Homework Alabama offers free online tutoring and academic resources, test prep, citizenship and language resources, help with your job search, and more to Alabama residents from kindergarten students through college, plus adult learners. Tutors are available 10 a.m. – 11 p.m. Drop off writing for review and access the study center 24/7.
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Explore and stay informed on local and national topics, people and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S.
America's News
Available in library only. Discover your family history with access to over 7 billion genealogy records from around the world through Ancestry Library Edition. Made possible by the Alabama Public Library Service.
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Explore Birmingham history through local news, events and people with Birmingham News Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.
Birmingham News
Black Freedom Struggle features select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history. Appropriate for a wide range of students, from middle and high school students to college students and independent scholars. Freely available from ProQuest.
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Black Life in America provides comprehensive news coverage of the African American experience from 1704 to date sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications. By offering coverage from diverse sources published across four centuries that include firsthand reporting, editorials, obituaries, illustrations and advertisements, this database helps provide critical perspectives on the experiences of being Black in America and is an invaluable resource for exploring issues of equity, race, and related topics.
Black Life in America
Career Alabama offers free online career and job search assistance, writing and résumé support, academic skills tutoring, and career and study resources. Live assistance is available 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. daily, and the writing lab and career and study resources are available 24/7.
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Chilton Library offers the most authoritative automotive repair information available with thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models. Made possible by the Alabama Public Library Service.
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With more than 3,000 hours of content and over 1,300 courses from expert instructors, there’s a creative focus for everyone on Craftsy. Courses include fabric and yarn arts, food, art, home décor, gardening, woodworking, writing, fitness, and more. For Irondale residents.
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The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.
Hispanic Life in America
Homework Alabama offers free online tutoring and academic resources, test prep, citizenship and language resources, help with your job search, and more to Alabama residents from kindergarten students through college, plus adult learners. Tutors are available 10 a.m. – 11 p.m. Drop off writing for review and access the study center 24/7.
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Stream digital movies and TV shows and download or stream music, eBooks, comic books, and audiobooks with Hoopla. For Irondale residents. Up to 8 titles may be checked out per month.
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Everyone from film scholars to casual viewers will discover remarkable and enriching films on Kanopy.
Log in with your library membership and enjoy our diverse catalog with new titles added every month. For Irondale residents. Up to 8 titles may be checked out per month.
Learning Express Library features nearly 1,000 online tutorials, practice tests, and eBooks to help patrons of all ages. It offers job search and workplace skills improvement, skill building in reading, writing, math, and basic science, career certification, exam prep, college entrance test prep, GED® test prep, and more.
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Download audiobooks and eBooks or listen/read in your browser with Overdrive Libby. For all residents of Jefferson County with current library card. Up to 10 titles may be checked out at a time.
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A personalized, adaptive language-learning experience that provides the tools and guidance you need to expand your language skills wherever and however you learn best. More than 70 languages including Spanish, English, Italian, Russian and Mandarin Chinese.
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Viewspace is a web-based collection of digital interactives and videos highlighting the latest developments in astronomy and Earth science. ViewSpace is made freely available by the Office of Public Outreach at the Space Telescope Science Institute , in partnership with the NASA’s Universe of Learning project and NASA’s Earth Observing System, Hubble Space Telescope Project, and James Webb Space Telescope Project.
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Weiss Financial Ratings provides access to:
-Over 40,000 investment ratings on stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
-Over 16,000 safety ratings on banks, credit unions, and insurance companies
-Guides for becoming an investor, financial literacy basics, medigap plans, planninf for the future, and more
Provided through the Alabama Virtual Library.
