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Welcome to the Alabama Virtual Library (AVL)

Welcome to the Alabama Virtual Library (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 AVL?. Newspaper articles Magazine/Journal articles

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Welcome to the Alabama Virtual Library (AVL)

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  1. Welcome to the Alabama Virtual Library (AVL)

  2. 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.

  3. What can be found at the AVL? • Newspaper articles • Magazine/Journal articles • Encyclopedia articles • Biographical information • Poetry • Television and radio transcripts • Library catalogs

  4. Let’s get started! • Click on Favorite Places and go to “Welcome to the Alabama Virtual Library OR • Enter URL: http://www.avl.lib.al.us

  5. Choose 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

  6. Databases • There are an almost overwhelming number of databases. • Some are age specific. • Some are discipline specific. • Some provide a great variety of information.

  7. Databases • AccessScience – Includes: • McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology • Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms • Biographies • News articles

  8. Databases • African-American History and Culture • Biographies • Encyclopedia • Historical documents • Photo gallery • Maps and charts

  9. Databases • Alabama Libraries • Online catalogs of many Alabama libraries

  10. Databases • EBSCOHost Web • Full-text searches of magazines, journals, and trade publications • Daily news feeds from the Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News and Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service • Articles can be printed or emailed

  11. Electric Library Popular magazines Scholarly journals Newspapers Broadcast transcripts Photographs Maps Special collections for K-12 students and elementary school students Databases

  12. Databases • Encyclopedias • Encyclopedia Americana • Maps • Multimedia content • Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus • The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language • Wall Street Journal Almanac

  13. Databases • Encyclopedias • Encyclopedia Britannica • Complete encyclopedia • Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary • Britannica Book of the Year

  14. Databases • Encyclopedias • Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia • Academic American Encyclopedia • Comprehensive atlas • Gallery of pictures and sounds • Timelines of noteworthy events, people, ideas, and themes

  15. Databases • 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

  16. Databases • Age specific • JuniorQuest: Junior high and middle school • Periodicals • KidsQuest: Elementary • Periodicals • World Book Encyclopedia • Searchasaurus: Elementary to middle school • New World Encyclopedia • EBSCO Encyclopedia of Animals

  17. Databases • Poemfinder • Full-text poems • Poem citations and excerpts • Biographies • Images

  18. Databases • Gale Group Literary Resources • Biographies • Essays • Criticisms of literary works • Contemporary authors • Scribner Writers Series • The Twayne Authors Series

  19. What are the benefits of using the AVL? • Abundance of relevant information • Always open • User-friendly • It’s free! • It’s FUN!!!

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