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  • ABC-CLIO eBook Collection
    History & literature eBooks, including the series Daily Life, Critical Companions, Literature in Context, as well as American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography.
  • ABI/INFORM Collection
    Business research from journals, trade publications, market research reports, dissertations, and working papers.
  • Academic OneFile (Gale)
    Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from journals and reference sources for all academic disciplines. Millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, including full-text coverage of the New York Times since 1995. Updated daily.
  • ACCESSNC
    A one-stop source for North Carolina economic data and site information. The system allows you to map properties that meet your business needs and create custom demographic reports for the site-specific locations you select. From community demographic reports to labor market and education data, ACCESSNC lets you access the data you need to make important business decisions.
  • Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection (ProQuest)
    Journal articles, reference reports, proceedings, and dissertations covering current news and topics as well as the trends and history influencing important accounting, tax, and banking issues.
  • African-American Poetry
    Poems from 1750-1900 including Lucy Terry Prince, Phillis Wheatley, Jupiter Hammon, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and more.
  • Agricultural & Environmental Science Database (ProQuest)
    Articles plus searchable charts, figures, graphs, maps, photographs and tables representing all major environment topics.
  • Agriculture Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides a view of current and authoritative scholarly content that spans the agriculture industry--from practical aspects of farming to scientific research in horticulture.
  • American Poetry
    Find poems written from 1650-1920. Includes Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Phillis Wheatley, Walt Whitman and Herman Melville.
  • American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography
    Life histories of former slaves compiled from 4,000 interviews with ex-slaves.
  • ArchiveGrid
    ArchiveGrid includes over four million records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. With over 1,000 different archival institutions represented, ArchiveGrid helps researchers looking for primary source materials held in archives, libraries, museums and historical societies.
  • Arts & Humanities Database (ProQuest)
    This database features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies.
  • Automate
    Reference database with authoritative and up-to-date auto repair and service information on more than 38,000 vehicles.
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  • Bills from the NC General Assembly
    Current and historical bills from the NC General Assembly. Search by attribute, bill number, chamber, committee, and more.
  • Biography And Genealogy Master Index (Gale InfoTrac)
    Indexed biographical material on people, living and deceased, from all time periods, geographic locations, and fields of endeavor.
  • Biography In Context (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides contextual information on the world's most influential people. Users can search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.
  • Biography Reference Bank (EBSCO)
  • Biography Reference Center (EBSCO)
    A comprehensive collection of full-text biographies on popular and heavily-researched figures. Locate biographies of interest by browsing key categories, including occupation, nationality, publication and more than 30 categories including actors, artists, athletes, authors, current world leaders, explorers, scientists and many others.
  • Biology Database (ProQuest)
    Research on animal behavior, aquatic life and fisheries, biochemistry, ecology, plant science, toxicology, virology, microbiology, health and safety science, entomology, and more.
  • Book Review Index Online (Gale InfoTrac)
    More than 5.6 million book reviews that allow users to conduct research in numerous disciplines, including literature, history, education, psychology, and more.
  • Business Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides full-text coverage of all business disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy through nearly 4,000 leading business and trade publications, updated daily.
  • Business Economics & Theory Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Content is useful for starting a business, marketing a product, developing policy, analyzing trends, constructing economic models, investing for the future, researching rates, and more. Includes over 1800 journals.
  • Business Insights: Global (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides coverage of all business disciplines, including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice. This database offers many business and trade publications, complemented by a selection of international, U.S., and regional news publications.
  • Business Link North Carolina
    Programs and resources for people starting a new business or moving a business to North Carolina.
  • Business Market Research Collection (ProQuest)
    This database contains company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research from three sources, including Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch from Oxford Analystica, and Snapshots.
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  • Career & Technical Education Database (ProQuest)
    Vocational information on technical topics, such as computing science, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales and retail, accounting, graphic design, and photography.
  • Careers, Vocations & Technical Education Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides current and applicable periodical content to aid in career and vocational research -- from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.
  • CCCC History Collection (eBooks)
    The College's collection of yearbooks dating from 1967 to 1986 have been pulled from the Library's archives and digitized into an eBook format. The collection also includes yearbooks from the Veterinary Medical Technology program (from 1995 to 2005) and a book written on the history of the college, A History of Central Carolina Community College: The First Forty Years by Avron B. Upchurch. These books are available through the NC Digital Heritage Center web site. No password is required. Click on full-screen mode for optimal viewing.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Resources about diseases, conditions and other special topics, with health immunizations and recommendations for travelers worldwide.
  • Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades
    Información y recursos para mantener la salud y prevenir enfermedades.
  • CINAHL Plus with Full Text
    Premier database of nursing and allied health journals with additional materials that include nursing dissertations, conference proceedings, evidence-based care sheets, audiovisuals, and continuing education modules.
  • Communications & Mass Media Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Brings together information found in more than 400 journals on all aspects of the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature, meet the needs of researchers.
  • Computer Database (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides access to leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries covering everything from hardware to the cloud.
  • Computing Database (ProQuest)
    Scholarly journals, trade publications, and consumer titles covering topics such as artificial intelligence, automation, gaming, graphics, networking, security, database management, systems administration, information science and hardware.
  • Consumer Reports
    Popular collection of product reviews and recommendations for cars, appliances, electronics, personal finance, and health information.
  • CQ Magazine
    News and analysis on how legislation is shaped. Coverage of bills, votes, amendments, committees, and more.
  • CQ Researcher Online
    Reports on issues shaping our world, with in-depth coverage of political and social issues, such as health, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy.
  • Credo Reference
    Premier virtual reference collection including encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, images, audio files, and videos in a wide expanse of subject areas.
  • Crime in North Carolina (Uniform Crime Report)
    The Uniform Crime Reporting Program collects data on the age, race, and sex of persons arrested for all crimes except traffic violations.
  • Criminal Justice Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Useful research database for those studying law, law enforcement, terrorism, homeland security, forensic science, and more.
  • Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest)
    Research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends.
  • Culinary Arts Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Offers more than five million articles from over 250 major cooking and nutrition magazines, as well as book reference content.
  • Cypress Resume
    Easy-to-use résumé building tool with a built-in writing process and automatic formatting.
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  • Digital Public Library of America
    The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) provides access to millions of photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Find primary sources to use in school projects, academic research, family history research, and more.
  • DigitalNC
    Explore the history and culture of North Carolina through original materials from cultural heritage repositories across the state, including historical newspapers.
  • Diversity Studies Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Collection of journals that explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in the global community.
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  • eBook Academic Collection
    This database contains a large selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter. Books are available in the subjects of art, business, education, humanities, medical science, performing arts, political science, social science, technology, and more.
  • Ebook Central
    Scholarly titles supporting student and faculty research, and general nonfiction on topics such as school & studying, career development, arts & leisure, and practical life skills.
  • eBooks on EBSCOhost
    Over 80,000 fiction, reference, scholarly, and professional books online.
  • Education Database (ProQuest)
    Research on primary, secondary, and higher education, as well as special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.
  • Educators Reference Complete (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides periodical and journal articles on multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialtysuch as technology, bilingual education, health education, testing, administration and more.
  • eLibrary
    This easy-to-use curriculum and reference resource delivers one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for schools and libraries of all kinds, as well as additional subject-based material.
  • English Poetry
    Find poems written from 600 to 1900 including Thomas Percy, Walter Scott, Robert Dodsley, Francis Turner Palgrave, and more.
  • Entrepreneurship Database (ProQuest)
    Information for entrepreneurs and researchers that includes business start-up plans, video clips, journals, business cases, and more.
  • Environmental Studies & Policy Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Addresses environmental concerns and research with coverage from more than 300 journals and book reference content
  • ERIC
    The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC is the premier indexing and abstracting source for education and related disciplines. Journal and non-journal literature is indexed.
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  • Faber Poetry Library
    Find poems written by modern poets such as Wendy Cope, T. S. Eliot, Thom Gunn, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Tom Paulin, Sylvia Plath and more.
  • Family Health Database (ProQuest)
    Magazines and journals covering consumer health topics, such as sports injuries, women's health, food and nutrition, midwifery, eye care and dentistry.
  • Feature Films for Education
    Stream hundreds of full-length feature films for educational instructional purposes. This database includes literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, environmental titles, foreign films, social issues, animation studies, Academy Award® winners, and more.
  • Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
    Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center is a comprehensive resource for career exploration and planning that allows users to quickly find the valuable career information they need, whether it’s industry and professions articles, school planning resources, or skills and career advice.
  • Ferguson's Career Guidance Center: Video Collection
    A collection of short videos about job searching, soft skills for workplaces, and career information for a variety of industries.
  • Films on Demand
    Streaming video allows you to view this collection of videos anytime, anywhere, 24/7. Our collection includes videos about careers, business, science, health, social science, art & literature, history, and more, with a combined total of over 29,000 full-length video titles in over 275,000 segments.
  • Fine Arts & Music Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Periodical database for students of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
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  • Gardening, Landscape & Horticulture Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Serves gardening enthusiasts of all levels with more than 3.6 million articles from more than 100 journals, as well as more than 20 reference titles.
  • Gender Studies Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Offers access to scholarly journals and magazines covering topics including gender studies, family, and marital issues, LGBTQ community, and more.
  • General OneFile (Gale InfoTrac)
    General interest periodicals. Includes millions of articles from magazine, journals, and newspapers, as well as reference and audio content.
  • Global Issues In Context (Gale InfoTrac)
    A database designed to support global awareness. Authoritative content allows users to critically analyze and understand the most important issues of the modern world.
  • GREENR (Global Reference On The Environment/Energy/And Natural Resources)
    This resource focuses on the study of sustainability and the environment. Topics include global warming, food safety, access to health care, and the impact of economic development on international relations.
  • Gun Regulation and Legislation in America (HeinOnline)
    This database features essential periodicals, compiled legislative histories, CRS reports, Congressional hearings, United States Supreme Court briefs, monographs, and other related materials on the topic of regulating firearms in the United States.
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  • Health & Medical Collection (ProQuest)
    Clinical research plus consumer and health administration titles.
  • Health & Wellness Resource Center (Gale InfoTrac)
    Offers access to thousands of full-text medical journals, periodicals, reference works, and multimedia. Provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.
  • Health Management Database (ProQuest)
    Research supporting professional healthcare management and healthcare administration.
  • Health Reference Center Academic (Gale InfoTrac)
    Discover periodicals and reference book content designed for both nursing and allied health students as well as consumer health researchers.
  • HeritageQuest
    Treasury of American genealogical sources: unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. Includes historical census, PERSI, Revolutionary War records, and more.
  • Historic North Carolina Digital Newspaper Collection
    3.5 million pages of digitized content from over 1,000 NC county newspapers.
  • History Study Center
    A collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present day.
  • Home Grown eBooks Collection
    A collection of more than 1,000 eBooks from a variety of North Carolina publishers. Includes popular and scholarly nonfiction, novels by well-known NC authors, and award-winning short fiction and poetry.
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  • InfoBase eBooks
    This collection of eBooks covers careers, education, medical, health, religion, philosophy, science, technology, sustainability, U.S. history, and world history. Included are several encyclopedias: Encyclopedia of American History; Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology; Encyclopedia of the World's Nations and Cultures; Encyclopedia of World Religions; and others.
  • Information Science & Library Issues Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides access to periodical content covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology, including usability, cataloging, circulation, business information, and more.
  • Informe Academico (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides access to a wide range of full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines both from and about Latin America.
  • Interactive Human Anatomy (Gale)
    Examine virtual 3D dissections and immerse yourself in interactive research. Students can delve deep into concepts with tools to zoom, rotate, and explore models, explore guided lessons, and use self-assessments to ensure comprehension.
  • International Newsstream (ProQuest)
    International Newsstream provides information from more than 660 of the world's top newspapers, including The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications.
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  • Job Openings
    Job openings: NC state government jobs, America's Job Bank, and additional job search resources.
