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Alabama Virtual Library

Although our subject guides highlight certain Alabama Virtual Library databases, you can find and search all AVL resources from this link.

Academic Search Premier (Provided by Alabama Virtual Library) A large general database with thousands of journals and one of the best places to start any research.
Alabama Mosaic Repository of digital materials on Alabama's history, culture, places, and people.
Gale OneFile: Fine Arts Periodical database for serious students of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
Image Collection via MasterFILE Premier (Select "Images" on Top Menu) (Provided by Alabama Virtual Library) An image collection of over 590,000 photos, maps, and flags.
InfoTrac General OneFile A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics.

Britannica Academic Premier academic encyclopedia and other resources.
Credo Reference (Login to Virgil to use) Subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks.
Gale Reference eBooks Database of encyclopedias and reference sources, subjects covered are Arts, Business, Education, History, Literature, Science, and more.
Oxford Reference Language and subject reference works in a single, fully-indexed, cross-searchable database.

Films on Demand (Login to Virgil to use) The result of decades of careful curating with a single guiding principle: providing every academic department on campus with the most essential video titles for their field of study.

American Museum of Photography Virtual museum of American photography.
Birmingham Museum of Art One of the finest regional museums in the United States, houses a diverse collection of more than 27,000 paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, and decorative arts dating from ancient to modern times.
Classical Net Features more than 9000 pages and 20,000+ images including more than 7200 CD, SACD, DVD, Blu-ray, Book and Concert reviews and over 5500 links to other classical music web sites.
National Gallery of Art From Byzantine altarpieces to pop art, learn all about paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, photographs, and other works in the collection.
TheaterHistory.com Website about the history of theater.