Databases

The resources in this collection are available through subscriptions purchased by the Borden Mace Library or NC Live, or are freely accessible on the Internet.

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    • Multimedia - audio, image, and/or video
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    ABC-CLIO eBook Collection

    Is an academic, reference, and general eBooks collection featuring over 6,000 high-quality, authoritative, scholarly titles focusing on history and literature. This collection is browseable and searchable.
    Provider: Greenwood Publishing Group
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences, Humanities
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    Academic Search Complete

    Is a multi-disciplinary database that provides full text for nearly 9,000 journals, including over 7,700 peer-reviewed titles. PDF content dates back as far as 1887, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 titles.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Journals and Magazines, Other Sources, and Subject Titles Lists | Help

    AccessNC (Formerly EDIS)

    Is a one-stop source for North Carolina economic data and site information. The system allows you to find properties statewide that meet your business needs; and map these properties and create custom demographic reports for the site-specific locations you select.
    Provider: North Carolina Department of Commerce
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    African American Poetry

    Contains nearly 3,000 poems by African American poets of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It provides a comprehensive survey of the early history of African American poetry, from the earliest published African American poems to the works of Paul Laurence Dunbar, the first African American poet to achieve national success and recognition.
    Provider: Chadwyck-Healey
    Subject Coverage: Humanities
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    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: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    American Poetry

    Contains over 40,000 poems by more than 200 poets, covering the Colonial period to the early twentieth century, and drawn from over 1,200 printed sources.
    Provider: Chadwyck-Healey
    Subject Coverage: Humanities
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    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: Database
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    ArchiveGrid

    Provides online access to nearly a million descriptions of archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies and archives worldwide. It features detailed, archival collection descriptions written by archivists, a powerful search engine, and a user friendly interface.
    Provider: OCLC
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    Art & Architecture Complete

    Provides full-text coverage of 380 periodicals and more than 220 books. In addition, this database offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 780 academic journals, magazines and trade publications, as well as for over 230 books. Art & Architecture Complete also provides selective coverage for 70 additional publications and an Image Collection of over 63,000 images provided by Picture Desk and others. This database covers a wide variety of pertinent subjects, including antiques, art and art history, interior and landscape design, and much more.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Humanities
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Alphabetical and Subject Titles Lists | Help

    Article First

    Contains bibliographic citations describing items listed on the table of contents pages of more than 13,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. This resource is updated daily.
    Provider: OCLC
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    Auto Repair Reference Center

    Includes more than 33,100 vehicles covered from 1945 to present; over 250,000 drawings and step-by-step photographs; approximately 77,570 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer; over 144,600 enhanced wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing; specifications & maintenance schedules; Labor Time Guide & Estimator; AutoIQ; Quick Tips, a complete guide to vehicle ownership & maintenance; unlimited remote access and much more. New repair procedures and updates will also be added continuously. All of the content in Auto Repair Reference Center has been created by ASE certified technicians.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    Biography Reference Center

    Offers a comprehensive collection of more than 461,000 full-text biographies, including the complete full-text run of Biography Today and Biography, as well as thousands of narrative biographies that are not available in other databases. In addition to keyword searching, users can also locate biographies of interest by browsing more than 30 genre categories, including actors, authors, composers, explorers, figures relevant to U.S. & world history, inventors, musicians, Presidents of the United States, current world leaders and many others.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    BioMed Central

    BioMed Central publishes 243 peer-reviewed open access medical oriented journals. These journals can be searched by topic or alphabetically. Articles that are freely available are indicated by an "open access" banner.
    Provider: BioMed Central
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Journals | Articles

    Business ServiCenter

    Is your gateway to business information, programs, and resources. It offers a one-stop source for consultations, information and referrals.
    Provider: North Carolina Department of Commerce
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
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    Business Source Complete

    Is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included. In addition, searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,300 journals. Peer-reviewed journals number nearly 2,000, as well as more than 1,700 trade journals and general business magazines. Industry and company profiles are also available.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Journals and Magazines, Other Sources, and Subject Titles Lists | Help

    CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online)

