Primary Sources
American Memory
Provides free and open access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.
Provider:
Library of Congress
Subject Coverage:
General
Content Type :
Primary Sources, Multimedia
Additional Information:
Help
Database Link:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography
Is a collection of the life histories of former slaves in the United States compiled through nearly 4,000 interviews with ex-slaves.
Provider:
Greenwood Publishing Group
Subject Coverage:
Social Sciences
Content Type :
Primary Sources, Full Text
Database Link:
http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=134
DigitalNC
Contains digital versions of primary sources from cultural heritage institutions around North Carolina. The materials on this site are made freely available for students, teachers, scholars, and anyone who is interested in the history and culture of North Carolina.
Provider:
North Carolina Digital Heritage Center
Subject Coverage:
Social Sciences
Content Type :
Primary Sources
Database Link:
http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=261
HeritageQuest Online
Includes all of the images, and extensive indexing, from the 1790 - 1930 U.S. federal censuses. It offers more than 20,000 book titles, including nearly 8,000 family histories and over 12,000 local histories. Additionally, there are more than 250 primary-source documents such as tax lists, city directories, probate records, and more.
Provider:
ProQuest
Subject Coverage:
Social Sciences
Content Type :
Primary Sources
Additional Information:
Titles List | Help
Database Link:
http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=218
Library of Congress
Is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library's mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.
Subject Coverage:
General
Content Type :
Primary Sources, Website
Database Link:
http://www.loc.gov/
MAS Complete
Contains full text for more than 540 popular, high school magazines. It also provides more than 440 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an image collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.
Provider:
EBSCO
Subject Coverage:
General
Database Link:
http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=277
MasterFILE Complete
Provides full text for more than 2,000 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1922. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, it also contains full text for more than 1,000 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags. This database is updated daily.
Provider:
EBSCO
Subject Coverage:
General
Database Link:
http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=268
Middle Search Plus
Provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 400,972 photos, maps and flags.
Provider:
EBSCO
Subject Coverage:
General
Database Link:
http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=126
North American Women's Letters and Diaries
Includes the immediate experiences of 1,325 women and 150,000 pages of diaries and letters. The collection also includes biographies and an extensive annotated bibliography of the sources in the database.
Provider:
Alexander Street Press
Subject Coverage:
Social Sciences
Content Type :
Primary Sources
Additional Information:
Titles List | Help
Database Link:
http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=132
North Carolina State Government Publications Collection
Contains both current and historic state publications produced by the various agencies that make up North Carolina State Government. The searchable collection contains informational brochures and pamphlets, reports (annual, biennial, technical, statistical, etc.), serial publications (newsletters, checklists, magazines, etc.), handbooks, studies, datasheets, curriculum reviews, wildlife and agricultural profiles, historical surveys, podcasts, and a variety of other information resources. This database is updated daily.
Provider:
Government and Heritage Library of the State Library of North Carolina
Subject Coverage:
General
Content Type :
Full Text, Primary Sources
Database Link:
http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=239
Points of View Reference Center
Is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides more than 290 topics; and contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including more than 1,300 main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books. It also offers guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers. Points of View provides the basis from which students can realize and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.
Provider:
EBSCO
Subject Coverage:
General
Content Type :
Full Text, Primary Sources
Database Link:
http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=279
Student Research Center (SRC)
Provides students in secondary schools with the most appropriate research tools for easily obtaining the information that they seek.
Provider:
EBSCO
Subject Coverage:
General
Additional Information:
Titles List | Help
Database Link:
http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=226