Library
Alvin College Library
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If you have any questions or need a User ID or Password for the databases please call us at 281.756.3559, click on the Chat Box or email us at library@alvincollege.edu. Login information is also listed on our Library Databases page in the POD.
Assistance
- Get Research and Citation Help with a Librarian - (login required)
- Faculty Request Library Resources Instruction
- Tutoring available through the Learning Lab- (login required)
- Library FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
- Research Subject Guides A to Z List
- Research Subject Guides Listed by Subject
Search for Books, DVDs, and More
- Library's Traditional Online Catalog- (login required)
Search for Ebooks, Articles from Journals, Newspapers, Magazines
Click on the Help Guides tab for login information
- Alvin College Library Database A to Z List - (login required)
- The Ebsco Databases- (login required)
- Libby Ebooks & Audiobooks- (login required) (Click on Library Card to login. Use your student/faculty/staff login for access).
- Bloomberg - (login required) (Use your alvincollege.edu email address to setup an account).
- JSTOR Arts & Sciences Collection - (login required) (If you're off campus, login with your student/faculty/staff email account).
- HeinOnline - (login required)
- The Gale and Proquest Databases via Texshare- (login required)
- Search the Credo Reference Collection- (login required)
- ProQuest Databases to Include Academic Video Online - (login required)
- Ovid Nursing and Allied Health Resources - (login required)
- Archives of Course Catalogs, College Yearbooks and the Alvin Sun
- Alvin Newspapers at The Portal to Texas History
- Mitchell1 Automotive Repair Database- (login required)