    Contains about 95,000 works of fine and decorative art from leading museums around the world. The scope of the collection ranges from 3000 BCE to the present, representing premiere examples of Asian, African, Latin American and Western art. Difficult-to-find contemporary art is one of its strengths. The content includes high-resolution images of photographs, paintings, sculpture, decorative and utilitarian objects, prints, drawings and watercolors, jewelry and costumes, textiles, books, installations, and architecture—plus audio-video and mixed media. Benefits of the interface include downloading high-resolution images, the ability to e-mail images and metadata for further study, and fast, powerful, Web-based searching. All content is rights-cleared for educational use.
    Provider: OCLC
    Subject Coverage: Humanities
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    An agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, is dedicated to promoting "health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability." Of special interest to the consumer are the resources about diseases, conditions and other special topics arranged under "A-Z Index" and "Travelers' Health," with health immunizations and recommendations for travelers worldwide.
    Provider: National Center for Health Marketing, Coordinating Center for Health Information and Service
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades (Spanish Version)

    CINAHL with Full Text

    Is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 600 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index - with no embargo. Full-text coverage dates back to 1981.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    ClasePeriodica

    Indexes over 2,600 Latin American scholarly journals in the social sciences, humanities, science, and technology. The journals are published in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English. This database is updated quarterly with coverage back to 1975.
    Provider: OCLC
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    Consumer Health Complete

    Is a consumer-oriented health content resource. It provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database

    CQ Researcher Online

    Is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published weekly in print and online 44 times a year by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc.
    Provider: CQ Press
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    CQ Weekly

    Is the complete source for expert coverage of the United States Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and back room maneuvering. It includes an archive dating back to 1983.
    Provider: CQ Press
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    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: Database
    Additional Information:

    Driver's Handbook

    Includes the full text of the current driver's manual in English and Spanish.
    Provider: North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information:

    eBook Collection

    Contains nearly 25,000 searchable, full-text fiction, reference, scholarly, and professional electronic books.
    Provider: EBSCOhost
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    Education Directory of North Carolina

    Contains the phone number and address of every North Carolina public, federal or charter school and public school system; the phone number of every employee of the Department of Public Instruction, members of the State Board of Education and the Superintendent; contact information for educational associations and organizations, advisory councils, educational material suppliers and sellers; and a list of all the state and territorial superintendents in the U.S.
    Provider: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information:

    English Poetry

    Contains over 160,000 poems, essentially comprising the complete canon of English poetry of the British Isles from the 8th century to around 1900. Drawn from nearly 4,500 printed sources, more than 1,250 poets are represented.
    Provider: Chadwyck-Healey
    Subject Coverage: Humanities
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    Entrepreneurial Studies Source

    Provides the latest insight into topics relevant to entrepreneurship and small business. This database offers users full text for more than 125 key periodicals, 135 reference books, case studies, thousands of company profiles and over 600 videos with transcripts and related articles from the Harvard Faculty Series and Vator.TV.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    Environment Complete

    Offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. It contains more than 2.4 million records from more than 2,200 domestic and international titles going back to 1888 (including over 1,350 active core titles) as well as more than 190 monographs. The database also contains full text for more than 920 journals.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Alphabetical and Subject Titles Lists | Help

    ERIC (Education Resource Information Center)

    Provides unlimited access to more than 1.3 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials. It contains links to more than 317,000 full-text documents back to 1966.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    Faber Poetry Library

    Contains the works of 50 poets comprising 140 volumes of poetry. Authors covered include Simon Armitage, Rupert Brooke, Wendy Cope, T. S. Eliot, Lavinia Greenlaw, Thom Gunn, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, David Jones, Louis MacNeice, Andrew Motion, Paul Muldoon, Tom Paulin, Sylvia Plath, Siegfried Sassoon, Stephen Spender and Edward Thomas.
    Provider: Chadwyck-Healey
    Subject Coverage: Humanities
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

    Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    Gale Virtual Reference Library

    Features electronic reference books covering a wide variety of topics and subjects, ranging from current events to classics and from Arts & Humanities to small business. Titles are searchable individually and as a collection.
    Provider: Gale
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database

    General Assembly of North Carolina

    Contains a tool to track bills, find and communicate with your State House and Senate representatives, and to follow meetings and issues before the General Assembly.
    Provider: North Carolina General Assembly
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    Go Ask Alice!

