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Alabama Virtual Library Databases

The Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) hosts several free databases to assist Social Science students in their research:

1. Academic Search Premier https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&custid=s1106788&groupid=main&profile=ehost&defaultdb=aph
2. Britannica Academic https://academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate
3. EBSCO History Reference Center https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&custid=s1106788&groupid=main&profile=ehost&defaultdb=khh
4. EBSCO History Reference Center eBook Collection https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&custid=s1106788&groupid=main&profile=ehost&defaultdb=e871sww
5. EBSCO Newspaper Source  https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&custid=s1106788&groupid=main&profile=ehost&defaultdb=nfh
6. EBSCO Host Search https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&custid=s1106788&groupid=main&profile=ehost
7. Encyclopedia of Alabama http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/
8. Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&custid=s1106788&groupid=main&profile=ehost&defaultdb=funk
9. Gale eBooks https://go.gale.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=avlr
10. Gale One-File https://go.gale.com/ps/start.do?p=ITOF&u=avlr
11. Gale Power Search https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&sw=w&u=avlr&password=alabama2r&v=2.1&pg=BasicSearch&it=static
12. Master File Premier https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&custid=s1106788&groupid=main&profile=ehost&defaultdb=f5h
13. Oxford Reference https://www.oxfordreference.com

Database Searches for terms: Welding

Academic Search Premier: 54,237 results

Films on Demand: 38 results

Overdrive eBooks: see eBooks section below

Flipster eMagazines: Science and Technology  (PC World, Popular Mechanics, and Science News)

AVL Search: 1,786,997 results

• Contains Academic Journals, News, Magazines, Conference Materials, Trade Publications, eBooks, Reports, Books, Reviews, Dissertations/Theses, Literature Reviews, Biographies, Electronic Resources, Primary Source Documents, Audio, Videos, and Non-Print Resources

eBooks: Welding