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History Reference Center features cover-to-cover full text for more than 650 historical encyclopedias and other non-fiction books. The database also includes full text for nearly 60 leading history periodicals; 58,000 historical documents; 43,000 biographies of historical figures; more than 12,000 historical photos and maps; and 87 hours of historical film and video.
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Electronic reference books from Oxford Reference Premium.
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Biography Reference Bank combines the in-depth, original profiles of Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated, plus the thorough periodicals coverage of Biography Index, full-text articles, page images, and abstracts from the complete range of Wilson databases (including biographical profiles, feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches, or obituaries) with over 500,000 people and over 36,000 images!
Geographical Maps
Interactive world map from the Britannica Online Encyclopedia.
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Click on areas within the map to view details of continents, countries, regions, cities, states, etc. complete with descriptive articles!
Resources from the Alabama Virtual Library
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The Alabama Virtual Library provides the citizens of the State of Alabama with online access to essential library and information resources. For a detailed description of each, select Database Descriptions from the menu. Otherwise, select a database and go!