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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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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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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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The Crescent Theater - Mobile's own and ONLY Art House theater
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - get the history, the voting process, nominees and winners from every ceremony.
Alfred Hitchcock - details about the MOMA exhibit with chronology, filmography, stills, interviews
American Film Institute Online
Based on the Book - movies based on books, short stories and plays
Encyclopedia of TV - From the Museum of Broadcast Communications, this encyclopedia includes more than 1,000 original essays from more than 250 contributors and examines specific programs and people, historic moments and trends, major policy disputes and such topics as violence, tabloid television and the quiz show scandal.
Entertainment Weekly Online
The Episodes Guide - 1700 TV episodes online
Hollywood.com - reviews, clips, playtimes on all your favorite movies and videos
IMDB.com - The Internet Movie Database
Movies.com - allows you to search by zip code and city to find movie theaters and what they're playing!
Movie Glossary
ABC Entertainment

TV Guide Entertainment Network

TV in the 50's - fun site for boomers
Variety Online - daily news from the biz!


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