Thanksgiving
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Online Research
African-American History Online
Covering more than 500 years of the African-American history. Read about key figures and events, examine famous speeches and other primary sources, and get context from the timelines.
Book Collection: Nonfiction
A cross-curricular database providing abstracts and searchable full text for thousands of nonfiction books.
Drama for Students Gale eBooks
Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context.
eBooks on Alabama Virtual Library AVL
A collection of databases with full-text eBooks. Includes Britannica, Consumer Health Reference, TeachingBooks and more reference titles.
EBSCOhost Search
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Gale eBooks
Gale In Context | Elementary
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Gale Literature
Gale Literature Criticism
Compilation of literary commentary. Scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals.
Gale Literature Resource Center
Provides researchers with literary resources to support their literary responses, literary analysis, and thesis statements through a diversity of scholars and critics that ensure all views and interpretations are represented.
Gale Literature | Contemporary Authors
Provides access to biographical information on over 149,000 modern novelists, poets, writers, and more.
Gale Literature | Dictionary of Literary Biography
Explore the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres; multi-series.
Gale Literature | LitFinder
Provides access to a wealth of literary works and secondary-source materials covering world literature and authors throughout history. Including full-text poems and poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays.