Academic Search Premier
This multi-disciplinary database includes 1,046 journals with searchable cited references.
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Online Research
African-American History Online
Covering more than 500 years of the African-American history. Read about key figures and events, examine famous speeches and other primary sources, and get context from the timelines.
Alabama Virtual Library AVL
The Alabama Virtual Library provides all students, teachers, and citizens of the State of Alabama with online access a group of online databases that have magazine, journal, and newspaper articles for research.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution on NewsBank
Explore Atlanta history through local news, events and people with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.
Birmingham News on NewsBank
Explore Birmingham history through local news, events and people with the Birmingham News Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.
Britannica Academic
Designed for college and university libraries and provides access to comprehensive information, as well as the combination of Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.
Britannica Library
Britannica Library provides access to three sites in one: Children, Young Adults, and Reference Center. Users can choose the age-appropriate level that best suits their needs.
Britannica School
Up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant content covering various topics. Choose between three reading levels: Elementary, Middle or High
EBSCOhost Search
Search of full text databases provided by EBSCO. Databases can be searched individually or can be searched simultaneously in related groups by clicking Choose Databases and selecting or deselecting databases.
Gale LegalForms
Provides access to professionally written legal documents covering a wide area of law.
Gale Literature | Twayne’s Authors Series
Offers full-text, in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres.
History Reference Source
Full-text database that covers topics in U.S. and world history from the earliest civilizations through the 21st century.
Mobile Register on NewsBank
Explore archived issues of the Mobile Register with full-color newspaper pages and individual articles. Microfilm back files going farther back are at Local History & Genealogy.
Novelist Plus
Database of reading recommendations for fiction, nonfiction and audiobooks. NoveList's appeal factors let you choose between dozens of options including character, storyline, pace, tone, writing style, illustration and audio characteristics.
Novelist Plus K - 8
Database of reading recommendations for fiction and nonfiction whose audiance is Ages 0-5, Ages 9-12 and Teens.
Oxford English Dictionary
Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.
Oxford Reference
Provides access to Oxford University Press's Encyclopedias and Companions, and a selection of partner publishers’ scholarly works.
Reference Solutions
Online reference and research tool providing users access to information on U.S. businesses and U.S. residents.