  • JSTOR
    The library provides access to the Language and Literature Collection of JSTOR which is a database of full-text articles from 58 scholarly journals. JSTOR is not a Current World Issues database.
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  • Latin American Newsstream
    Enables users to search the most recent local, national, and regional news content from Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Costa Rica, Peru, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. Latin American Newsstream provides newspapers in Spanish and Portuguese.
  • LawHelpNC
    Find information and links about your legal rights, the law, the courts, legal forms and more.
  • LEGALTRAC (Gale InfoTrac)
    Designed for students, law school faculty and legal researchers, LegalTrac features a collection of major legal publications, including law reviews, legal newspapers, international legal publications, specialty publications and Bar Association journals.
  • Library Science Database (ProQuest)
    This database allows you to search the full-text of leading library and information science journals. This collection provides full-text coverage of 125+ core titles.
  • Literature Resource Center (Gale)
    Articles, critical essays, work and topic overviews, full-text works, and biographies covering authors, their works, and literary movements.
  • Litfinder (Gale InfoTrac)
    Covers world literature and authors throughout history. Contains literary works and secondary source materials, including poems, short stories, speeches, and plays.
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  • Magill's Medical Guide, 8th Edition
  • Mango Languages
    Language learning software with courses in over 70 languages, including English.
  • MasterFile Premier
    A database of full-text magazines, journals, and reference books, as well as photo, map, and flag files dating back to 1917. Titles include popular magazines like Consumer Reports, Car and Driver, Country Living, Elle, Essence, Good Housekeeping, Harper’s Bazaar, and Popular Mechanics alongside an expansive list of scholarly and trade publications.
  • Mayo Clinic
    Health education to patients and the general public on topics such as autism, influenza, bipolar disorder, breast cancer, smoking, depression, and more.
  • MedlinePlus
    Common diseases and conditions, health promotion and wellness, drugs info, medical dictionaries and more.
  • Milestone Documents in American History
  • Military And Intelligence Database (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of the past and present military affairs. Contains hand-selected content supporting key subject areas such as, governmental policies, the socioeconomic effects of war, the structure of the armed forces, and more.
  • Military Database (ProQuest)
    Articles from topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering, and more.
  • Morningstar Investment Research Center
    Includes research and independent opinions on thousands of mutual funds, stocks, and hundreds of ETFs.
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  • NC LIVE
    North Carolina Libraries for Virtual Education (NC LIVE) offers the citizens of North Carolina online access to a diverse collection of electronic resources including full-text articles, images, eBooks, eAudio Books, eVideos, career/job information, test preparation, and more.
  • NCPedia
    Information about the state, its history, people, government, and educational institutions.
  • New York Times
    Full articles from the New York Times (1980-current).
  • Newsstand (Gale Infotrac)
    Provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.
  • North American Women's Letters and Diaries
    Women's writings from the Colonial period to 1950. Includes writings by Abigail Adams, Louisa May Alcott, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Dorothea L. Dix, Julia Ward Howe, and more.
  • North Carolina Periodicals Index
    Index of regional publications about a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
  • North Carolina State Government Publications Collection
    Informational brochures and pamphlets, reports (annual, biennial, statistical), serials (newsletters, checklists, magazines), handbooks, studies, and other information resources produced by state government.
  • NoveList Plus
    Looking for your next great read? This database offers recommendations in fiction, nonfiction, and audiobooks.
  • Nursing & Allied Health Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provide access to scholarly content supporting nursing professionals already working in the field, as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.
  • Nursing & Allied Health Database (ProQuest)
    Journals and dissertations covering nursing, allied health, and alternative and complementary medicine.
  • Nursing and Allied Health: Video Collection
    A set of hundreds of videos illustrating nursing practices and procedures, as well as explaining concepts central to the discipline, such as HIPAA, math for nurses, and documentation.
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  • Occupational Outlook Handbook
    Profiles for hundreds of occupations including sections like What They Do, Work Environment, How to Become One, Pay, and more. Each profile also includes Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projections for the 2010-20 decade.
  • Open Library
    A downloadable eBook collection with books contributed from libraries across the country. Create a username and password to borrow up to five books at a time.
  • Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale InfoTrac)
    Database designed to support science, social studies, current events, and language arts. This database presents each side of important issues.
  • Oxford Reference Books
    Select reference eBooks in the areas of history, language and literature, science and technology, medicine and health, religion, social sciences, and society and culture.
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  • Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Offers a wide spectrum of information, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research, and more with access to academic journals and magazines covering the fields of fitness and sports.
  • Plumb's Veterinary Drugs
    Created for today's busy veterinarians and pharmacists, Plumb's Veterinary Drugs is an online resource for accessing up-to-date veterinary drug information.
  • Political Science Database (ProQuest)
    Political science and international relations journals, dissertations and working papers on topics such as comparative politics, political economy, international development, and environmental policy.
  • Pop Culture Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture. The database offers useful information for researchers in social science, history, art or liberal arts courses.
  • ProQuest Central
    General reference database for over 175 subjects from magazines, journals and newspapers, including peer-reviewed and scholarly works.
  • ProQuest Learning: Literature
    Full-text works of poetry, prose and drama, and secondary sources such as author biographies, literary criticisms, essays, reviews and interviews.
  • Psychology and Behavioral Health
    A collection of eBooks on psychology and mental health issues.
  • Psychology Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides access to content supporting research in all fields of psychology abnormal, biological, cognitive, comparative, developmental, personality, quantitative, social and all areas of applied psychology.
  • Psychology Database (ProQuest)
    Clinical and social psychology articles on topics such as genetics, psychology of business and economics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology, social welfare, and more.
  • Public Health Database (ProQuest)
    This database provides access to the core literature in the field of public health.
  • PubMed
    Comprehensive resource containing citations (not full articles) to biomedical articles and life science journals.
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  • RB Digital
    Downloadable ebooks and audio books on a variety of topics, including language learning, history, biography, classic literature, and more. Compatible with most iPods and WMA compatible MP3 players.
  • ReferenceUSA
    Business and consumer research platform helps you create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, raise funds, and locate people.
  • Regional Accounts Data - Local Area Personal Income
    Personal income and population summary estimates, detailed county annual tables of income and employment, wage and salary summary estimates.
  • Religion & Philosophy Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Collection of periodical content covering topics across a wide range of philosophies and religions, examining the impact religion has had on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language.
  • Religion Database (ProQuest)
    Religious news and information, informative details on doctrines and philosophies, and scholarly reports on religious history and related archaeology.
  • Research Companion
    An award-winning, cloud-based information literacy solution that enables educators and librarians to guide students through research projects efficiently.
  • Research Library (ProQuest)
    General reference database from business and political science to literature and psychology scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and daily news content, accessible to readers and researchers at every level.
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  • Salem Health
    The Salem Health resources include searchable online databases of health encyclopedias owned by the CCCC libraries. These titles are also available in print at the libraries. These titles are also available in print at the libraries. Lee: Psychology and Mental Health; Magill's Medical Guide.
  • Salem History
    The Salem History resources include searchable online databases of history encyclopedias owned by the CCCC libraries. These titles are also available in print at the libraries. These titles are also available in print at the libraries. Harnett: Milestone Documents in American History; Weapons and Warfare; Notorious Lives; Inventors and Inventions; The Renaissance & Early Modern Era. Lee:Latinos; Encyclopedia of Mathematics & Society.
  • Salem Press Online
    eBooks published by Salem Press, Grey House Publishing, and H. W. Wilson covering literature, history, science, health, and careers.
  • Salem Science
    The Salem Science resources include searchable online databases of science encyclopedias owned by the CCCC libraries. These titles are also available in print at the libraries. Lee: Encyclopedia of Global Warming; Forensic Science; Applied Science; Encyclopedia of Mathematics & Society. Chatham: Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues.
  • Sanborn Maps North Carolina
    Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970, provides access to large-scale maps of North Carolina towns and cities.
  • Science Database (ProQuest)
    Applied and general science articles covering topics such as global warming, alternative energy sources, robotic engineering, genetically modified food, and more.
  • Science Direct
    ScienceDirect provides access to the full-text of hundreds of journals published or distributed by Elsevier. Subjects include: Nursing, Allied Health, Veterinary Medicine, Technology, & the Sciences.
  • Science in Context (Gale)
    Reference content, plus magazines, journals, news sources, experiments, and more, covering earth science, life science, space, technology, mathematics, science history, and biography.
  • SimplyAnalytics
    Web-based mapping application that lets you create professional-quality maps, analysis, and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data.
  • SIRS Discoverer
    Designed specifically for elementary and middle school students, SIRS Discoverer offer articles, nonfiction books, images, activities and websites curated for educational relevance, age appropriateness, and readability.
  • SIRS Knowledge Source Package
    Articles, primary sources, websites and graphics provide relevant, credible information on social issues, science, history, government, and the arts and humanities.
  • Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
    This collection brings together a multitude of legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery.
  • Small Business Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Ideal for business students and entrepreneurs, this database is updated daily and provides insights, tips, strategies, and success stories from more than 500 subject-appropriate, active, full-text periodicals.
  • Small Business eBooks & eAudio Books
    The CCCC Small Business Center has over 200 eBook titles and 16 eAudio Books available via the eBooks on EBSCOhost Collection in NC LIVE.
  • Social Science Database (ProQuest)
    Research covering topics in sociology, social work, anthropology, and politics.
  • Sociology Database (ProQuest)
    Sociological and social work research including culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, social psychology, substance abuse and addiction, and more.
  • Springer Open Access Books
    Multidisciplinary eBook collection of over 500 titles.
  • STAT!Ref
    This online resource includes over 60 electronic nursing and dental textbooks which are cross-searchable with full text. All titles are the most recent online editions. The Lippincott Nursing Procedures video series is also included.
  • STAT!Ref - Dentistry
  • State Center for Health Statistics
    Health-related research and reports and a collection of health statistics.
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States
    An authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.
  • Student Resources In Context (Gale InfoTrac)
    News content including full-text newspapers and periodicals like The Economist, The New York Times, National Geographic, Newsweek, Popular Science, Smithsonian, and more, as well as hundreds of thousands of images, videos, and audio selections that include archival film clips, broadcast video, BBC News, New York Times video, and NPR.
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  • Teaching Positions in North Carolina
    Links to the information needed to apply for a teaching job in North Carolina.
  • Telecommunications Database (ProQuest)
    Covers topics including computer applications, data communications and data transmission systems, electronic data processing, information science and information theory, radio and television.
  • Testing & Education Reference Center
    Prepare for standardized tests, research undergraduate and graduate programs, find tuition assistance, and explore careers. Must create a free account to access some content.
  • The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Business, Labor and Economic History
  • The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, 2nd edition.
  • Tourism/Hospitality & Leisure Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications that cover topics including the cultural and economic aspects of travel and tourism. Offers coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism industries, as well as information for travelers, from state parks and information on planning a vacation to full-text travel guides from Fodor's.
  • Twentieth Century African-American Poetry
    62 of the most important African-American poets of the last century: Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Audre Lorde and Rita Dove.
  • Twentieth Century American Poetry
    A database of modern and contemporary American poetry from the early twentieth century to the present. Presently includes 36,000 poems drawn from 460 volumes by 217 poets.
  • Twentieth-Century English Poetry
    Modernist poems (1900-1999): W.B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Wilfred Owen, Robert Graves, A.E. Housman, D.H. Lawrence, Carol Ann Duffy, and more.
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  • US History Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers. Updated daily, this library resource offers balanced coverage of events in U.S. history and scholarly work being established in the field.
  • US History In Context (Gale InfoTrac)
    Designed to support U.S. history studies and provides an overview of our nation's past, covering the most-studied events, decades, conflicts, wars, political and cultural movements, and people.
  • US Newsstream
    Current U.S. news content available from 1980 to the present. Features newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format, including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and Chicago Tribune.
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  • Virtual Reference Library (Gale)
    Searchable collection of online reference titles.
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  • Wall Street Journal
    Full articles from the Wall Street Journal (1981-current).
  • War & Terrorism Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    More than 1.7 million articles provide insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale.
  • Weapons and Warfare
  • Westlaw Classic and Westlaw Next
    A complete Internet platform that lets students perform legal research on Westlaw in an easy-to-use format. Available only for in library use. Ask your instructor for the password.
  • World History Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    World History Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers. The database offers balanced coverage of events in world history and scholarly work being established in the field.
  • World History in Context (Gale InfoTrac)
  • World Scholar: Latin America And The Caribbean Regional Portal (Gale InfoTrac)
    A collection of primary source documents about Latin America and the Caribbean; academic journals and news feeds covering the region; reference articles and commentary; maps and statistics; audio and video; and more.
  • WorldCat
    Catalog of books and other materials in libraries around the world.
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• Business & Management

  • Business Collection (Gale InfoTrac) Best Bet
    Provides full-text coverage of all business disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy through nearly 4,000 leading business and trade publications, updated daily.
  • Business Market Research Collection (ProQuest) Best Bet
    This database contains company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research from three sources, including Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch from Oxford Analystica, and Snapshots.
  • ABI/INFORM Collection
    Business research from journals, trade publications, market research reports, dissertations, and working papers.
  • ACCESSNC
    A one-stop source for North Carolina economic data and site information. The system allows you to map properties that meet your business needs and create custom demographic reports for the site-specific locations you select. From community demographic reports to labor market and education data, ACCESSNC lets you access the data you need to make important business decisions.
  • Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection (ProQuest)
    Journal articles, reference reports, proceedings, and dissertations covering current news and topics as well as the trends and history influencing important accounting, tax, and banking issues.
  • Business Economics & Theory Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Content is useful for starting a business, marketing a product, developing policy, analyzing trends, constructing economic models, investing for the future, researching rates, and more. Includes over 1800 journals.
  • Business Insights: Global (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides coverage of all business disciplines, including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice. This database offers many business and trade publications, complemented by a selection of international, U.S., and regional news publications.
  • Business Link North Carolina
    Programs and resources for people starting a new business or moving a business to North Carolina.
  • Entrepreneurship Database (ProQuest)
    Information for entrepreneurs and researchers that includes business start-up plans, video clips, journals, business cases, and more.
  • Morningstar Investment Research Center
    Includes research and independent opinions on thousands of mutual funds, stocks, and hundreds of ETFs.
  • ReferenceUSA
    Business and consumer research platform helps you create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, raise funds, and locate people.
  • Regional Accounts Data - Local Area Personal Income
    Personal income and population summary estimates, detailed county annual tables of income and employment, wage and salary summary estimates.
  • SimplyAnalytics
    Web-based mapping application that lets you create professional-quality maps, analysis, and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data.
  • Small Business Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Ideal for business students and entrepreneurs, this database is updated daily and provides insights, tips, strategies, and success stories from more than 500 subject-appropriate, active, full-text periodicals.
  • Small Business eBooks & eAudio Books
    The CCCC Small Business Center has over 200 eBook titles and 16 eAudio Books available via the eBooks on EBSCOhost Collection in NC LIVE.

• Careers & Jobs

  • Cypress Resume Best Bet
    Easy-to-use résumé building tool with a built-in writing process and automatic formatting.
  • Ferguson's Career Guidance Center Best Bet
    Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center is a comprehensive resource for career exploration and planning that allows users to quickly find the valuable career information they need, whether it’s industry and professions articles, school planning resources, or skills and career advice.
  • Films on Demand Best Bet
    Streaming video allows you to view this collection of videos anytime, anywhere, 24/7. Our collection includes videos about careers, business, science, health, social science, art & literature, history, and more, with a combined total of over 29,000 full-length video titles in over 275,000 segments.
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook Best Bet
    Profiles for hundreds of occupations including sections like What They Do, Work Environment, How to Become One, Pay, and more. Each profile also includes Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projections for the 2010-20 decade.
  • Testing & Education Reference Center Best Bet
    Prepare for standardized tests, research undergraduate and graduate programs, find tuition assistance, and explore careers. Must create a free account to access some content.
  • Automate
    Reference database with authoritative and up-to-date auto repair and service information on more than 38,000 vehicles.
  • Career & Technical Education Database (ProQuest)
    Vocational information on technical topics, such as computing science, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales and retail, accounting, graphic design, and photography.
  • Careers, Vocations & Technical Education Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides current and applicable periodical content to aid in career and vocational research -- from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.
  • Culinary Arts Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Offers more than five million articles from over 250 major cooking and nutrition magazines, as well as book reference content.
  • Ferguson's Career Guidance Center: Video Collection
    A collection of short videos about job searching, soft skills for workplaces, and career information for a variety of industries.
  • Job Openings
    Job openings: NC state government jobs, America's Job Bank, and additional job search resources.
  • Teaching Positions in North Carolina
    Links to the information needed to apply for a teaching job in North Carolina.
  • Tourism/Hospitality & Leisure Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications that cover topics including the cultural and economic aspects of travel and tourism. Offers coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism industries, as well as information for travelers, from state parks and information on planning a vacation to full-text travel guides from Fodor's.

• Current World Issues

  • CQ Researcher Online Best Bet
    Reports on issues shaping our world, with in-depth coverage of political and social issues, such as health, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy.
  • Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale InfoTrac) Best Bet
    Database designed to support science, social studies, current events, and language arts. This database presents each side of important issues.
  • CQ Magazine
    News and analysis on how legislation is shaped. Coverage of bills, votes, amendments, committees, and more.
  • Diversity Studies Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Collection of journals that explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in the global community.
  • Gender Studies Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Offers access to scholarly journals and magazines covering topics including gender studies, family, and marital issues, LGBTQ community, and more.
  • Global Issues In Context (Gale InfoTrac)
    A database designed to support global awareness. Authoritative content allows users to critically analyze and understand the most important issues of the modern world.
  • GREENR (Global Reference On The Environment/Energy/And Natural Resources)
    This resource focuses on the study of sustainability and the environment. Topics include global warming, food safety, access to health care, and the impact of economic development on international relations.
  • SIRS Knowledge Source Package
    Articles, primary sources, websites and graphics provide relevant, credible information on social issues, science, history, government, and the arts and humanities.
  • War & Terrorism Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    More than 1.7 million articles provide insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale.
  • World Scholar: Latin America And The Caribbean Regional Portal (Gale InfoTrac)
    A collection of primary source documents about Latin America and the Caribbean; academic journals and news feeds covering the region; reference articles and commentary; maps and statistics; audio and video; and more.

