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Alabama Public Library Service

The Alabama Virtual Library provides all students, teachers, and citizens of the State of Alabama with online access to essential library and information resources. It is primarily a group of online databases that have magazine, journal, and newspaper articles for research. Through the AVL, an equitable core of information sources are available to every student and citizen in Alabama, raising the level of excellence in schools and communities across the state.

You must have a username and password to access the databases on this site.  Stop by today to sign up!

LearningExpress Library provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. Sign in and start on your path to success right now.

Online Test and Course Resources

ACT, Advanced Placement, ASVAB, Basic Skills Success, Business Writing Help Center, Catholic High School, Civil Service, Cosmetology,
EMT/Paramedic, ESL (Spanish) Skills Improvement Courses, FCAT, Firefighter, GED, GMAT, GRE, Job & Career Help Center, Law Enforcement,
LSAT, Nurse Aide, Postal Worker, Real Estate, SAT, Skills Improvement Courses, TASP, Teacher Certification, Technical And Career College Preparation, TOEFL, US Citizenship

You must have a username and password to access this site.  Stop by today to register!

GOT HOMEWORK??

Welcome to Alabama's Free Live Online Homework Help Service

www.homeworkalabama.org

This service offers free homework help from subject specialists.
Available Everyday from 3 p.m. until Midnight ! ! !

Free Tutoring - Math - Science - Social Studies - English
Grades 4-12 and College Intro

Brought to you by APLS and your local public Library

Friends of the Boaz Public Library

The Friends of the Boaz Public Library, founded in 1997, works to support the mayor and the library's Board of Directors in raising funds for the library.

www.fafsa.ed.gov

Recommended Cancer Websites

Cancer Monthly - launched January 1, 2005   www.cancermonthly.com

Cancer Monthly was created by parents who had lost their children to cancer and realized that better information was needed to make more informed treatment decisions.  Today, Cancer Monthly is the only centralized source of cancer treatment results in the world.  Patients can see the actual clinical results of hundreds of different cancer treatments used in over 20 countries - how long did other patients survive, what was their quality of life, where is the treatment available.  Treatments reviewed include: surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, biological therapy, immunotherapy, and gene therapy.  Cancers include advanced or metastatic brain, breast, colon, kidney (renal), liver, lung, melanoma, mesothelioma, ovarian, prostate, and rectal.  With a click, patients can also contact a doctor responsible for the treatment and print out a medical summary about the therapy for their own physicians.  All the data comes from the peer reviewed medical and scientific literature.  This information helps patients make treatment decisions based on facts.  It has been used by nearly a million patients and clinicians from around the world since its launch on January 1, 2005.

My Cancer Place - launched July 12, 2006  www.mycancerplace.com

My Cancer Place is the first and most comprehensive virtual community for cancer patients.  Modeled on MySpace, it allows cancer patients and their loved ones to connect and network with other, share personal stories and emotional support, discuss treatment information and resources, listen to teleconferences, find out about cancer events, participate in groups and forums, and create personal web pages with text and pictures that can be updated and changed easily. 

Surviving Mesothelioma - published October 2005  www.survivingmesothelioma.com

"Surviving Mesothelioma and Other Cancers: A Patient's Guide" is the first book published by Cancer Monthly.  It was written by Paul Kraus who was diagnosed in June 1997 with terminal mesothelioma, an aggressive type of cancer, and sent home to die.  Instead of giving up, he created his own path to healing and continues to enjoy a good quality of life.  Because this is an inspirational story for patients suffering from mesothelioma and other cancers, Cancer Monthly sponsors teleconferences so that patients can listen to Mr. Kraus.  During these calls, Mr. Kraus provides further details about the choices he made, the treatments he used, and answers questions from patients and family members.  All participants are inspired by this remarkable man and story.

CancerWire - published every month www.cancermonthly.com/cancerwire.asp

CancerWire is Cancer Monthly's free monthly e-newsletter that presents original interviews and news stories about important cancer topics.  The focus is on integrative therapies, health freedom, and other subjects that directly impact a patient's ability to make informed treatment decisions. 

Health Search Plus - launched November 13, 2006  www.healthsearchplus.com

Health Search Plus is Cancer Monthly's web search tool that allows cancer patients and others to perform more comprehensive and quicker health searches.  The tool allows users to simultaneously search 30 key databases, including: the National Institute of Health website, FDA, Centers for Disease Control, Pubmed, Clinical Trials Database, Medical Dictionary, Books, People, Blogs, News, Videos, Audio Recordings, Google and Yahoo.  This helps users quickly retrieve the most comprehensive health information from some of the more trustworthy sources on the web.  It saves time because the tool searches all of these databases simultaneously so users need only one search instead of thirty.

The Asbestos and Mesothelioma Center   www.asbestos.com