Alabama Virtual Library
“The Alabama Virtual Library provides all students, teachers, and citizens of the State of Alabama with online access to essential library and information resources. It is primarily a group of online databases that have magazine, journal, and newspaper articles for research. Through the AVL, an equitable core of information sources is available to every student and citizen in Alabama, raising the level of excellence in schools and communities across the state.”
Internet Public Library (IPL)
This is a free, web-based public library that provides live reference help
Library of Congress
“The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections.”
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
"The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. It strives to contain the full breadth of human expression, from the written word, to works of art and culture, to records of America’s heritage, to the efforts and data of science."
The Research and Writing Process
Citation Machine
“Citation machine helps students and professional researchers properly credit the information they use. It’s primary goal is to make it so easy for student researchers to cite their information sources, that there is virtually no reason not to…because…someday the information that someone else wants to use will be yours!”
Avoiding Plagiarism
It is extremely important to respect the issues of intellectual property because plagiarism is stealing! Use the site below to help avoid inadvertently plagiarizing and learn the ins and out of giving credit where credit is due!