    Is the health question and answer Internet resource produced by the Alice!, Health Promotion Program at Columbia University.
    Provider: Health Services at Columbia
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information:

    Google Scholar

    Provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
    Provider: Google
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    GPO

    Provides bibliographic information for all types of U.S. government documents from 1976 to the present.
    Provider: OCLC
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    GreenFILE

    Offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    Health Source: Consumer Edition

    Is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database

    Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

    Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. It also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database

    Healthfinder

    Has resources on a wide range of health topics selected from over 1,600 government and non-profit organizations.
    Provider: National Health Information Center
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Spanish Version

    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: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    HIV InSite

    Is a source for comprehensive, in-depth HIV/AIDS information and knowledge. The site has an extensive collection of original material, including the HIV InSite Knowledge Base, a complete textbook with extensive references and related links organized by topic.
    Provider: Center for HIV Information (CHI) at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF)
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information:

    Hoover's Online

    Is a business research platform that allows you to search U.S. and international company listings by industry, size, & geography to build lists, create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, and raise funds.
    Provider: Mergent
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    Image Collection

    Searches for articles from EBSCOhost databases that contain images. The collection consists of over 341,000 licensed and public-domain images. It includes a wide array of photos and maps, with an emphasis on world news and events. Other areas of coverage include contemporary and historical photos of people, places and the natural kingdom. A Literary Image Collection is available from the "Images" drop-down menu at the top of the screen.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    Index to Organism Names (ION)

    Contains millions of animal names, both fossil and recent, at all taxonomic ranks, reported from the scientific literature.
    Provider: Thomson Reuters
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    Job & Career Accelerator

    Provides job seekers access to occupational profiles; tools for finding the right career and for creating resumes and cover letters; and listings for jobs and internships.
    Provider: LearningExpress
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
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    Job Search

    Offers links to job search resources, including the NC Job Bank.
    Provider: Employment Security Commission of North Carolina
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information:

    JSTOR

    Offers a high-quality, interdisciplinary archive of over one thousand leading academic journals, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. The entire corpus is full-text searchable, offers search term highlighting, includes high-quality images, and is interlinked by millions of citations and references.
    Provider: ITHAKA
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help
    Database Link: http://www.jstor.org/

    KidHealth

    Has information about health, behavior, and development from before birth through the teen years. As part of the Nemours Center for Children's Health Media, it also provides families with perspective, advice, and comfort about a wide range of physical, emotional, and behavioral issues that affect children and teens.
    Provider: Nemours Foundation
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information:

    Kids Search

    Is designed specifically for elementary/middle school students. Important features and functionality of Kids Search include the ability to search by topic, subtopic, or keywords; simultaneous searching across all subscribed databases; the ability to sort results by relevance, as well as by date; the option of filtering search results by source type; and the ability to add search results, images, or persistent links to searches to the Folder.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    Lab Tests Online

    Has been designed to help you, as a patient or family caregiver, to better understand the many clinical lab tests that are part of routine care as well as diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of conditions and diseases. If you are a medical professional, this site can serve as a quick reference tool or as a resource for keeping up with advances in laboratory science.
    Provider: American Association for Clinical Chemistry
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    LearningExpress Library

    Is an innovative, web-based learning solution that provides patrons, from elementary students to adult learners, with instant access to the most comprehensive collection of test-preparation tools, skill-building materials, and career resources available. Over 770 online practice tests and interactive skill-building tutorials are available, along with more than 130 e-book titles developed by expert academic and industry professionals.
    Provider: LearningExpress
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    Legal Information Reference Center

    Contains hundreds of full-text publications and thousands of legal forms. The full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation's oldest and most-respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses. This database offers the everyday user the necessary tools and detailed “how-to” instructions to independently address a wide-range of legal issues.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    Legislation: Bills

    Provides information about legislation since 1985.
    Provider: General Assembly of North Carolina
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    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.
    Provider:
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information:
    Database Link: http://www.loc.gov/

    Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) with Full Text

    Indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. This database also contains full text for more than 330 journals and nearly 30 full-text monographs. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Alphabetical and Subject Titles Lists | Help

