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PREMIUM RESOURCES: These databases are brought to you by Mobile Public Library, Alabama Public Library Service and The Alabama Virtual Library.
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For access from Home, Office or any place OUTSIDE the Library via the Alabama Virtual Library. On the AVL page click on View All Resources.
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African American History and Culture - Many of Facts On File's highly-acclaimed print titles have been combined with an extensive array of stunning multimedia content to form this incredible resource. This collection covers
the breadth of African-American history. |
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Biography In Context- a comprehensive database of biographical
information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It combines more than 242,000 biographies from respected Gale Group sources and includes full-text articles from nearly 250 periodicals. Search for people based on birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search path. Take a guided tour of this database. |
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eBooks on The Alabama Virtual Library - click here for ebook encyclopedia from Britannica, Gale and Oxford Reference. Includes Native Peoples of America. Discover America, World Exploration, Britannica History, the Discovery Library (for younger readers), and more!
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General Reference Center Gold (Infotrac) - A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use General Reference Center Gold to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. Go Mobile with Access My Library. Audience: Middle School, High School, Higher Education, General Public.
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History At Salem Press - Includes Milestone Documents, The Decades, Great Lives from History and Great Events from History.
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History Reference Center - a comprehensive full text history reference database. Features full text for more than 650 historical encyclopedias and other non-fiction books. Plus 58,000 historical documents; 43,000 biographies of historical figures; hours of historical film and video; and more than 12,000 historical photos and maps. Check out the EbscoHost Mobile App.
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MasterFILE Premier - specifically for public libraries, this database provides full text for nearly 2,050 general reference publications with full text as far back as 1975. Also includes more than 350 full text reference books, 82,968 biographies, 90,915 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. Check out the EbscoHost Mobile App.
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History & Current Events 
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LINKS Encyclopedia of Alabama - A free, online resource on Alabama history, culture, geography, and natural environment. This site offers articles on Alabama’s famous people, historic events, sports, art, literature, industry, government, plant and animal life, agriculture, recreation, and so much more. AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History - Provides links to the full-text of over 400 primary source documents relating to the study of American history arranged chronologically. American History Resources LibGuide The American Memory Collection - an incredible treasure from the Library of Congress with pages on topics from the African American Odyssey to Baseball Cards American Presidency Project (University of California, Santa Barbara) - provides an online archive of nearly 30,000 historical documents related to the presidency including public papers, state of the union and inaugural addresses, data, and portraits Best of History Websites: US History Center for History and New Media - an annotated guide to over 5000 US History sites Documenting the American South - primary resources about the culture, literature and history of the American South Great American Documents Great American Speeches Presidents of the United States Top 100 Speeches - text and audio!! The WWW-VL History Index
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