Using Alabama Virtual Library
Articles can be accessed through Alabama Virtual Library. Below are the ways to access Alabama Virtual Library.
Any registration form received outside of the following hours will be processed the next business day.
Monday - Thursday 8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am - 2:30 pm
Sunday 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
* Note: Alabama Virtual Library will send you an email with your login information shortly. For immediate use, the library staff will email you temporary credentials to use. The temporary credentials will expire after two weeks.
Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) resources are available to students on and off campus. Students enrolled in a collage or university cannot directly submit registration form to the Alabama Public Library System (APLS) for AVL access and passwords. To receive off campus access to AVL resources, you must complete a registration form through the CVCC library during the following hours:
Monday - Thursday 8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am - 2:30 pm
Sunday 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
The registration form for AVL access can be found on the LRC's webpage under library forms or use the following link: Alabama Virtual Library Registration Form.
If a form is submitted outside the above times, or during campus closures, the library staff will submit the form to the Alabama Virtual library the following business day. All requests to remote (off-campus) AVL access must be submitted by CVCC library staff.
NOTE: The APLS is responsible for maintaining the website, databases, and assigning passwords not CVCC. If there are delays in receiving passwords after the students have submitted the request form, or if there are problems logging onto the AVL website, student need to contact the Alabama Virtual Library's helpdesk at Alabama Virtual Library Helpdesk.
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The CVCC Library Hours of Operation |
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| Monday |
8:00am - 8:00pm |
| Tuesday |
8:00am - 8:00pm |
| Wednesday |
8:00am - 8:00pm |
| Thursday |
8:00am - 8:00pm |
| Friday | 8:00am - 2:30pm |
| Saturday | CLOSED |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
| Holidays | CLOSED |
Check the NEWS AND MESSAGES section on the Home Tab of the library's online catalog for changes or additional closures or check the library's online calendar listed on our online catalog or our Owen Hall guide.
Using AlabamaMosaic
To access AlabamaMosaic:
From the Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) Homepage, click “All Resources” at the top of the page.
Then scroll through the list and choose AlabamaMosaic.
The homepage will open up and look like this: (the picture on the home page may be different from the one below)
This is database is AlabamaMosaic is a repository of digital materials on Alabama's history, culture, places, and people. Its purpose is to make unique historical treasures from Alabama's archives, libraries, museums, and other repositories electronically accessible to Alabama residents and to students, researchers, and the general public in other states and countries.
AlabamaMosaic was initiated under a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and is now administered by the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (NAAL).
You can search by keyword or phrase from the search box above. For an example, I am going to search “Phenix City” The results page will look like this:
The blue hyperlinks will take you directly to the item. The title, an image, publisher, or other information pertaining to the item may be shown on this page as seen in the picture above. Search results can be narrowed with the links on the left side of the result list.
The picture above shows how the item will appear when you click on the title of the item from the result screen in AlabamaMosaic. The picture above show the title of the item, format, a link to the item, who published it and subject keywords. Below this information, there are tools for emailing the item, adding to favorites (account needed for AlabamaMosaic), and share it to various social media sites.
Also on the right side of the article, there may be further information that is related to the article such as related articles, external links, multimedia, and/or etc. When you click on the image or the link that are listed, it will take you to the site that hosts the item. The pictures below are what came up for our example. The first picture is the top of the page and the second one is what located under it.
The picture above shows the actual picture “Airview of Phenix City.” In the upper-right hand corner, there are tools for downloading and printing the item and information.
The picture above gives a description of the item shown in previous picture.*
We hope that this tutorial will help you with your use of AlabamaMosaic. If you have any questions, please ask us at the Access Services Desk inside the Owen Hall Library & Learning Resource Center or click on the Contact Us tab above.
*Not all results will show as the example above due to AlabamaMosaic accessing external sites.