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Welcome to the Alabama Welcome to the Alabama Virtual Library (AVL)Virtual Library (AVL)
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What is the AVL?What is the AVL?
AVL provides all students, teachers, and citizens of the State of Alabama with online access to essential library and information resources.
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What can be found at the What can be found at the AVL?AVL?
Newspaper articles Magazine/Journal articles Encyclopedia articles Biographical information Poetry Television and radio transcripts Library catalogs
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Let’s get started!Let’s get started!
Click on Favorite Places and go to “Welcome to the Alabama Virtual Library
OREnter URL: http://www.avl.lib.al.us
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Choose locationChoose location
Campus and Library
Home Access: In order to have home access, you must go to your local public library and get an access card
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DatabasesDatabases
There are an almost overwhelming number of databases.
Some are age specific.Some are discipline specific.Some provide a great variety of
information.
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DatabasesDatabases
AccessScience – Includes: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of
Science and Technology Dictionary of Scientific and Technical
Terms Biographies News articles
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DatabasesDatabases
African-American History and CultureBiographiesEncyclopediaHistorical documentsPhoto galleryMaps and charts
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DatabasesDatabases
Alabama Libraries
Online catalogs of many Alabama libraries
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DatabasesDatabases
EBSCOHost WebFull-text searches of magazines, journals,
and trade publicationsDaily news feeds from the
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News and Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service
Articles can be printed or emailed
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DatabasesDatabases
Electric Library Popular magazines Scholarly journals Newspapers Broadcast transcripts
Photographs Maps Special collections for
K-12 students and elementary school students
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DatabasesDatabases
Encyclopedias Encyclopedia Americana Maps Multimedia content Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus The American Heritage Dictionary of the English
Language Wall Street Journal Almanac
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DatabasesDatabases
EncyclopediasEncyclopedia BritannicaComplete encyclopediaMerriam-Webster’s Collegiate DictionaryBritannica Book of the Year
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DatabasesDatabases
EncyclopediasGrolier Multimedia EncyclopediaAcademic American EncyclopediaComprehensive atlasGallery of pictures and soundsTimelines of noteworthy events, people,
ideas, and themes
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DatabasesDatabases
Encyclopedias New Book of Knowledge – Grades 3 and up Articles Maps illustrations Projects and activities The American Heritage Children’s Dictionary The American Heritage Children’s Thesaurus
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DatabasesDatabases
Age specific JuniorQuest: Junior high and middle school
PeriodicalsKidsQuest: Elementary Periodicals World Book EncyclopediaSearchasaurus: Elementary to middle school New World Encyclopedia EBSCO Encyclopedia of Animals
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DatabasesDatabases
PoemfinderFull-text poemsPoem citations and excerptsBiographies Images
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DatabasesDatabases
Gale Group Literary ResourcesBiographiesEssaysCriticisms of literary worksContemporary authorsScribner Writers SeriesThe Twayne Authors Series
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What are the benefits of What are the benefits of using the AVL?using the AVL?
Abundance of relevant informationAlways openUser-friendly It’s free! It’s FUN!!!