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211 East Washington Street
Demopolis, AL 36732
Tel : (334) 289-1595
Fax : (334) 289-8260
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Genealogy Resources
The world’s largest online resource for family history documents and family trees. Explore centuries of resources and thousands of searchable collection from around the world. THIS IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY. YOU CAN NOT ACCESS FROM HOME. Laptop computers are available to check out to use in the library for accessing ancestry.com.
Start building your family tree today! You can use this FREE resource from home or from the library to do geneaology and family history research. Laptop computers are available to check out to use in the library for accessing Heritage Quest.
Student Resources
Homework Alabama helps you find an on-line tutor in math, science, social studies or english for pre-school, K-12, college students and adult learners from your home computer. Help is available Sunday through Thursday from 3 to 10 p.m. All you need is a library card from any library in Alabama to use Homework Alabama. www.homeworkalabama.org
Alabama Virtual Library – From your home computer, find encyclopedia articles, newspaper and magazine articles, as well as current health, legal, and medical information. AVL is perfect for students doing research papers as well.
Encyclopedia Britannica Kids-Need homework help, quick information, or help with school projects? This is the resource that can help you! Explore the Animal Kingdom, Multimedia Children's Stories, Learning Zone, vocabulary builders, and interactive atlas, online activities, videos and multimedia, and quick information about people, places, plants, animals, and more!
Practice Tests – From your home computer, practice for the ACT, SAT, GED, ASVAB, and many more standardized tests. You can see your score as soon as you finish the test, and you can save your place and come back if you cannot complete the test in one session. These tests are timed. You must have a library card from any library in Alabama to use these practice tests. When you sign in, use your 14 digit library card as your username and create your own password. www.learningexpresslibrary.com
Welcome to the Encyclopedia of Alabama! EOA is a source of information on the state's history, culture, geography, and natural environment. It is like a traditional encyclopedia, with its emphasis on authoritative content based on sound scholarship. But the online format makes it a modern reference tool offering video, audio, and graphics that can be updated and expanded. For an introduction to EOA's content, please read historian Wayne Flynt's essay on Alabama.
Job Resources
-Demopolis Career Center- Your link to jobs in Demopolis and all over Alabama
(334) 289-0202
Language Resources
The following are links for two free resources to help you learn a foreign language.
Livemocha is the world’s largest online language learning community, fusing award winning coursework with online interaction and practice with native speakers. Through our library subscriptions patrons not only gain access to interactive self paced coursework, they connect with native speakers from every country on earth who bring the language learning experience to life!
- Unlimited local and remote access
- Coursework in 38 Languages
- Over 50,000 flashcard sets
- 10 million native speakers from every country on earth
Computer Resources
Free Computer Tutorials
-Computer Training through the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Computer basics, Internet basics, e-mail, career development, travel and health.
- New User Tutorial For those who have never used a computer; this interactive tutorial walks the user through the basic a mouse and navigation.
- Practice Your Mouse Skills. Basic lessons to teach new users how to use the mouse
- TechTutorials. Contains 1,652 free tutorials for computer technicians
- The Help Web: a Guide to Getting Started on the Internet
Other Resources
Wondering What to Read Next? Check out these websites....
-http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/
-http://www.yournextread.com/us
The Alabama Writer's Forum promotes and facilitates the practice of literary arts through its services to writers and the general public. With individual and corporate associates statewide, the Forum represents the diverse voices of today's writing talent. The Forum is a partnership program of the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
Attractions from Rural Southwest Alabama
View pictures and information about homes and attractions from rural Southwest Alabama. Marengo County Native Billy Mistead has documented these sites while riding his Harley Davidson through the countryside.
Project Gutenberg offers over 36,000 free ebooks to download to your PC, Kindle, Android, iOS, or other portable device. Choose between ePub, Kindle, HTML, and simple text formats. All Project Gutenberg's ebooks were previously published by bona fide publishers.No fee or registration is required.
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.
Search for a Book– Search the entire catalog of the Demopolis Public Library from home. Find audiobooks, DVD’s, magazines, books, and even some on-line documents. If you would like to see the items checked out to your card, please ask for a PIN number the next time you are in the library. We’re sorry, but right now, you cannot renew your items on-line.