• Education

  • Education Database (ProQuest) Best Bet
    Research on primary, secondary, and higher education, as well as special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.
  • Educators Reference Complete (Gale InfoTrac) Best Bet
    Provides periodical and journal articles on multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialtysuch as technology, bilingual education, health education, testing, administration and more.
  • ERIC Best Bet
    The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC is the premier indexing and abstracting source for education and related disciplines. Journal and non-journal literature is indexed.
  • Feature Films for Education Best Bet
    Stream hundreds of full-length feature films for educational instructional purposes. This database includes literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, environmental titles, foreign films, social issues, animation studies, Academy Award® winners, and more.
  • Films on Demand Best Bet
    Streaming video allows you to view this collection of videos anytime, anywhere, 24/7. Our collection includes videos about careers, business, science, health, social science, art & literature, history, and more, with a combined total of over 29,000 full-length video titles in over 275,000 segments.
  • eBook Academic Collection
    This database contains a large selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter. Books are available in the subjects of art, business, education, humanities, medical science, performing arts, political science, social science, technology, and more.
  • eLibrary
    This easy-to-use curriculum and reference resource delivers one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for schools and libraries of all kinds, as well as additional subject-based material.
  • SIRS Discoverer
    Designed specifically for elementary and middle school students, SIRS Discoverer offer articles, nonfiction books, images, activities and websites curated for educational relevance, age appropriateness, and readability.
  • Testing & Education Reference Center
    Prepare for standardized tests, research undergraduate and graduate programs, find tuition assistance, and explore careers. Must create a free account to access some content.

• General Articles & Reference

  • Academic OneFile (Gale) Best Bet
    Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from journals and reference sources for all academic disciplines. Millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, including full-text coverage of the New York Times since 1995. Updated daily.
  • Credo Reference Best Bet
    Premier virtual reference collection including encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, images, audio files, and videos in a wide expanse of subject areas.
  • Films on Demand Best Bet
    Streaming video allows you to view this collection of videos anytime, anywhere, 24/7. Our collection includes videos about careers, business, science, health, social science, art & literature, history, and more, with a combined total of over 29,000 full-length video titles in over 275,000 segments.
  • MasterFile Premier Best Bet
    A database of full-text magazines, journals, and reference books, as well as photo, map, and flag files dating back to 1917. Titles include popular magazines like Consumer Reports, Car and Driver, Country Living, Elle, Essence, Good Housekeeping, Harper’s Bazaar, and Popular Mechanics alongside an expansive list of scholarly and trade publications.
  • ProQuest Central Best Bet
    General reference database for over 175 subjects from magazines, journals and newspapers, including peer-reviewed and scholarly works.
  • Consumer Reports
    Popular collection of product reviews and recommendations for cars, appliances, electronics, personal finance, and health information.
  • General OneFile (Gale InfoTrac)
    General interest periodicals. Includes millions of articles from magazine, journals, and newspapers, as well as reference and audio content.
  • InfoBase eBooks
    This collection of eBooks covers careers, education, medical, health, religion, philosophy, science, technology, sustainability, U.S. history, and world history. Included are several encyclopedias: Encyclopedia of American History; Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology; Encyclopedia of the World's Nations and Cultures; Encyclopedia of World Religions; and others.
  • Oxford Reference Books
    Select reference eBooks in the areas of history, language and literature, science and technology, medicine and health, religion, social sciences, and society and culture.
  • Research Companion
    An award-winning, cloud-based information literacy solution that enables educators and librarians to guide students through research projects efficiently.
  • Research Library (ProQuest)
    General reference database from business and political science to literature and psychology scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and daily news content, accessible to readers and researchers at every level.
  • SIRS Knowledge Source Package
    Articles, primary sources, websites and graphics provide relevant, credible information on social issues, science, history, government, and the arts and humanities.
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States
    An authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.
  • Student Resources In Context (Gale InfoTrac)
    News content including full-text newspapers and periodicals like The Economist, The New York Times, National Geographic, Newsweek, Popular Science, Smithsonian, and more, as well as hundreds of thousands of images, videos, and audio selections that include archival film clips, broadcast video, BBC News, New York Times video, and NPR.
  • Testing & Education Reference Center
    Prepare for standardized tests, research undergraduate and graduate programs, find tuition assistance, and explore careers. Must create a free account to access some content.
  • Virtual Reference Library (Gale)
    Searchable collection of online reference titles.

• Government & Law

  • Bills from the NC General Assembly Best Bet
    Current and historical bills from the NC General Assembly. Search by attribute, bill number, chamber, committee, and more.
  • Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest) Best Bet
    Research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends.
  • Westlaw Classic and Westlaw Next Best Bet
    A complete Internet platform that lets students perform legal research on Westlaw in an easy-to-use format. Available only for in library use. Ask your instructor for the password.
  • CQ Magazine
    News and analysis on how legislation is shaped. Coverage of bills, votes, amendments, committees, and more.
  • Crime in North Carolina (Uniform Crime Report)
    The Uniform Crime Reporting Program collects data on the age, race, and sex of persons arrested for all crimes except traffic violations.
  • Criminal Justice Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Useful research database for those studying law, law enforcement, terrorism, homeland security, forensic science, and more.
  • Gun Regulation and Legislation in America (HeinOnline)
    This database features essential periodicals, compiled legislative histories, CRS reports, Congressional hearings, United States Supreme Court briefs, monographs, and other related materials on the topic of regulating firearms in the United States.
  • LawHelpNC
    Find information and links about your legal rights, the law, the courts, legal forms and more.
  • LEGALTRAC (Gale InfoTrac)
    Designed for students, law school faculty and legal researchers, LegalTrac features a collection of major legal publications, including law reviews, legal newspapers, international legal publications, specialty publications and Bar Association journals.
  • Military And Intelligence Database (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of the past and present military affairs. Contains hand-selected content supporting key subject areas such as, governmental policies, the socioeconomic effects of war, the structure of the armed forces, and more.
  • Military Database (ProQuest)
    Articles from topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering, and more.
  • North Carolina State Government Publications Collection
    Informational brochures and pamphlets, reports (annual, biennial, statistical), serials (newsletters, checklists, magazines), handbooks, studies, and other information resources produced by state government.
  • Political Science Database (ProQuest)
    Political science and international relations journals, dissertations and working papers on topics such as comparative politics, political economy, international development, and environmental policy.
  • Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
    This collection brings together a multitude of legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery.
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States
    An authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.
  • War & Terrorism Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    More than 1.7 million articles provide insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale.

