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All databases are available in every branch of the Birmingham Public Library, unless otherwise noted.

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E-Journals - Browse or search for full-text electronic journals and magazines available to BPL patrons.

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Spotlight Resources
The Oxford African American Studies Center provides students, teachers, and scholars with an authoritative and comprehensive source on the African American experience. The site is comprised of five major encyclopedias and content from eighteen additional reference sources from Oxford University...learn more
Requires a JCLC card and residence in Birmingham, AL.
Full Text Available.
Remote Access Available.
For students and adults alike, the New World Encyclopedia indexes over 25,000 full-text articles covering an array of topics. The database contains images, brief biographies and information in a variety of subject areas.learn more
Requires a JCLC card.
Full Text Available.
Remote Access Available.
Access digital images in PDF of the original pages of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Barron's. No search interface is provided. The digital images are accessed by choosing the appropriate publication, year, month, day and page.learn more
Requires a JCLC card and residence in Birmingham, AL.
Full Text Available.
Remote Access Available.
Provides in-depth coverage of complementary and alternative medicine, offering full text articles from peer-reviewed journals, reports, newsletters, pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. learn more
Requires a JCLC card.
Full Text Available.
Remote Access Available.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year. Through this service, you can find more than 118,000 articles, updated and revised by...learn more
Requires a JCLC card.
Full Text Available.
Remote Access Available.
 
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