-renowned Oxford Companions Series, to enhance the coverage already provided by the award-winning Core Collection. Teens Adults AVL
PoemFinder See LitFinder: Poems   Children Teens Adults AVL
Power Search (Thomson Gale) A super-powered search engine featuring innovative cross-searching capabilities, users can access all the Thomson Gale content in the library's collection by exploring one, several or all available databases simultaneously. Teens Adults AVL
Professional Collection A collection of over 1,335,000 full text articles from periodicals for teachers and school administrators Adults AVL
Red Mountain Cemetery, Records of Interments, 1888-1906 Red Mountain Cemetery, sometimes called Southside Cemetery, was used by the City of Birmingham from 1888 to 1906 as a place to bury the indigent dead. The cemetery contains 4,711 burials and was located south of the city on the site that is now Lane Park and the Birmingham Zoo. The graves were not removed, but decades after the cemetery ceased to be used, the park and zoo were built over the graves. Teens Adults BPL
Reference USA Directory of U.S. businesses, company leaders, parent companies, and subsidiaries. Updated monthly. Available in the Birmingham Public Library Business, Science & Technology Department. Adults JCLC Reference USA
Regional Business News This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis Teens Adults AVL
Sanborn Maps, 1867- 1970: Alabama Digital versions of large-scale maps of Alabama towns and cities. Fire insurance maps with data on structures in use at the time the map was made. Includes information such as the outline of each building, the size, shape and construction materials, heighheights, and function of structures, location of windows and doors. Street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. Teens Adults JCLC
Serials Solutions Serials Solutions provides a reference tool to determine which full-text electronic serials are available through the AVL licensed databases. Use Serials Solutions to reduce search time when looking for a specific electronic journal and to find and use AVL resources that may be overlooked. Serials Solutions will help you to know what electronic journals are available in the AVL databases. Audience: middle school through college, general public Teens Adults AVL
SIRS Discoverer School topics and current events from articles and graphics from more than 1,400 U.S. and international magazines, newspapers and U.S. government documents. Research ideas, activities, biographies, photo essays, country facts, almanac, dictionary, thesaurus, and current events. Middle and elementary school. Children AVL SIRS (PDF)
SIRS Knowledge Source Updated daily. Information on social issues, economics, business, politics, global issues, scientific developments, health, history, government, culture, the arts and humanities. Full-text articles, primary source documents and Internet resources. Search tips for new users. Browsable by specific topics. Layout similar to Yahoo. Great for school assignments. Wilson Omnifile Searches by topics or across disciplines in Wilson databases. Full-text articles, indexing and abstracting for over 1,300 periodicals from January 1994 to present. Teens Adults AVL SIRS (PDF)
Student Edition Magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text). Information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports, etc. High school. Teens AVL
Student Research Center Provides students with the most appropriate research tools for easily obaining the information that they need from their EBSCO databases. Users can easily pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search. They can also search their databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of the day, and even limit their search according to appropriate Lexile reading levels. Audience: middle and high school Teens Adults AVL Student Research Center (PDF)
Tell Me More TELL ME MORE® is the most complete offer for language learning with up to 2,000 hours of learning per language for libraries. TELL ME MORE® also covers all the skills to learn a language: reading and writing, listening and speaking, grammar, vocabulary, culture,… TELL ME MORE® is available only through Microsoft Internet Explorer (5.0 or higher). Teens Adults JCLC
Tutor.com Alabama's Free Live Online Homework Help Service: HomeworkAlabama.org. This service offers free homework help from subject specialists. Available Everyday from 3 p.m. until Midnight ! ! ! Free Tutoring - Math - Science - Social Studies - English Grades 4-12 and College Intro. HomeworkAlabama.org is provided free of charge to all residents of Alabama by APLS (the State Library of Alabama) and your local Public Library with a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Children Teens APLS
Vocational and career collection Part of EBSCOhost Web. Full text of articles in over 360 trade and industry related periodicals. Adults AVL
World Data Analyst This powerful yet easy-to-use online tool lets students analyze countries at a glance. World Data Analyst offers detailed statistical comparisons of countries around the world, using both the most recent statistics and historical figures. Plus, students can create tables, charts, and even export the information to a spreadsheet for printing and data crunching. Students can also link to country articles from the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. It all leads to better understanding of our ever-changing world. Audience: middle school and above Teens Adults AVL
WPA Index to Alabama Biography The "WPA Index to Alabama Biography" was a Works Progress Administration project begun in the 1930’s then abandoned when funding for the WPA was curtailed. Although the index was never completed, over 97 titles such as Who's Who in America, other biographical dictionaries, and local histories were indexed by the workers. It is an invaluable tool for researching Alabama biographical sources. Teens Adults BPL