• History & Biography

  • Biography In Context (Gale InfoTrac) Best Bet
    Provides contextual information on the world's most influential people. Users can search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.
  • MasterFile Premier Best Bet
    A database of full-text magazines, journals, and reference books, as well as photo, map, and flag files dating back to 1917. Titles include popular magazines like Consumer Reports, Car and Driver, Country Living, Elle, Essence, Good Housekeeping, Harper’s Bazaar, and Popular Mechanics alongside an expansive list of scholarly and trade publications.
  • World History Collection (Gale InfoTrac) Best Bet
    World History Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers. The database offers balanced coverage of events in world history and scholarly work being established in the field.
  • ABC-CLIO eBook Collection
    History & literature eBooks, including the series Daily Life, Critical Companions, Literature in Context, as well as American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography.
  • American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography
    Life histories of former slaves compiled from 4,000 interviews with ex-slaves.
  • ArchiveGrid
    ArchiveGrid includes over four million records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. With over 1,000 different archival institutions represented, ArchiveGrid helps researchers looking for primary source materials held in archives, libraries, museums and historical societies.
  • Biography And Genealogy Master Index (Gale InfoTrac)
    Indexed biographical material on people, living and deceased, from all time periods, geographic locations, and fields of endeavor.
  • Biography Reference Bank (EBSCO)
  • Biography Reference Center (EBSCO)
    A comprehensive collection of full-text biographies on popular and heavily-researched figures. Locate biographies of interest by browsing key categories, including occupation, nationality, publication and more than 30 categories including actors, artists, athletes, authors, current world leaders, explorers, scientists and many others.
  • CCCC History Collection (eBooks)
    The College's collection of yearbooks dating from 1967 to 1986 have been pulled from the Library's archives and digitized into an eBook format. The collection also includes yearbooks from the Veterinary Medical Technology program (from 1995 to 2005) and a book written on the history of the college, A History of Central Carolina Community College: The First Forty Years by Avron B. Upchurch. These books are available through the NC Digital Heritage Center web site. No password is required. Click on full-screen mode for optimal viewing.
  • eBooks on EBSCOhost
    Over 80,000 fiction, reference, scholarly, and professional books online.
  • Feature Films for Education
    Stream hundreds of full-length feature films for educational instructional purposes. This database includes literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, environmental titles, foreign films, social issues, animation studies, Academy Award® winners, and more.
  • Films on Demand
    Streaming video allows you to view this collection of videos anytime, anywhere, 24/7. Our collection includes videos about careers, business, science, health, social science, art & literature, history, and more, with a combined total of over 29,000 full-length video titles in over 275,000 segments.
  • HeritageQuest
    Treasury of American genealogical sources: unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. Includes historical census, PERSI, Revolutionary War records, and more.
  • History Study Center
    A collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present day.
  • InfoBase eBooks
    This collection of eBooks covers careers, education, medical, health, religion, philosophy, science, technology, sustainability, U.S. history, and world history. Included are several encyclopedias: Encyclopedia of American History; Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology; Encyclopedia of the World's Nations and Cultures; Encyclopedia of World Religions; and others.
  • North American Women's Letters and Diaries
    Women's writings from the Colonial period to 1950. Includes writings by Abigail Adams, Louisa May Alcott, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Dorothea L. Dix, Julia Ward Howe, and more.
  • ProQuest Learning: Literature
    Full-text works of poetry, prose and drama, and secondary sources such as author biographies, literary criticisms, essays, reviews and interviews.
  • Salem History
    The Salem History resources include searchable online databases of history encyclopedias owned by the CCCC libraries. These titles are also available in print at the libraries. These titles are also available in print at the libraries. Harnett: Milestone Documents in American History; Weapons and Warfare; Notorious Lives; Inventors and Inventions; The Renaissance & Early Modern Era. Lee:Latinos; Encyclopedia of Mathematics & Society.
  • US History Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers. Updated daily, this library resource offers balanced coverage of events in U.S. history and scholarly work being established in the field.
  • US History In Context (Gale InfoTrac)
    Designed to support U.S. history studies and provides an overview of our nation's past, covering the most-studied events, decades, conflicts, wars, political and cultural movements, and people.
  • World History in Context (Gale InfoTrac)

• Humanities

  • Arts & Humanities Database (ProQuest) Best Bet
    This database features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies.
  • JSTOR Best Bet
    The library provides access to the Language and Literature Collection of JSTOR which is a database of full-text articles from 58 scholarly journals. JSTOR is not a Current World Issues database.
  • Literature Resource Center (Gale) Best Bet
    Articles, critical essays, work and topic overviews, full-text works, and biographies covering authors, their works, and literary movements.
  • African-American Poetry
    Poems from 1750-1900 including Lucy Terry Prince, Phillis Wheatley, Jupiter Hammon, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and more.
  • American Poetry
    Find poems written from 1650-1920. Includes Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Phillis Wheatley, Walt Whitman and Herman Melville.
  • Book Review Index Online (Gale InfoTrac)
    More than 5.6 million book reviews that allow users to conduct research in numerous disciplines, including literature, history, education, psychology, and more.
  • Communications & Mass Media Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Brings together information found in more than 400 journals on all aspects of the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature, meet the needs of researchers.
  • Digital Public Library of America
    The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) provides access to millions of photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Find primary sources to use in school projects, academic research, family history research, and more.
  • eBook Academic Collection
    This database contains a large selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter. Books are available in the subjects of art, business, education, humanities, medical science, performing arts, political science, social science, technology, and more.
  • eBooks on EBSCOhost
    Over 80,000 fiction, reference, scholarly, and professional books online.
  • English Poetry
    Find poems written from 600 to 1900 including Thomas Percy, Walter Scott, Robert Dodsley, Francis Turner Palgrave, and more.
  • Faber Poetry Library
    Find poems written by modern poets such as Wendy Cope, T. S. Eliot, Thom Gunn, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Tom Paulin, Sylvia Plath and more.
  • Feature Films for Education
    Stream hundreds of full-length feature films for educational instructional purposes. This database includes literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, environmental titles, foreign films, social issues, animation studies, Academy Award® winners, and more.
  • Fine Arts & Music Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Periodical database for students of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
  • History Study Center
    A collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present day.
  • Home Grown eBooks Collection
    A collection of more than 1,000 eBooks from a variety of North Carolina publishers. Includes popular and scholarly nonfiction, novels by well-known NC authors, and award-winning short fiction and poetry.
  • Litfinder (Gale InfoTrac)
    Covers world literature and authors throughout history. Contains literary works and secondary source materials, including poems, short stories, speeches, and plays.
  • NoveList Plus
    Looking for your next great read? This database offers recommendations in fiction, nonfiction, and audiobooks.
  • Pop Culture Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture. The database offers useful information for researchers in social science, history, art or liberal arts courses.
  • ProQuest Learning: Literature
    Full-text works of poetry, prose and drama, and secondary sources such as author biographies, literary criticisms, essays, reviews and interviews.
  • RB Digital
    Downloadable ebooks and audio books on a variety of topics, including language learning, history, biography, classic literature, and more. Compatible with most iPods and WMA compatible MP3 players.
  • Religion & Philosophy Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Collection of periodical content covering topics across a wide range of philosophies and religions, examining the impact religion has had on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language.
  • Religion Database (ProQuest)
    Religious news and information, informative details on doctrines and philosophies, and scholarly reports on religious history and related archaeology.
  • Twentieth Century African-American Poetry
    62 of the most important African-American poets of the last century: Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Audre Lorde and Rita Dove.
  • Twentieth Century American Poetry
    A database of modern and contemporary American poetry from the early twentieth century to the present. Presently includes 36,000 poems drawn from 460 volumes by 217 poets.
  • Twentieth-Century English Poetry
    Modernist poems (1900-1999): W.B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Wilfred Owen, Robert Graves, A.E. Housman, D.H. Lawrence, Carol Ann Duffy, and more.

• Language

  • Mango Languages Best Bet
    Language learning software with courses in over 70 languages, including English.
  • Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades
    Información y recursos para mantener la salud y prevenir enfermedades.
  • Informe Academico (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides access to a wide range of full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines both from and about Latin America.

• NC LIVE

  • NC LIVE Best Bet
    North Carolina Libraries for Virtual Education (NC LIVE) offers the citizens of North Carolina online access to a diverse collection of electronic resources including full-text articles, images, eBooks, eAudio Books, eVideos, career/job information, test preparation, and more.

• Newspapers

  • International Newsstream (ProQuest) Best Bet
    International Newsstream provides information from more than 660 of the world's top newspapers, including The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications.
  • Historic North Carolina Digital Newspaper Collection
    3.5 million pages of digitized content from over 1,000 NC county newspapers.
  • New York Times
    Full articles from the New York Times (1980-current).
  • Newsstand (Gale Infotrac)
    Provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.
  • US Newsstream
    Current U.S. news content available from 1980 to the present. Features newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format, including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and Chicago Tribune.
  • Wall Street Journal
    Full articles from the Wall Street Journal (1981-current).

