Online Research

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.

Offers full-text, in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres.

Explore archived issues of the Mobile Register with full-color newspaper pages and individual articles. Microfilm back files going farther back are at Local History & Genealogy.

Database of reading recommendations for fiction, nonfiction and audiobooks. NoveList's appeal factors let you choose between dozens of options including character, storyline, pace, tone, writing style, illustration and audio characteristics.

Database of reading recommendations for fiction and nonfiction whose audiance is Ages 0-5, Ages 9-12 and Teens.

Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.

Provides access to Oxford University Press's Encyclopedias and Companions, and a selection of partner publishers’ scholarly works.

Online reference and research tool providing users access to information on U.S. businesses and U.S. residents.

A collection of online reference books published by Salem Press, Grey House Publishing, and H. W. Wilson.

Scholarly essays on authors from around the world. Places authors and their works in personal and historical context.