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Founded in 2007, Mango Languages is recognized as a leading provider of online language learning services to libraries, government agencies, corporations and the general public. Designed by a team of linguists, teachers, software developers, human interface specialists, writers, voice talents and designers, the company's award-winning language learning system has drawn acclaim from prominent national and international reference groups, educational resources, Web organizations and travel guides. For more information, visit www.mangolanguages.com or follow Mango Languages on Twitter at www.twitter.com/mangolanguages.

Heritage Quest Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. 18th Century or 20th Century. European or Native American. Farm or Factory. East Coast or West Coast. Where does your American past begin? Discover the amazing history of you with HeritageQuest Online. It delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources—with coverage dating back to the 1700s—that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place's past.

TumbleBook Library is an online collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.

The TumbleBookLibrary is a collection of licensed titles from children's book publishers such as Simon & Schuster, Chronicle Books, Candlewick Press, Charlesbridge Press, Harcourt, Little Brown, Walker & Company, Lerner Books, amongst others.

TumbleReadables is an online collection of read-along titles for elementary, middle school, and high school students which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration. Sentences are highlighted as they are being read and the pages turn automatically.

AtoZtheUSA is an encyclopedia of detailed editorial and images for 55 U.S. states and territories. AtoZtheUSA boasts approximately 37,000 downloadable images including antique and modern maps, vintage postcards, antiquie photographs, and each state's unique animal, flower, and more. Everything you need to know about each of America's 55 states and territories can be found in AtoZtheUSA!

AtoZMapsOnline.com is the worlds largest subscription-based database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month.

This service provides full text (no photographs) of National and Local newspapers, selected News Magazines, as well as video clips from WPMI, Mobile.

Magill's Medical Guide, is an authoritative, up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable for student research as well as use by general readers, including patients and caregivers. Also included is Salem Health: Cancer. This four-volume set covers more than 800 topics of crucial interest to students, patients, caregivers, and others who have received a diagnosis or are associated with those who have

The Alabama Virtual Library Portal - for all your research needs! You must be an Alabama resident with a valid library card to access this service from home. 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.

With CamelliaNet, you can checkout and download audio and ebooks books to your computer, from home or while on the road. You may listen to them on your computer, burn them to CD or download it into your portable device so that you can listen to them wherever you want.

FREE live tutors with homeworkalabama.org! This service offers free homework help from subject specialists. Available Sunday - Thursday -- 3 p.m. until 10 p.m.

Free Tutoring in Math, Science, Social Studies and English for Grades K3-12, College Intro, and Adult Learner

Practice these, and many other exams, on your road to self-improvement - Civil Service, College Entrance Exams, EMS, Firefighter, GED, Law Enforcement, Military, Nursing, SAT 2005 Preparation, TOEFL, U.S. Citizenship. You must have a Baldwin County Library card to use this service from home.

LibraryThing for Libraries is a prominent social cataloging web application for storing and sharing personal library catalogs and book lists. Click here for Wiki info.

ReferenceUSA is brought to you by the Gulf Shores Friends of the Library. You must have a Gulf Shores Library Card to use this service. The ReferenceUSA database contains, in module format, detailed information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses, 210 million U.S. residents, 855,000 U.S. health care providers, 1.5 million Canadian businesses, and 12 million Canadian households.

 

Your Online Quotation Library : We believe our website is the most complete and useful web resource about Famous Quotes! We have the best collection of Famous quotations for all occasions! Browse over 25,000 quotes online from over 6,700 famous authors.

In Famous Quotes and Authors you'll find the wit and wisdom of men and women from all walks of life and from all ages - from Benjamin Franklin to Ronald Reagan, Abraham Lincoln to William Shakespeare, Margaret Mead to Garrison Keillor. Read what they have to say. And enjoy it!

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AP Images digital photo archive library holds an estimated 11 million negatives and prints dating back over a century. For non-profit use. You must come to the library to access this database. Your book reports or newsletters will never be the same!

 

 

 

 

 

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