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College Success: Alabama Virtual Library

This guide will help you with resources for College Success.

Using Alabama Virtual Library

Articles can be accessed through Alabama Virtual Library. Below are the ways to access Alabama Virtual Library.


  • To access AVL on-campus, simply use any campus-based computer.
  • To access AVL off-campus, please fill out the online registration form to register for a username and password.*

    AVL Registration Form

 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.

Journals

  • Article Title: The Effects of an Intensive Postsecondary Transition Program on College Readiness for Adult Learners.
    • Author: James M. Kallison Jr.
    • Journal Title: Adult Education Quarterly.
    • Coverage: 09/01/1996 to present.
  • Article Title: How to Succeed in College (While Really Trying): A Professor’s Inside Advice.
    • Author: Dudley Barlow.
    • Journal Title: Education Digest.
    • Coverage: 05/01/1990 to present.
  • Article Title: Preparing Individuals for Job Interviews: Suggestions from More Than 60 Years of Research.
    • Author: John P. Galassi; Merna Dee Galassi
    • Journal Title: Personnel & Guidance Journal.
    • Coverage: 09/01/1974 to Present.
  • Article Title: Employment Interviewing.
    • Author: Olivia Crosby.
    • Journal Title: Occupational Outlook Quarterly.
    • Coverage: 03/01/1990 to present.
  • Article Title: A Galling Interview.
    • Author: Lisa Ann Gosed.
    • Journal Title: Chronicle of Higher Education.
      • Coverage: 01/08/1999 to present.