Databases

All databases are available in every branch of the Birmingham Public Library, unless otherwise noted. A JCLC library card can be used to access many of the databases, however licensing restrictions force us to limit access to certain databases to residents of Birmingham.

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World-class electronic resources are available to the citizens of Alabama from home or their local public library. Learn more about Alabama Public Library Service (APLS)
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The Alabama Virtual Library provides all students, teachers and residents of the State of Alabama with 24/7 online access to premier library and information resources free of charge. It is primarily a group of online databases that have magazine, journal, and newspaper articles for research.... Learn more about Alabama Virtual Library (AVL)
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World-class electronic resources are available to the citizens of Alabama from home or their local public library. Learn more about APLS (Alabama Public Library Service)
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The Alabama Virtual Library provides all students, teachers and residents of the State of Alabama with 24/7 online access to premier library and information resources free of charge. It is primarily a group of online databases that have magazine, journal, and newspaper articles for research.... Learn more about AVL (Alabama Virtual Library)
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Contains information from thousands of nonfiction books for grades K-12. The database includes full text entries on social studies and science, careers, health, sports, history, and technology. Learn more about Book Collection: Nonfiction
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Book Connections provides a collection of 268,000+ educational resources that personalize and enrich the children's and young adult books read in your community. Book Connections also has tools for library programming, reader's advisory, identifying and bringing to life diverse books, collection... Learn more about Book Connections
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Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online provides more than 16,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres. This literature resourceincludes the DLB main series, the DLB Documentary Series,... Learn more about Dictionary of Literary Biography
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The Directory of Open Access Books is open to all publishers who publish academic, peer reviewed books with an Open Access license (free to download and share) and meet academic standards. The directory contains works from 33 publishers and is growing. Learn more about Directory of Open Access Books
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Gale takes literature, history and culture to the next level with the largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary available: Literature Criticism Online. Imagine centuries of analysis - the scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and... Learn more about Drama Criticism
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Critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context. --site Access via the Gale Virtual Reference Library Learn more about Drama for Students
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Users will be able to cross-search Literature Resource Center, LitFinder, Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Literature Criticism, Twayne’s Authors, and Scribner Writers. Learn more about Gale Literary Sources
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Salem Press Online Collection Curated Free Content from Salem Press and Greyhouse Publishing to explore current events through an historical lens. Includes History(African-American Writing, Opinions Throughout History, This Is Who We Are, Value of a Dollar, & Warrior Peoples) & Health (Health... Learn more about Grey House Publishing (Salem Online Collection)
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Bringing you hundreds of thousands of movies, full music albums, audiobooks and more, hoopla is a revolutionary digital service made possible by your local library. From Hollywood blockbusters to best selling artists and authors – not just the hits, but the niche and hard-to-find as well – you’ll... Learn more about Hoopla Digital Library
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A collection of thousands of popular audiobooks for adults, kids, and teens available to download and listened to on any device 24/7. Users with a library card can listen to electronic/digital books on Libby, the award-winning reading app from OverDrive, or by visiting http://jclc.overdrive.com/. Learn more about Libby (OverDrive) Downloadable Audiobooks
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A collection of thousands of popular ebooks for adults, kids, and teens available to download and read on any device 24/7. Users with a library card can read electronic/digital books (ebooks) on Libby, the award-winning reading app from OverDrive, or by visiting http://jclc.overdrive.com/. Learn more about Libby (OverDrive) Downloadable eBooks
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes more than 560 core journals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage... Learn more about Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts
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Gale takes literature, history and culture to the next level with the largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary available: Literature Criticism Online. Imagine centuries of analysis - the scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and... Learn more about Literature Criticism Online
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Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis of more than 120,000 literary figures from all time periods in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, etc. Full-text, excerpted, and commissioned essays. Explanations and overviews of prominent literary works. Links to about 5,000... Learn more about Literature Resource Center
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LitFinder provides the opportunity to study great literary works by offering access to more than 135,000 full-text poems, stories, and plays. Learn more about LitFinder
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Critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance. --site Access via the Gale Virtual Reference Library Learn more about Novels for Students
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A digital library consisting of Greek and Roman Materials, Art & Archaeology Artifact Browser, Arabic Materials, Germanic Materials, and 19th-Century American, Renaissance Materials. Learn more about Perseus Digital Library
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Salem Press Online Collection Curated Free Content from Salem Press and Greyhouse Publishing to explore current events through an historical lens. Includes History(African-American Writing, Opinions Throughout History, This Is Who We Are, Value of a Dollar, & Warrior Peoples) & Health (Health... Learn more about Salem Online Collection
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Scribner Writers Online includes American Writers Collection, British Writers Collection, European Writers Collection and World and Genre Writers Collection Learn more about Scribner Writers Online
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Gale takes literature, history and culture to the next level with the largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary available: Literature Criticism Online. Imagine centuries of analysis - the scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and... Learn more about Short Story Criticism
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Something About the Author Online brings you comprehensive online access to all volumes of Gale's award-wining reference set, Something About the Author, the main series, and Something About the Author: Autobiography Series. You'll find thousands of illustrated biographical profiles of children's... Learn more about Something About the Author Online
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Twayne's Authors Series of literary criticism offers in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres. This online series features the content of more than 600 books that comprise three print series... Learn more about Twayne's Authors Online
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WorldCat Discovery is the new searchable interface into WorldCat. Learn more about WorldCat Discovery
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