    Literary Reference Center Plus

    Is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Content includes plot summaries, criticisms, biographies, journal articles, book reviews, poems, short stories, interviews, study guides, videos, and classic texts.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Humanities
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    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
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Periodicals, Other Sources, and Subject Titles Lists | Help

    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
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Journals and Magazines, Other Sources, and Subject Titles Lists | Help

    MayoClinic.com

    Offers health information, self-improvement and disease management tools to empower people to manage their health. Produced by a team of Web professionals and medical experts, it gives users access to the experience and knowledge of the more than 3,400 physicians and scientists of Mayo Clinic. MayoClinic.com offers users intuitive, easy-to-access tools for fast answers about health conditions ranging from common to complex; as well as more in-depth sections on more than 25 common diseases and conditions, a wealth of healthy living articles, videos, animations and features.
    Provider: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
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    MedlinePlus

    Has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 750 diseases and conditions. There are directories, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, easy-to-understand tutorials on common conditions, tests, and treatments, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. MedlinePlus is updated daily.
    Provider: U.S. National Library of Medicine
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database

    Merck Manual Home Edition

    Provides online access to most of the content of the print version of The Merck Manual of Medical Information-Second Home Edition.
    Provider: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
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    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
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Periodicals and Other Sources Titles Lists | Help

    Military & Government Collection

    Is designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government through a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Journals and Magazines, and Other Sources Titles Lists | Help

    Morningstar Investment Research Center

    Provides comprehensive information on stocks, funds, and ETFs. It also provides data on 100 types of industries, as well as a tool for evaluating a personal portfolio.
    Provider: Morningstar, Inc.
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    MyiLibrary

    Is an electronic platform that offers library users access to some of the most topical and current e-books available today. Users can access a wide range of research, reference and reading materials online from any location. They can also search across many e-books or conduct searches within a particular e-book.
    Provider: Ingram Digital
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    Offers free, credible, current, comprehensive online information about cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, statistics, research, clinical trials, and news, as well as links to other NCI Web sites.
    Provider: National Cancer Institute
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine

    Is the Federal Government's lead agency for scientific research on the diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine.
    Provider: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
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    National Institute of Mental Health

    Has a mission to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery and cure.
    Provider: National Institute of Mental Health
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
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    NC Health Info

    Is an online guide to Web sites of quality health and medical information and local health services throughout North Carolina. Designed to meet the needs and interests of North Carolinians, NC Health Info leads users to resources that are reliable and easy to understand. Links on NC Health Info are selected and maintained by North Carolina librarians.
    Provider: Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
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    NC Live

    Provides the people of North Carolina with online access to a large and diverse collection of resources aimed at serving educational, economic, and informational needs of everyday life. With content and indexing from more than 50,000 newspapers, journals, magazines, encyclopedias, e-books, e-audio, and streaming video titles, it offers users the highest quality, most authoritative resources in the information market place.
    Provider:
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Full Text Title Search | Titles List | Help
    Database Link: http://www.nclive.org/

    NC Standard Course of Study

    Includes the curriculum that should be made available to every child in North Carolina's public schools. Many public schools in the state presently offer an even more comprehensive curriculum. Therefore, in some curriculum areas, electives were also included. The Standard Course of Study is part of the Department of Public Education's continual improvement efforts. The curriculum will be revised on a regular basis to remain consistent with the changing needs of our nation, state, and local communities.
    Provider: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
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    Newspaper Source Plus

    Includes 1,570 full-text newspapers, providing more than 27 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 583,100 television and radio news transcripts, videos & podcasts.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    NIH Senior Health

    Features authoritative and up-to-date health information from Institutes and Centers at NIH. In addition, the American Geriatrics Society provides expert and independent review of some of the material found on this web site. Each health topic includes general background information, open-captioned videos, quizzes and frequently asked questions (FAQs). New topics are added to the site on a regular basis.
    Provider: National Institute on Aging and the National Library of Medicine
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
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    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: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    North Carolina Agricultural Statistics

    Brings together current and historic data relating to North Carolina agriculture.
    Provider: North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
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    North Carolina Community Newspapers

    Links to news or newspaper Web sites of cities or counties in North Carolina.
    Provider: Duke University Libraries
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
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    North Carolina Encyclopedia