• Nursing & Health Technologies

  • CINAHL Plus with Full Text Best Bet
    Premier database of nursing and allied health journals with additional materials that include nursing dissertations, conference proceedings, evidence-based care sheets, audiovisuals, and continuing education modules.
  • Health Reference Center Academic (Gale InfoTrac) Best Bet
    Discover periodicals and reference book content designed for both nursing and allied health students as well as consumer health researchers.
  • Interactive Human Anatomy (Gale) Best Bet
    Examine virtual 3D dissections and immerse yourself in interactive research. Students can delve deep into concepts with tools to zoom, rotate, and explore models, explore guided lessons, and use self-assessments to ensure comprehension.
  • Nursing & Allied Health Database (ProQuest) Best Bet
    Journals and dissertations covering nursing, allied health, and alternative and complementary medicine.
  • STAT!Ref Best Bet
    This online resource includes over 60 electronic nursing and dental textbooks which are cross-searchable with full text. All titles are the most recent online editions. The Lippincott Nursing Procedures video series is also included.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Resources about diseases, conditions and other special topics, with health immunizations and recommendations for travelers worldwide.
  • Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades
    Información y recursos para mantener la salud y prevenir enfermedades.
  • Family Health Database (ProQuest)
    Magazines and journals covering consumer health topics, such as sports injuries, women's health, food and nutrition, midwifery, eye care and dentistry.
  • Health & Medical Collection (ProQuest)
    Clinical research plus consumer and health administration titles.
  • Health & Wellness Resource Center (Gale InfoTrac)
    Offers access to thousands of full-text medical journals, periodicals, reference works, and multimedia. Provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.
  • Health Management Database (ProQuest)
    Research supporting professional healthcare management and healthcare administration.
  • Magill's Medical Guide, 8th Edition
  • MedlinePlus
    Common diseases and conditions, health promotion and wellness, drugs info, medical dictionaries and more.
  • Nursing & Allied Health Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provide access to scholarly content supporting nursing professionals already working in the field, as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.
  • Nursing and Allied Health: Video Collection
    A set of hundreds of videos illustrating nursing practices and procedures, as well as explaining concepts central to the discipline, such as HIPAA, math for nurses, and documentation.
  • Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Offers a wide spectrum of information, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research, and more with access to academic journals and magazines covering the fields of fitness and sports.
  • Public Health Database (ProQuest)
    This database provides access to the core literature in the field of public health.
  • PubMed
    Comprehensive resource containing citations (not full articles) to biomedical articles and life science journals.
  • Salem Health
    The Salem Health resources include searchable online databases of health encyclopedias owned by the CCCC libraries. These titles are also available in print at the libraries. These titles are also available in print at the libraries. Lee: Psychology and Mental Health; Magill's Medical Guide.
  • Science Direct
    ScienceDirect provides access to the full-text of hundreds of journals published or distributed by Elsevier. Subjects include: Nursing, Allied Health, Veterinary Medicine, Technology, & the Sciences.
  • State Center for Health Statistics
    Health-related research and reports and a collection of health statistics.
  • Testing & Education Reference Center
    Prepare for standardized tests, research undergraduate and graduate programs, find tuition assistance, and explore careers. Must create a free account to access some content.

• Psychology

  • Psychology Collection (Gale InfoTrac) Best Bet
    Provides access to content supporting research in all fields of psychology abnormal, biological, cognitive, comparative, developmental, personality, quantitative, social and all areas of applied psychology.
  • Psychology Database (ProQuest) Best Bet
    Clinical and social psychology articles on topics such as genetics, psychology of business and economics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology, social welfare, and more.
  • eBooks on EBSCOhost
    Over 80,000 fiction, reference, scholarly, and professional books online.
  • Psychology and Behavioral Health
    A collection of eBooks on psychology and mental health issues.
  • Salem Health
    The Salem Health resources include searchable online databases of health encyclopedias owned by the CCCC libraries. These titles are also available in print at the libraries. These titles are also available in print at the libraries. Lee: Psychology and Mental Health; Magill's Medical Guide.

• Science

  • Science Database (ProQuest) Best Bet
    Applied and general science articles covering topics such as global warming, alternative energy sources, robotic engineering, genetically modified food, and more.
  • Science Direct Best Bet
    ScienceDirect provides access to the full-text of hundreds of journals published or distributed by Elsevier. Subjects include: Nursing, Allied Health, Veterinary Medicine, Technology, & the Sciences.
  • Science in Context (Gale) Best Bet
    Reference content, plus magazines, journals, news sources, experiments, and more, covering earth science, life science, space, technology, mathematics, science history, and biography.
  • Agricultural & Environmental Science Database (ProQuest)
    Articles plus searchable charts, figures, graphs, maps, photographs and tables representing all major environment topics.
  • Agriculture Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides a view of current and authoritative scholarly content that spans the agriculture industry--from practical aspects of farming to scientific research in horticulture.
  • Biology Database (ProQuest)
    Research on animal behavior, aquatic life and fisheries, biochemistry, ecology, plant science, toxicology, virology, microbiology, health and safety science, entomology, and more.
  • eBook Academic Collection
    This database contains a large selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter. Books are available in the subjects of art, business, education, humanities, medical science, performing arts, political science, social science, technology, and more.
  • eBooks on EBSCOhost
    Over 80,000 fiction, reference, scholarly, and professional books online.
  • Environmental Studies & Policy Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Addresses environmental concerns and research with coverage from more than 300 journals and book reference content
  • Gardening, Landscape & Horticulture Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Serves gardening enthusiasts of all levels with more than 3.6 million articles from more than 100 journals, as well as more than 20 reference titles.
  • GREENR (Global Reference On The Environment/Energy/And Natural Resources)
    This resource focuses on the study of sustainability and the environment. Topics include global warming, food safety, access to health care, and the impact of economic development on international relations.
  • Interactive Human Anatomy (Gale)
    Examine virtual 3D dissections and immerse yourself in interactive research. Students can delve deep into concepts with tools to zoom, rotate, and explore models, explore guided lessons, and use self-assessments to ensure comprehension.
  • Salem Science
    The Salem Science resources include searchable online databases of science encyclopedias owned by the CCCC libraries. These titles are also available in print at the libraries. Lee: Encyclopedia of Global Warming; Forensic Science; Applied Science; Encyclopedia of Mathematics & Society. Chatham: Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues.

• Social Science

  • Social Science Database (ProQuest) Best Bet
    Research covering topics in sociology, social work, anthropology, and politics.
  • Sociology Database (ProQuest) Best Bet
    Sociological and social work research including culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, social psychology, substance abuse and addiction, and more.
  • Communications & Mass Media Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Brings together information found in more than 400 journals on all aspects of the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature, meet the needs of researchers.
  • Criminal Justice Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Useful research database for those studying law, law enforcement, terrorism, homeland security, forensic science, and more.
  • Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest)
    Research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends.
  • Political Science Database (ProQuest)
    Political science and international relations journals, dissertations and working papers on topics such as comparative politics, political economy, international development, and environmental policy.

• Southern Culture & NC Resources

  • Historic North Carolina Digital Newspaper Collection Best Bet
    3.5 million pages of digitized content from over 1,000 NC county newspapers.
  • NCPedia Best Bet
    Information about the state, its history, people, government, and educational institutions.
  • ACCESSNC
    A one-stop source for North Carolina economic data and site information. The system allows you to map properties that meet your business needs and create custom demographic reports for the site-specific locations you select. From community demographic reports to labor market and education data, ACCESSNC lets you access the data you need to make important business decisions.
  • Bills from the NC General Assembly
    Current and historical bills from the NC General Assembly. Search by attribute, bill number, chamber, committee, and more.
  • Digital Public Library of America
    The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) provides access to millions of photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Find primary sources to use in school projects, academic research, family history research, and more.
  • DigitalNC
    Explore the history and culture of North Carolina through original materials from cultural heritage repositories across the state, including historical newspapers.
  • Home Grown eBooks Collection
    A collection of more than 1,000 eBooks from a variety of North Carolina publishers. Includes popular and scholarly nonfiction, novels by well-known NC authors, and award-winning short fiction and poetry.
  • North Carolina State Government Publications Collection
    Informational brochures and pamphlets, reports (annual, biennial, statistical), serials (newsletters, checklists, magazines), handbooks, studies, and other information resources produced by state government.
  • Sanborn Maps North Carolina
    Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970, provides access to large-scale maps of North Carolina towns and cities.
  • Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
    This collection brings together a multitude of legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery.

