Welcome to the Alabama Welcome to the Alabama Virtual Library (AVL)Virtual Library (AVL)

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.

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

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

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

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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AccessScience – Includes: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of

Science and Technology Dictionary of Scientific and Technical

Terms Biographies News articles

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African-American History and CultureBiographiesEncyclopediaHistorical documentsPhoto galleryMaps and charts

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Alabama Libraries

Online catalogs of many Alabama libraries

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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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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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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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EncyclopediasEncyclopedia BritannicaComplete encyclopediaMerriam-Webster’s Collegiate DictionaryBritannica Book of the Year

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EncyclopediasGrolier Multimedia EncyclopediaAcademic American EncyclopediaComprehensive atlasGallery of pictures and soundsTimelines of noteworthy events, people,

ideas, and themes

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

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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PoemfinderFull-text poemsPoem citations and excerptsBiographies Images

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Gale Group Literary ResourcesBiographiesEssaysCriticisms of literary worksContemporary authorsScribner Writers SeriesThe Twayne Authors Series

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!!!