    Is designed to give you an overview of the people, the government, the history, and the resources of North Carolina.
    Provider: State Library of North Carolina
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
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    North Carolina Periodicals Index

    Provides access to articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics. Coverage includes 68 current and historic publications, most of which are not indexed in standard reference tools. Content coverage is selective as articles must be at least a page in length to be included. Initial coverage began in January, 1992, but retrospective coverage of historically important titles extends to the 1930s.
    Provider: J.Y. Joyner Library at East Carolina University
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Searching Tips

    North Carolina Public Health

    Provides you with information about public health in North Carolina, including current issues, news about programs, and other resources.
    Provider: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
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    North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics

    Is responsible for data collection, health-related research, production of reports, and maintenance of a comprehensive collection of health statistics.
    Provider: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
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    North Carolina State Employee Directory

    Provides the telephone number or email address for state employees. Search by name or agency/department.
    Provider: State of North Carolina
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
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    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: Database
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    North Carolina Teacher Academy

    Is a professional development program for teachers established and funded by the North Carolina General Assembly. The mission of the Academy is to support continuous learning to the growth of a career teacher by providing quality professional development in the areas of school leadership, instructional methodology, core content, and use of modern technology in order to enrich instruction and enhance student achievement.
    Provider:
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
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    North Carolina Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program

    Collects data on the age, race and sex of persons arrested for all crimes except traffic violation. This program is part of a nationwide, cooperative statistical effort administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
    Provider: North Carolina Department of Justice
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
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    NoveList K-8 Plus

    Is a tool designed to help elementary and middle school-age students find their next great read. Covering fiction and nonfiction, it includes author biographies, book descriptions, book lists, BookTalks, Curricular Connections, discussion guides, lists of award winners, Picture Book Extenders, and recommended reads.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    NoveList Plus

    Is a comprehensive online readers' advisory tool. Using it, you can search among hundreds of thousands of popular fiction and readable nonfiction titles, and also retrieve author read-alikes, book lists, book discussion guides, and more. All of this rich editorial content is crafted by librarians and reading authorities who are experts in the field.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    OAIster

    Is a union catalog of digital resources from open archive collections.
    Provider: OCLC
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    Official Web Site of the State of North Carolina

    Is designed to provide intuitive, easy to find access to information about state government. Information is categorized based on services that you use or types of information you need. The Website is searchable.
    Provider: State of North Carolina
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
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    One Clickdigital

    Provides downloadable audio books. Users will need to create a personal account to download and transfer audiobooks.
    Provider: Recorded Books
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    Open Library

    Is a downloadable eBook collection with books contributed from libraries across the country. Titles include in-copyright and public domain works. Up to five books can be borrowed at a time. ePub-compatible e-reader format.
    Provider: Internet Archive
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    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: Database
    Additional Information: Alphabetical and Primary Sources Titles Lists | Help

    Primary Search

    Provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Periodicals and Other Sources Titles Lists | Help

    ProQuest Platinum

    Delivers more than 2,000 journals and magazines, plus targeted newspaper coverage highlighting the leading international, national, and regional newspapers.
    Provider: ProQuest
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    Public Schools of North Carolina: Data & Reports

    Includes selected statistical information about students, personnel, and finances.
    Provider: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
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    PubMed

    Comprises more than 19 million citations for biomedical articles from MEDLINE and life science journals. Citations may include links to full-text articles from PubMed Central or publisher web sites.
    Provider: U.S. National Library of Medicine
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Journals Database | Help

    Regional Business News

    Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    Regional Economic Accounts: Local Area Personal Income

    Contains personal income and population summary estimates; detailed county annual tables of income and employment; and wage and salary summary estimates. For North Carolina-specific information, select "North Carolina" from the list of states. County-level information will be displayed once you select the state.
    Provider: Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Dept. of Commerce
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
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    Salud en Espanol (CHI)

    Provides translated articles about common medical conditions and procedures in an easy-to-understand manner. In addition to keyword searching, CHI offers an interactive body map that assists the user in locating full text articles about health-related topics for all areas of the body. All of the evidence-based content included in Consumer Health Information is written by experienced medical writers and independently reviewed by medically-credentialed experts.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970