• Technology

  • Computer Database (Gale InfoTrac) Best Bet
    Provides access to leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries covering everything from hardware to the cloud.
  • Computing Database (ProQuest) Best Bet
    Scholarly journals, trade publications, and consumer titles covering topics such as artificial intelligence, automation, gaming, graphics, networking, security, database management, systems administration, information science and hardware.
  • Career & Technical Education Database (ProQuest)
    Vocational information on technical topics, such as computing science, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales and retail, accounting, graphic design, and photography.
  • Careers, Vocations & Technical Education Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides current and applicable periodical content to aid in career and vocational research -- from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.
  • Consumer Reports
    Popular collection of product reviews and recommendations for cars, appliances, electronics, personal finance, and health information.
  • Information Science & Library Issues Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides access to periodical content covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology, including usability, cataloging, circulation, business information, and more.
  • Library Science Database (ProQuest)
    This database allows you to search the full-text of leading library and information science journals. This collection provides full-text coverage of 125+ core titles.
  • Telecommunications Database (ProQuest)
    Covers topics including computer applications, data communications and data transmission systems, electronic data processing, information science and information theory, radio and television.

• Veterinary Medicine

  • Plumb's Veterinary Drugs Best Bet
    Created for today's busy veterinarians and pharmacists, Plumb's Veterinary Drugs is an online resource for accessing up-to-date veterinary drug information.
  • Agricultural & Environmental Science Database (ProQuest)
    Articles plus searchable charts, figures, graphs, maps, photographs and tables representing all major environment topics.
  • Agriculture Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Provides a view of current and authoritative scholarly content that spans the agriculture industry--from practical aspects of farming to scientific research in horticulture.
  • Biology Database (ProQuest)
    Research on animal behavior, aquatic life and fisheries, biochemistry, ecology, plant science, toxicology, virology, microbiology, health and safety science, entomology, and more.
  • Interactive Human Anatomy (Gale)
    Examine virtual 3D dissections and immerse yourself in interactive research. Students can delve deep into concepts with tools to zoom, rotate, and explore models, explore guided lessons, and use self-assessments to ensure comprehension.
  • PubMed
    Comprehensive resource containing citations (not full articles) to biomedical articles and life science journals.
  • Science Direct
    ScienceDirect provides access to the full-text of hundreds of journals published or distributed by Elsevier. Subjects include: Nursing, Allied Health, Veterinary Medicine, Technology, & the Sciences.

• eBooks

  • ABC-CLIO eBook Collection
    History & literature eBooks, including the series Daily Life, Critical Companions, Literature in Context, as well as American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography.
  • CCCC History Collection (eBooks)
    The College's collection of yearbooks dating from 1967 to 1986 have been pulled from the Library's archives and digitized into an eBook format. The collection also includes yearbooks from the Veterinary Medical Technology program (from 1995 to 2005) and a book written on the history of the college, A History of Central Carolina Community College: The First Forty Years by Avron B. Upchurch. These books are available through the NC Digital Heritage Center web site. No password is required. Click on full-screen mode for optimal viewing.
  • eBook Academic Collection
    This database contains a large selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter. Books are available in the subjects of art, business, education, humanities, medical science, performing arts, political science, social science, technology, and more.
  • Ebook Central
    Scholarly titles supporting student and faculty research, and general nonfiction on topics such as school & studying, career development, arts & leisure, and practical life skills.
  • eBooks on EBSCOhost
    Over 80,000 fiction, reference, scholarly, and professional books online.
  • eLibrary
    This easy-to-use curriculum and reference resource delivers one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for schools and libraries of all kinds, as well as additional subject-based material.
  • Home Grown eBooks Collection
    A collection of more than 1,000 eBooks from a variety of North Carolina publishers. Includes popular and scholarly nonfiction, novels by well-known NC authors, and award-winning short fiction and poetry.
  • InfoBase eBooks
    This collection of eBooks covers careers, education, medical, health, religion, philosophy, science, technology, sustainability, U.S. history, and world history. Included are several encyclopedias: Encyclopedia of American History; Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology; Encyclopedia of the World's Nations and Cultures; Encyclopedia of World Religions; and others.
  • Magill's Medical Guide, 8th Edition
  • Open Library
    A downloadable eBook collection with books contributed from libraries across the country. Create a username and password to borrow up to five books at a time.
  • Oxford Reference Books
    Select reference eBooks in the areas of history, language and literature, science and technology, medicine and health, religion, social sciences, and society and culture.
  • Plumb's Veterinary Drugs
    Created for today's busy veterinarians and pharmacists, Plumb's Veterinary Drugs is an online resource for accessing up-to-date veterinary drug information.
  • RB Digital
    Downloadable ebooks and audio books on a variety of topics, including language learning, history, biography, classic literature, and more. Compatible with most iPods and WMA compatible MP3 players.
  • Salem Press Online
    eBooks published by Salem Press, Grey House Publishing, and H. W. Wilson covering literature, history, science, health, and careers.
  • Small Business eBooks & eAudio Books
    The CCCC Small Business Center has over 200 eBook titles and 16 eAudio Books available via the eBooks on EBSCOhost Collection in NC LIVE.
  • Springer Open Access Books
    Multidisciplinary eBook collection of over 500 titles.
  • STAT!Ref
    This online resource includes over 60 electronic nursing and dental textbooks which are cross-searchable with full text. All titles are the most recent online editions. The Lippincott Nursing Procedures video series is also included.
  • STAT!Ref - Dentistry
  • The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Business, Labor and Economic History
  • The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, 2nd edition.
  • Weapons and Warfare

• Online Audiobooks

  • RB Digital
    Downloadable ebooks and audio books on a variety of topics, including language learning, history, biography, classic literature, and more. Compatible with most iPods and WMA compatible MP3 players.

• Online Video

  • Feature Films for Education
    Stream hundreds of full-length feature films for educational instructional purposes. This database includes literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, environmental titles, foreign films, social issues, animation studies, Academy Award® winners, and more.
  • Ferguson's Career Guidance Center: Video Collection
    A collection of short videos about job searching, soft skills for workplaces, and career information for a variety of industries.
  • Films on Demand
    Streaming video allows you to view this collection of videos anytime, anywhere, 24/7. Our collection includes videos about careers, business, science, health, social science, art & literature, history, and more, with a combined total of over 29,000 full-length video titles in over 275,000 segments.
  • Nursing and Allied Health: Video Collection
    A set of hundreds of videos illustrating nursing practices and procedures, as well as explaining concepts central to the discipline, such as HIPAA, math for nurses, and documentation.

• Primary Sources

  • American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography
    Life histories of former slaves compiled from 4,000 interviews with ex-slaves.
  • ArchiveGrid
    ArchiveGrid includes over four million records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. With over 1,000 different archival institutions represented, ArchiveGrid helps researchers looking for primary source materials held in archives, libraries, museums and historical societies.
  • Bills from the NC General Assembly
    Current and historical bills from the NC General Assembly. Search by attribute, bill number, chamber, committee, and more.
  • Digital Public Library of America
    The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) provides access to millions of photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Find primary sources to use in school projects, academic research, family history research, and more.
  • DigitalNC
    Explore the history and culture of North Carolina through original materials from cultural heritage repositories across the state, including historical newspapers.
  • HeritageQuest
    Treasury of American genealogical sources: unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. Includes historical census, PERSI, Revolutionary War records, and more.
  • History Study Center
    A collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present day.
  • Milestone Documents in American History
  • North American Women's Letters and Diaries
    Women's writings from the Colonial period to 1950. Includes writings by Abigail Adams, Louisa May Alcott, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Dorothea L. Dix, Julia Ward Howe, and more.
  • Sanborn Maps North Carolina
    Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970, provides access to large-scale maps of North Carolina towns and cities.
• Print Books, CDs, & DVDs
• Scholarly Journals, Magazines, & Newspapers by Title (Search or Browse)
• Print Scholarly Journals, Magazines, & Newspapers List by Campus (A-Z)
• Print Scholarly Journals, Magazines, & Newspapers List by Campus & Curriculum