Social Sciences

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 : Full Text
Additional Information: Titles List | Help
Database Link: http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=274

Legislation: Bills

Provides information about legislation since 1985.
Provider: General Assembly of North Carolina
Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
Content Type : Full Text
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Database Link: http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=150

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 : Full Text, Bibliographic
Additional Information: Journals and Magazines, and Other Sources Titles Lists | Help
Database Link: http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=138

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 : Full Text
Additional Information: Help
Database Link: http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=220

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 : Website
Database Link: http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=153

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 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.
Subject Coverage: Social Sciences
Content Type : Website
Database Link: http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=154

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 : Statistics
Database Link: http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=164

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 : Statistics
Database Link: http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=165

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 : Full Text
Additional Information: Titles List | Help
Database Link: http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=139

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 : Statistics
Database Link: http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=166

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 : Multimedia
Additional Information: City Coverage | Help
Database Link: http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=140

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 : Multimedia
Additional Information: Help
Database Link: http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=247

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 : Full Text
Additional Information: Titles List | Help
Database Link: http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=280

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 : Statistics
Database Link: http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=161