    Provides digital access to large-scale maps of towns and cities in North Carolina. Users have the ability to easily manipulate the maps, magnify and zoom in on specific sections, and layer maps from different years.
    Provider: ProQuest
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: City Coverage | Help

    Science Reference Center

    Is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    ScienceDirect

    Covers authoritative titles from the core scientific literature, including high-impact factor titles such as THE LANCET, Cell and Tetrahedron. More than 2,500 journals and almost nine million full-text articles are currently available online.
    Provider: Elsevier
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    Searchasaurus

    Makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. This resource is targeted at elementary and middle school students.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    Serials Directory

    Provides access to bibliographic information and pricing structures for popular serials. It contains nearly 212,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    Simply Map

    Is a web-based mapping application that lets users quickly create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using powerful demographic, business, and marketing data.
    Provider: Geographic Research, Inc
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    Small Business Reference Center

    Contains more than 450 full-text reference books, as well as nearly 400 full-text magazines. This database provides the everyday user with the necessary tools and detailed “how-to” instructions to independently address a wide-range of small business topics, including buying/selling a business, managing employees, writing a business plan, understanding legal information, marketing a business, and much more.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    Small Engine Repair Reference Center

    Provides users with detailed, yet user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines. It includes over 440 full-text reference books, and information on more than 25 years of many engine models.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    Socioeconomic Data

    Provides state, county, and municipal population estimates and projections by year, age, race, and sex. The annual estimates of the population of North Carolina counties and municipalities are used in the distribution of state shared revenues to local governments. County and state population projections, available by age, race (white/other) and sex, are used for long range planning.
    Provider: North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
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    Start Squad

    Is an excellent resource for anyone seeking quality web sites for kids. Sites were selected and organized by professionally trained librarians. Start Squad is made possible by a partnership of the State Library of North Carolina and the North Carolina Library Association.
    Provider: State Library of North Carolina
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
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    State Data Center

    Is a consortium of agencies cooperating with the US Bureau of the Census to provide the public with data about the state and its component geographic areas.
    Provider: North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
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    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
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    Tax Forms and Instructions

    Includes downloadable versions of current North Carolina tax forms. Forms may also be ordered online.
    Provider: North Carolina Department of Revenue
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
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    Teacher Reference Center

    Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    TOPICsearch

    Is a current events database that allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints. It contains full text for over 60,000 articles from 399 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's unparalleled collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.
    Provider: EBSCO
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    Twentieth-Century African American Poetry

    Is a collection of poetry written by the most important and influential African American poets of the twentieth century. Coverage begins with the key writers of the early decades, continues with major figures of the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts movement of the 1960s, and concludes with a considerable body of writing of the 1980s and 1990s.
    Provider: Chadwyck-Healey
    Subject Coverage: Humanities
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    Twentieth-Century American Poetry

    Is a collection of poetry which allows readers a unique survey of the movements, schools and distinctive voices of modern and contemporary American poetry. With the collaboration of America's leading poetry publishers, the collection brings together 50,000 poems by over 300 poets.
    Provider: Chadwyck-Healey
    Subject Coverage: Humanities
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    Twentieth-Century English Poetry

    Contains the poetry of over 280 poets from 1900 to the present day.
    Provider: Chadwyck-Healey
    Subject Coverage: Humanities
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Titles List | Help

    Wall Street Journal

    Offers in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of hard news. It is available from 1984 to the present.
    Provider: ProQuest
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help

    Web of Science

    Provides access to the world's leading citation databases. Authoritative, multidisciplinary coverage includes current and retrospective journal and proceedings data in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
    Provider: Thomson Reuters
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database

    Women's Health

    Is a service of the National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC). It provides reliable and current information on more than 800 topics on women's health. Information in Spanish is available.
    Provider: Office of Women's Health
    Subject Coverage: Science & Technology
    Content Type: Database
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    Work for North Carolina Schools: Employment

    Contains links to information needed to apply for a job in North Carolina's public schools.
    Provider: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
    Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
    Content Type: Database
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    WorldCat

    Contains all the records of books and other materials cataloged by OCLC member libraries from around the world.
    Provider: OCLC
    Subject Coverage: General
    Content Type: Database
    Additional Information: Help