Electronic Databases Provided by the Alabama Virtual Library (AVL)

See the Alabama Virtual Library's homepage for more detailed information about these databases.

See the Access Instructions for JSU's Library Databases page for information on accessing the following restricted databases from your home computer.
(Note: You must be an authorized JSU user (faculty, staff, or student) to gain access.)

If you know the title of the journal you need, but don't know in which database it can be found, check the Library Catalog by journal title. If it's not found in the catalog, check Serials Solutions.

About	Title	Description	Full Text
	Academic OneFile	Journal articles in all subject areas.	Full Text
	Academic Search Premier	Journal articles in all subject areas.	Full Text
	Alt HealthWatch	Complimentary and Alternative Medicine	Full Text
	Annals of American History Online (From Britannica Online)	History and culture of the United States.	Full Text
	Auto Repair Reference Center	Automotive repair information.	Full Text
	Biography Reference Bank	Biographical information.	Full Text
	Book Collection: Nonfiction (formerly BookSource: Nonfiction)	Abstracts and full text for more than 2,000 popular nonfiction books.	Full Text
	Britannica Online	Encyclopedia.	Full Text
	Britannica Online School Edition	Encyclopedia.	Full Text
	Business and Company Resource Center	Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.	Full Text
	Business Index ASAP	Journal articles on management issues, economic indicators and business theories and practices.	Full Text
	Business Source Premier	Journal articles in business, management, economics, finance, banking, and accounting.	Full Text
	Business Wire News (Now Regional Business News)	Newswires that incorporates news information from all over the world.	Full Text
	Contemporary Authors	Biographical and bibliographical references for more than 90,000 authors in the U.S. and around the world.	Full Text
	Contemporary Literary Criticism	Critical essays.	Full Text
	Dictionary of Literary Biography	Biographical and critical essays on literary figures.	Full Text
	EBSCOhost	Journal articles in all subject areas.	Full Text
	EBSCOhost's Education Databases	Journal articles in education.	Full Text
	EBSCOhost's Grades K-12 Databases	Journal articles in education, specifically grades K-12.	Full Text
	EBSCO's Health Databases	Medical disciplines	Full Text
	Enciclopedia Juvenil (Britannica)	Comprehensive reference resource for ages 6-12 in the Spanish language.	Full Text
	Enciclopedia Universal en Español (Britannica)	Comprehensive encyclopedia in the Spanish language.	Full Text
	Encyclopedia of Animals	Encyclopedia of animals with information on a variety of topics.	Full Text
	Essays	Essays.	Full Text
	Ethnic NewsWatch	Newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.	Full Text
	Europa World Year Book	Country data including political, economics, analytical, statistical, and directory information for over 250 countries and territories	Full Text
	Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale Group) (Formerly called InfoTrac Basic - Expanded Academic ASAP or Searchbank)	Journal articles in all subject areas.	Full Text
	Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia	Encyclopedia.	Full Text
	Gale Virtual Reference Library	Encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research	Full Text
	General Reference Center Gold	Articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals.	Full Text
	Health Databases (EBSCO)	Medical disciplines	Full Text
	Health Source: Consumer Edition	Medical disciplines	Full Text
	Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition	Medical disciplines	Full Text
	History Reference Center	Cover-to-cover full text for more than 650 historical encyclopedias and other non-fiction books.	Full Text
	Informe	A collection of hispanic magazines in all subject areas.	Full Text
	InfoTrac OneFile	Newspaper and journal articles in all subject areas.	Full Text
	Junior Edition	Periodical databases designed for students in junior high and middle school.	Full Text
	Kids InfoBits	Periodical databases designed for elementary school students.	Full Text
	Kids Search	Journal articles in all subject areas.	Full Text
	LegalTrac	Articles in all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers.	Full Text
	Literature Resource Center	Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors.	Full Text
	LitFinder	Poetry, short stories, essays, plays, and speeches since 1976.	Full Text
	MAS Ultra - School Edition	Journal articles in all subject areas.	Full Text
	MasterFILE Premier	Journal articles in all subject areas.	Full Text
	Middle Search Plus	Journal articles in all subject areas.	Full Text
	Military & Government Collection	Journal articles in military related periodicals and general interest magazines.	Full Text
	Newspaper Source	Newspaper articles in all subject areas.	Full Text
	OCLC ArticleFirst (OCLC) (Formerly called ArticleFirst (OCLC))	Abstracts and citations in all subject areas.	Not Full Text
	OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online (OCLC) (Formerly called FirstSearch (OCLC))	Abstracts and citations in all subject areas.	Not Full Text
	Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center	Social issues.	Full Text
	Oxford English Dictionary	Dictionary/English language.	Full Text
	Oxford Reference Online Premium	100+ reference books and dictionaries.	Full Text
	Plays	Plays.	Full Text
	Poems	Poems.	Full Text
	Primary Search	Journal articles in all subject areas.	Full Text
	Professional Development Collection	Journal articles in all subject areas.	Full Text
	Regional Business News (Formerly Business Wire News)	Newswires that incorporates news information from all over the world.	Full Text
	Scribner Writers Series	Writers and literary genres.	Full Text
	Searchasaurus	Journal articles in education, specifically grades K-12.	Full Text
	SIRS Databases/Resources	Journal articles in all subject areas.	Full Text
	SIRS Discoverer	Journal articles in all subject areas.	Full Text
	SIRS Knowledge Source	Journal articles in all subject areas.	Full Text
	Speeches	Speeches.	Full Text
	Stories	Short stories, explanations, biographies, pictures and more.	Full Text
	Student Edition	Periodical databases designed for high school students.	Full Text
	Student Research Center	Research tool databases designed for middle and high school students.	Full Text
	The Twayne Authors Series - Twayne World, English, and US Authors	Literary criticism for approximately 200 authors.	Full Text
	Virtual Reference Library (Gale)	Encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research	Full Text
	Vocational & Career Collection	Journal articles in vocational and general subjects.	Full Text
	World Data Analyst	Country comparison.	Full Text
	WorldCat	Library catalogs	Not Full Text